diff --git a/roles/installer/templates/configmaps/config.yaml.j2 b/roles/installer/templates/configmaps/config.yaml.j2
index aa795d14..8a8de56a 100644
--- a/roles/installer/templates/configmaps/config.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/installer/templates/configmaps/config.yaml.j2
@@ -81,35 +81,34 @@ data:
     EMAIL_HOST_USER = ''
     EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = ''
     EMAIL_USE_TLS = False
-    
-    LOGGING['handlers']['console'] = {
-        '()': 'logging.StreamHandler',
-        'level': 'DEBUG',
-        'formatter': 'simple',
-        'filters': ['guid'],
-    }
-    
-    LOGGING['loggers']['django.request']['handlers'] = ['console']
-    LOGGING['loggers']['rest_framework.request']['handlers'] = ['console']
-    LOGGING['loggers']['awx']['handlers'] = ['console', 'external_logger']
-    LOGGING['loggers']['awx.main.commands.run_callback_receiver']['handlers'] = ['console']
-    LOGGING['loggers']['awx.main.tasks']['handlers'] = ['console', 'external_logger']
-    LOGGING['loggers']['awx.main.scheduler']['handlers'] = ['console', 'external_logger']
-    LOGGING['loggers']['django_auth_ldap']['handlers'] = ['console']
-    LOGGING['loggers']['social']['handlers'] = ['console']
-    LOGGING['loggers']['system_tracking_migrations']['handlers'] = ['console']
-    LOGGING['loggers']['rbac_migrations']['handlers'] = ['console']
-    LOGGING['handlers']['callback_receiver'] = {'class': 'logging.NullHandler'}
-    LOGGING['handlers']['task_system'] = {'class': 'logging.NullHandler'}
-    LOGGING['handlers']['tower_warnings'] = {'class': 'logging.NullHandler'}
-    LOGGING['handlers']['rbac_migrations'] = {'class': 'logging.NullHandler'}
-    LOGGING['handlers']['system_tracking_migrations'] = {'class': 'logging.NullHandler'}
-    LOGGING['handlers']['management_playbooks'] = {'class': 'logging.NullHandler'}
 
     USE_X_FORWARDED_PORT = True
     BROADCAST_WEBSOCKET_PORT = 8052
     BROADCAST_WEBSOCKET_PROTOCOL = 'http'
 
+    # LOGGING in defaults.py is oriented towards VM installs where we write to files under
+    # /var/log/tower. This ensures everything is logged to stdout.
+    for handler in LOGGING['handlers']:
+        if handler == 'external_logger':
+            continue
+
+        if handler == 'console':
+            LOGGING['handlers'][handler]['filters'].remove('require_debug_true_or_test')
+
+            continue
+
+        filename = LOGGING['handlers'][handler].get('filename')
+        if filename:
+            del LOGGING['handlers'][handler]['filename']
+
+        LOGGING['handlers'][handler]['class'] = 'logging.NullHandler'
+
+    for logger in LOGGING['loggers']:
+        handlers = LOGGING['loggers'][logger].get('handlers')
+        if handlers and 'file' in handlers:
+            handlers.remove('file')
+
+
 {% for item in extra_settings | default([]) %}
     {{ item.setting }} = {{ item.value }}
 {% endfor %}