diff --git a/audio/audio.c b/audio/audio.c
index 9d018e9ded..cb1cba9236 100644
--- a/audio/audio.c
+++ b/audio/audio.c
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ static struct {
         int64_t ticks;
     } period;
     int plive;
-    int log_to_monitor;
     int try_poll_in;
     int try_poll_out;
 } conf = {
@@ -97,7 +96,6 @@ static struct {
 
     .period = { .hertz = 100 },
     .plive = 0,
-    .log_to_monitor = 0,
     .try_poll_in = 1,
     .try_poll_out = 1,
 };
@@ -331,20 +329,11 @@ static const char *audio_get_conf_str (const char *key,
 
 void AUD_vlog (const char *cap, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 {
-    if (conf.log_to_monitor) {
-        if (cap) {
-            monitor_printf(default_mon, "%s: ", cap);
-        }
-
-        monitor_vprintf(default_mon, fmt, ap);
+    if (cap) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s: ", cap);
     }
-    else {
-        if (cap) {
-            fprintf (stderr, "%s: ", cap);
-        }
 
-        vfprintf (stderr, fmt, ap);
-    }
+    vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
 }
 
 void AUD_log (const char *cap, const char *fmt, ...)
@@ -1654,12 +1643,6 @@ static struct audio_option audio_options[] = {
         .valp  = &conf.plive,
         .descr = "(undocumented)"
     },
-    {
-        .name  = "LOG_TO_MONITOR",
-        .tag   = AUD_OPT_BOOL,
-        .valp  = &conf.log_to_monitor,
-        .descr = "Print logging messages to monitor instead of stderr"
-    },
     { /* End of list */ }
 };
 
diff --git a/include/monitor/monitor.h b/include/monitor/monitor.h
index 57f8394a94..88644ceda7 100644
--- a/include/monitor/monitor.h
+++ b/include/monitor/monitor.h
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include "qemu/readline.h"
 
 extern Monitor *cur_mon;
-extern Monitor *default_mon;
 
 /* flags for monitor_init */
 #define MONITOR_IS_DEFAULT    0x01
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index 6a4642493a..8e1a2e85b8 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@ static mon_cmd_t info_cmds[];
 static const mon_cmd_t qmp_cmds[];
 
 Monitor *cur_mon;
-Monitor *default_mon;
 
 static void monitor_command_cb(void *opaque, const char *cmdline,
                                void *readline_opaque);
@@ -5298,9 +5297,6 @@ void monitor_init(CharDriverState *chr, int flags)
     qemu_mutex_lock(&monitor_lock);
     QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&mon_list, mon, entry);
     qemu_mutex_unlock(&monitor_lock);
-
-    if (!default_mon || (flags & MONITOR_IS_DEFAULT))
-        default_mon = mon;
 }
 
 static void bdrv_password_cb(void *opaque, const char *password,