1 files changed, 0 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/__init__.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/__init__.py
index 660fd5bf5a..faa94e6c36 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/__init__.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/__init__.py
@@ -74,11 +74,6 @@ logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG - 2)
 # can result in construction of the various loggers.
 import bb.msg
 
-if "BBDEBUG" in os.environ:
-    level = int(os.environ["BBDEBUG"])
-    if level:
-        bb.msg.set_debug_level(level)
-
 from bb import fetch2 as fetch
 sys.modules['bb.fetch'] = sys.modules['bb.fetch2']