diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cba77f1f4..e5b2ac391 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ tokio-util = "0.7.9"
 toml = "0.8"
 url = "2"
 uuid = { version = "1", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
-tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
 
 # Pin OpenSSL to 3.1 releases.
 # OpenSSL 3.2 has a regression tracked at <https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues/23376>
diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
index 6567d4cd4..57208d82a 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.37.0", features = ["io-std"] }
 tokio-util = "0.7.9"
 yerpc = { version = "0.5.2", features = ["anyhow_expose", "openrpc"] }
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
 
 [features]
 default = ["vendored"]
diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-server/src/main.rs b/deltachat-rpc-server/src/main.rs
index 2ed976609..1071c0b8a 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-server/src/main.rs
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-server/src/main.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use deltachat::constants::DC_VERSION_STR;
 use deltachat_jsonrpc::api::{Accounts, CommandApi};
 use futures_lite::stream::StreamExt;
 use tokio::io::{self, AsyncBufReadExt, BufReader};
+use tracing_subscriber::{prelude::*, EnvFilter};
 use yerpc::RpcServer as _;
 
 #[cfg(target_family = "unix")]
@@ -62,6 +63,16 @@ async fn main_impl() -> Result<()> {
 
     env_logger::Builder::from_env(env_logger::Env::default().default_filter_or("info")).init();
 
+    tracing_subscriber::registry()
+        .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer().with_writer(std::io::stderr))
+        .with(
+            EnvFilter::builder()
+                .with_default_directive(tracing_subscriber::filter::LevelFilter::DEBUG.into())
+                .from_env_lossy(),
+        )
+        .try_init()
+        .ok();
+
     let path = std::env::var("DC_ACCOUNTS_PATH").unwrap_or_else(|_| "accounts".to_string());
     log::info!("Starting with accounts directory `{}`.", path);
     let writable = true;
diff --git a/src/context.rs b/src/context.rs
index b6da83a98..289ea0e6b 100644
--- a/src/context.rs
+++ b/src/context.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ use async_channel::{self as channel, Receiver, Sender};
 use pgp::SignedPublicKey;
 use ratelimit::Ratelimit;
 use tokio::sync::{Mutex, Notify, OnceCell, RwLock};
-use tracing_subscriber::{prelude::*, EnvFilter};
 
 use crate::aheader::EncryptPreference;
 use crate::chat::{get_chat_cnt, ChatId, ProtectionStatus};
@@ -456,17 +455,6 @@ impl Context {
             inner: Arc::new(inner),
         };
 
-        tracing_subscriber::registry()
-            .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer().with_writer(std::io::stderr))
-            // .with(DeltaLayer(ctx.clone()))
-            .with(
-                EnvFilter::builder()
-                    .with_default_directive(tracing_subscriber::filter::LevelFilter::DEBUG.into())
-                    .from_env_lossy(),
-            )
-            .try_init()
-            .ok();
-
         Ok(ctx)
     }
 
@@ -1424,32 +1412,6 @@ impl tracing::field::Visit for CollectVisitor {
     }
 }
 
-// set the RUST_LOG env var to one of {debug,info,warn} to see logging info
-struct DeltaLayer(Context);
-
-impl<S: tracing::Subscriber> tracing_subscriber::Layer<S> for DeltaLayer {
-    fn on_event(
-        &self,
-        event: &tracing::Event<'_>,
-        _ctx: tracing_subscriber::layer::Context<'_, S>,
-    ) {
-        let mut visitor = CollectVisitor::default();
-        event.record(&mut visitor);
-
-        use tracing::Level;
-
-        let out_event = if event.metadata().level() == &Level::WARN {
-            EventType::Warning(format!("{:?}", visitor))
-        } else if event.metadata().level() == &Level::ERROR {
-            EventType::Error(format!("{:?}", visitor))
-        } else {
-            EventType::Info(format!("{:?}", visitor))
-        };
-
-        self.0.emit_event(out_event);
-    }
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use anyhow::Context as _;