diff --git a/tests/integration/multinodes.nim b/tests/integration/multinodes.nim
index 4df1354e..31833923 100644
--- a/tests/integration/multinodes.nim
+++ b/tests/integration/multinodes.nim
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ template multinodesuite*(name: string, body: untyped) =
         sanitize($starttime) / sanitize($role & "_" & $roleIdx)
 
       try:
-        if config.logFile.isSome or CodexLogToFile:
+        if config.logFile.isSome: # or CodexLogToFile:
           try:
             let updatedLogFile = getLogFile(
               CodexLogsDir, starttime, name, currentTestName, $role, some roleIdx
@@ -360,15 +360,15 @@ template multinodesuite*(name: string, body: untyped) =
       except CatchableError as e:
         raiseMultiNodeSuiteError "Failed to get node info: " & e.msg, e
 
-    setupAll:
-      # When this file is run with `-d:chronicles_sinks=textlines[file]`, we
-      # need to set the log file path at runtime, otherwise chronicles didn't seem to
-      # create a log file even when using an absolute path
-      when defaultChroniclesStream.outputs is (FileOutput,) and CodexLogsDir.len > 0:
-        let logFile =
-          CodexLogsDir / sanitize(getAppFilename().extractFilename & ".chronicles.log")
-        let success = defaultChroniclesStream.outputs[0].open(logFile, fmAppend)
-        doAssert success, "Failed to open log file: " & logFile
+    # setupAll:
+    #   # When this file is run with `-d:chronicles_sinks=textlines[file]`, we
+    #   # need to set the log file path at runtime, otherwise chronicles didn't seem to
+    #   # create a log file even when using an absolute path
+    #   when defaultChroniclesStream.outputs is (FileOutput,) and CodexLogsDir.len > 0:
+    #     let logFile =
+    #       CodexLogsDir / sanitize(getAppFilename().extractFilename & ".chronicles.log")
+    #     let success = defaultChroniclesStream.outputs[0].open(logFile, fmAppend)
+    #     doAssert success, "Failed to open log file: " & logFile
 
     setup:
       if var conf =? nodeConfigs.hardhat:
diff --git a/tests/integration/testmanager.nim b/tests/integration/testmanager.nim
index c587ec31..d63a3c97 100644
--- a/tests/integration/testmanager.nim
+++ b/tests/integration/testmanager.nim
@@ -438,10 +438,10 @@ proc teardownTest(
         stdoutBytes = output.stdOut.len,
         stderrFile = test.logFile("stderr.log"),
         stderrBytes = output.stdErr.len
-      test.logFile("stdout.log").appendFile(output.stdOut.stripAnsi)
-      if test.status == IntegrationTestStatus.Error or
-          (test.status == IntegrationTestStatus.Failed and test.output.isErrorLike):
-        test.logFile("stderr.log").appendFile(output.stdErr.stripAnsi)
+      # test.logFile("stdout.log").appendFile(output.stdOut.stripAnsi)
+      # if test.status == IntegrationTestStatus.Error or
+      #     (test.status == IntegrationTestStatus.Failed and test.output.isErrorLike):
+      #   test.logFile("stderr.log").appendFile(output.stdErr.stripAnsi)
     except AsyncTimeoutError:
       error "Timeout waiting for stdout or stderr stream contents, nothing will be written to file"
     except IOError as e: