diff --git a/elasticapm/contrib/flask/__init__.py b/elasticapm/contrib/flask/__init__.py
index fdb6906dd..b6e4e312b 100644
--- a/elasticapm/contrib/flask/__init__.py
+++ b/elasticapm/contrib/flask/__init__.py
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-import logging
-import warnings
-
 import flask
 from flask import request, signals
 
@@ -41,9 +38,8 @@
 import elasticapm.instrumentation.control
 from elasticapm import get_client
 from elasticapm.base import Client
-from elasticapm.conf import constants, setup_logging
+from elasticapm.conf import constants
 from elasticapm.contrib.flask.utils import get_data_from_request, get_data_from_response
-from elasticapm.handlers.logging import LoggingHandler
 from elasticapm.traces import execution_context
 from elasticapm.utils import build_name_with_http_method_prefix
 from elasticapm.utils.disttracing import TraceParent
@@ -81,14 +77,8 @@ class ElasticAPM(object):
     >>> elasticapm.capture_message('hello, world!')
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, app=None, client=None, client_cls=Client, logging=False, **defaults) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, app=None, client=None, client_cls=Client, **defaults) -> None:
         self.app = app
-        self.logging = logging
-        if self.logging:
-            warnings.warn(
-                "Flask log shipping is deprecated. See the Flask docs for more info and alternatives.",
-                DeprecationWarning,
-            )
         self.client = client or get_client()
         self.client_cls = client_cls
 
@@ -127,14 +117,6 @@ def init_app(self, app, **defaults) -> None:
 
             self.client = self.client_cls(config, **defaults)
 
-        # 0 is a valid log level (NOTSET), so we need to check explicitly for it
-        if self.logging or self.logging is logging.NOTSET:
-            if self.logging is not True:
-                kwargs = {"level": self.logging}
-            else:
-                kwargs = {}
-            setup_logging(LoggingHandler(self.client, **kwargs))
-
         signals.got_request_exception.connect(self.handle_exception, sender=app, weak=False)
 
         try:
diff --git a/tests/contrib/flask/flask_tests.py b/tests/contrib/flask/flask_tests.py
index 7ffce68cf..4a38dc3b4 100644
--- a/tests/contrib/flask/flask_tests.py
+++ b/tests/contrib/flask/flask_tests.py
@@ -441,32 +441,6 @@ def test_rum_tracing_context_processor(flask_apm_client):
         assert callable(context["apm"]["span_id"])
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("flask_apm_client", [{"logging": True}], indirect=True)
-def test_logging_enabled(flask_apm_client):
-    logger = logging.getLogger()
-    logger.error("test")
-    error = flask_apm_client.client.events[ERROR][0]
-    assert error["log"]["level"] == "error"
-    assert error["log"]["message"] == "test"
-
-
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("flask_apm_client", [{"logging": False}], indirect=True)
-def test_logging_disabled(flask_apm_client):
-    logger = logging.getLogger()
-    logger.error("test")
-    assert len(flask_apm_client.client.events[ERROR]) == 0
-
-
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("flask_apm_client", [{"logging": logging.ERROR}], indirect=True)
-def test_logging_by_level(flask_apm_client):
-    logger = logging.getLogger()
-    logger.warning("test")
-    logger.error("test")
-    assert len(flask_apm_client.client.events[ERROR]) == 1
-    error = flask_apm_client.client.events[ERROR][0]
-    assert error["log"]["level"] == "error"
-
-
 def test_flask_transaction_ignore_urls(flask_apm_client):
     resp = flask_apm_client.app.test_client().get("/users/")
     resp.close()