diff --git a/lib/debug_config.c b/lib/debug_config.c
index a9a29d91..f0d1fa87 100644
--- a/lib/debug_config.c
+++ b/lib/debug_config.c
@@ -223,8 +223,6 @@ void debug_config_init(void) {
     
     // Dual output defaults
     g_debug_config.file_output = NULL;                  // No file by default
-    g_debug_config.file_level = DEBUG_LEVEL_TRACE;      // File gets everything
-    g_debug_config.console_level = DEBUG_LEVEL_INFO;    // Console gets INFO+
     g_debug_config.console_enabled = 1;                 // Console enabled
     g_debug_config.thread_marker = 0;                   // No thread marker by default
 }
@@ -232,7 +230,6 @@ void debug_config_init(void) {
 /* Set debug level */
 void debug_set_level(debug_level_t level) {
     g_debug_config.level = level;
-    g_debug_config.console_level = level;
 }
 
 /* Set debug level for specific category (0 = disabled, otherwise uses that level) */
@@ -284,16 +281,6 @@ void debug_set_output_file(const char* file_path) {
 }
 
 /* Set console log level */
-void debug_set_console_level(debug_level_t level) {
-    g_debug_config.console_level = level;
-}
-
-/* Set file log level */
-void debug_set_file_level(debug_level_t level) {
-    g_debug_config.file_level = level;
-}
-
-/* Enable/disable console output */
 void debug_enable_console(int enable) {
     g_debug_config.console_enabled = enable;
 }
@@ -446,15 +433,12 @@ void debug_output(debug_level_t level, debug_category_t category_idx,
     va_end(args);
     
     /* Output to console if enabled and level is sufficient */
-    if (g_debug_config.console_enabled && level <= g_debug_config.console_level) {
-        fprintf(stdout, "%s", buffer);
-        fflush(stdout);
-    }
-    
-    /* Output to file if open and level is sufficient */
-    if (g_debug_config.file_output && level <= g_debug_config.file_level) {
+    if (g_debug_config.file_output) {
         fprintf(g_debug_config.file_output, "%s", buffer);
         fflush(g_debug_config.file_output);
+    } else if (g_debug_config.console_enabled) {
+        fprintf(stdout, "%s", buffer);
+        fflush(stdout);
     }
 #undef BUFFER_SIZE
 }
diff --git a/lib/debug_config.h b/lib/debug_config.h
index 0cd34b8c..176721a5 100644
--- a/lib/debug_config.h
+++ b/lib/debug_config.h
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ typedef struct {
     
     // Dual output support
     FILE* file_output;                     // File handle for log file (NULL if not open)
-    debug_level_t file_level;              // Log level for file output
-    debug_level_t console_level;           // Log level for console output
     int console_enabled;                   // Enable console output
     int thread_marker;                     // Thread identification (0=none, e.g. 2 for uasync)
 } debug_config_t;
@@ -111,10 +109,8 @@ void debug_enable_function_name(int enable);
 void debug_enable_file_line(int enable);
 void debug_set_output_file(const char* file_path);
 
-/* Dual output configuration */
-void debug_set_console_level(debug_level_t level);
-void debug_set_file_level(debug_level_t level);
-void debug_enable_file_output(const char* file_path, int truncate);
+/* Dual output configuration */
+void debug_enable_file_output(const char* file_path, int truncate);
 void debug_disable_file_output(void);
 int debug_reopen_log(void);
 void debug_enable_console(int enable);
diff --git a/tests/test_lwip_tcp.c b/tests/test_lwip_tcp.c
index 8441b887..77c78964 100644
--- a/tests/test_lwip_tcp.c
+++ b/tests/test_lwip_tcp.c
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     srand(seed);
     printf("seed=%u\n", seed);
     debug_config_init();
-    debug_set_console_level(DEBUG_LEVEL_NONE);
+    g_debug_config.console_enabled = 0;
     debug_set_category_level(DEBUG_CATEGORY_ALL, DEBUG_LEVEL_ERROR);
 #ifndef _WIN32
     setlinebuf(stdout);
diff --git a/tools/chatgui/transport/utun_node.cpp b/tools/chatgui/transport/utun_node.cpp
index 166aafc5..6a86e5e9 100644
--- a/tools/chatgui/transport/utun_node.cpp
+++ b/tools/chatgui/transport/utun_node.cpp
@@ -163,12 +163,8 @@ void UtunNode::runLoop() {
         else if (lvl == "debug") dl = DEBUG_LEVEL_DEBUG;
         else if (lvl == "trace") dl = DEBUG_LEVEL_TRACE;
         g_debug_config.level          = dl;
-        g_debug_config.console_level  = dl;
-        g_debug_config.file_level     = dl;
     } else {
         g_debug_config.level          = DEBUG_LEVEL_INFO;
-        g_debug_config.console_level  = DEBUG_LEVEL_INFO;
-        g_debug_config.file_level     = DEBUG_LEVEL_INFO;
     }
 
     /* chatgui defaults: suppress spam, verbose for our categories */