diff --git a/docker-compose.vhr18.yml b/docker-compose.vhr18.yml
index 6410d14fb991f492120098dcb0f01af4a1f73e92..e5674887f28228c68375c956b194da3f51786698 100644
--- a/docker-compose.vhr18.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.vhr18.yml
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ services:
     deploy:
       placement:
         constraints: [node.role == manager]
-    logging:
-      driver: "fluentd"
     networks:
       - intnet
   redis:
@@ -23,8 +21,6 @@ services:
     deploy:
       placement:
         constraints: [node.role == manager]
-    logging:
-      driver: "fluentd"
     networks:
       - intnet
   renderer:
@@ -55,8 +51,6 @@ services:
         target: /init-db.sh
     deploy:
       replicas: 1
-    logging:
-      driver: "fluentd"
     networks:
       - intnet
     command:
@@ -80,8 +74,6 @@ services:
       WAIT_TIMEOUT: 300  # wait up to 5 minutes
     deploy:
       replicas: 1
-    logging:
-      driver: "fluentd"
       options:
         tag: "docker.apache2"
     networks:
@@ -106,8 +98,6 @@ services:
       WAIT_SERVICES: "redis:6379 database:5432"
     deploy:
       replicas: 0
-    logging:
-      driver: "fluentd"
     networks:
       - intnet
     command:
@@ -124,8 +114,6 @@ services:
       WAIT_SERVICES: "redis:6379"
     deploy:
       replicas: 1
-    logging:
-      driver: "fluentd"
     networks:
       - intnet
     command:
@@ -157,8 +145,6 @@ services:
         target: /init-db.sh
     deploy:
       replicas: 1
-    logging:
-      driver: "fluentd"
     networks:
       - intnet
     command:
@@ -167,8 +153,6 @@ services:
     image: registry.gitlab.eox.at/esa/prism/vs/pvs_client:latest
     deploy:
       replicas: 1
-    logging:
-      driver: "fluentd"
 configs:
   init-db:
     file: ./config/vhr18_init-db.sh