diff --git a/spec/helpers_spec.cr b/spec/helpers_spec.cr
index 77bad08..0850b53 100644
--- a/spec/helpers_spec.cr
+++ b/spec/helpers_spec.cr
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ describe "Macros" do
     end
     it "sets a custom logger" do
       config = Kemal::Config::INSTANCE
-      logger CustomLogHandler.new("production")
+      logger CustomLogHandler.new
       config.handlers.last.should be_a(CustomLogHandler)
       config.logger.should be_a(CustomLogHandler)
     end
diff --git a/spec/logger_spec.cr b/spec/logger_spec.cr
index 18e169d..20726f4 100644
--- a/spec/logger_spec.cr
+++ b/spec/logger_spec.cr
@@ -2,35 +2,13 @@ require "./spec_helper"
 
 describe "Kemal::LogHandler" do
   it "creates a handler" do
-    logger = Kemal::CommonLogHandler.new "production"
+    logger = Kemal::CommonLogHandler.new
     logger.handler.should_not be nil
   end
 
   it "creates a STDOUT handler by default" do
     config = Kemal.config
-    logger = Kemal::CommonLogHandler.new "production"
+    logger = Kemal::CommonLogHandler.new
     logger.handler.should be_a IO
   end
-
-  it "creates a file handler in production" do
-    config = Kemal.config
-    config.env = "production"
-    logger = Kemal::CommonLogHandler.new "production"
-    logger.handler.should be_a File
-  end
-
-  it "writes to a file in production" do
-    config = Kemal.config
-    config.env = "production"
-    logger = Kemal::CommonLogHandler.new "production"
-    request = HTTP::Request.new("GET", "/?message=world&time=now")
-    io = MemoryIO.new
-    response = HTTP::Server::Response.new(io)
-    context = HTTP::Server::Context.new(request, response)
-    logger.call(context)
-    response.close
-    str = File.read("kemal.log")
-    File.delete("kemal.log")
-    str.includes?("GET /?message=world&time=now").should eq true
-  end
 end
diff --git a/src/kemal/base_log_handler.cr b/src/kemal/base_log_handler.cr
index b2180e3..e5c279a 100644
--- a/src/kemal/base_log_handler.cr
+++ b/src/kemal/base_log_handler.cr
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require "http"
 
 # All loggers must inherit from `Kemal::BaseLogHandler`.
 class Kemal::BaseLogHandler < HTTP::Handler
-  def initialize(@env : String)
+  def initialize
   end
 
   def call(context)
diff --git a/src/kemal/common_log_handler.cr b/src/kemal/common_log_handler.cr
index 8a6668f..3e79a79 100644
--- a/src/kemal/common_log_handler.cr
+++ b/src/kemal/common_log_handler.cr
@@ -4,14 +4,8 @@ class Kemal::CommonLogHandler < Kemal::BaseLogHandler
   @handler : IO::FileDescriptor
   getter handler
 
-  def initialize(@env)
-    @handler = if @env == "production"
-                 handler = File.new("kemal.log", "a")
-                 handler.flush_on_newline = true
-                 handler
-               else
-                 STDOUT
-               end
+  def initialize
+    @handler = STDOUT
   end
 
   def call(context)
diff --git a/src/kemal/config.cr b/src/kemal/config.cr
index 5792256..8c023d5 100644
--- a/src/kemal/config.cr
+++ b/src/kemal/config.cr
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ module Kemal
 
     def setup_log_handler
       @logger ||= if @logging
-                    Kemal::CommonLogHandler.new(@env)
+                    Kemal::CommonLogHandler.new
                   else
-                    Kemal::NullLogHandler.new(@env)
+                    Kemal::NullLogHandler.new
                   end
       HANDLERS.insert(0, @logger.not_nil!)
     end