diff --git a/t/lib-git-daemon.sh b/t/lib-git-daemon.sh
index f98de95c15..fd41229a8f 100644
--- a/t/lib-git-daemon.sh
+++ b/t/lib-git-daemon.sh
@@ -54,19 +54,11 @@ start_git_daemon() {
 		"$@" "$GIT_DAEMON_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH" \
 		>&3 2>git_daemon_output &
 	GIT_DAEMON_PID=$!
-	>daemon.log
 	{
 		read -r line <&7
-		printf "%s\n" "$line"
-		printf >&4 "%s\n" "$line"
-		(
-			while read -r line <&7
-			do
-				printf "%s\n" "$line"
-				printf >&4 "%s\n" "$line"
-			done
-		) &
-	} 7<git_daemon_output >>"$TRASH_DIRECTORY/daemon.log" &&
+		printf "%s\n" "$line" >&4
+		cat <&7 >&4 &
+	} 7<git_daemon_output &&
 
 	# Check expected output
 	if test x"$(expr "$line" : "\[[0-9]*\] \(.*\)")" != x"Ready to rumble"
diff --git a/t/t5570-git-daemon.sh b/t/t5570-git-daemon.sh
index 7466aad111..58ee787685 100755
--- a/t/t5570-git-daemon.sh
+++ b/t/t5570-git-daemon.sh
@@ -183,19 +183,6 @@ test_expect_success 'hostname cannot break out of directory' '
 		git ls-remote "$GIT_DAEMON_URL/escape.git"
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'daemon log records all attributes' '
-	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
-	Extended attribute "host": localhost
-	Extended attribute "protocol": version=1
-	EOF
-	>daemon.log &&
-	GIT_OVERRIDE_VIRTUAL_HOST=localhost \
-		git -c protocol.version=1 \
-			ls-remote "$GIT_DAEMON_URL/interp.git" &&
-	grep -i extended.attribute daemon.log | cut -d" " -f2- >actual &&
-	test_cmp expect actual
-'
-
 test_expect_success FAKENC 'hostname interpolation works after LF-stripping' '
 	{
 		printf "git-upload-pack /interp.git\n\0host=localhost" | packetize