diff --git a/composer/workflows/bq_copy_across_locations.py b/composer/workflows/bq_copy_across_locations.py
index c3aa2029bbcc..fdf72113a21e 100644
--- a/composer/workflows/bq_copy_across_locations.py
+++ b/composer/workflows/bq_copy_across_locations.py
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@
 # Import operator from plugins
 from gcs_plugin.operators import gcs_to_gcs
 
-import google.cloud.logging
-
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Set default arguments
@@ -82,13 +80,6 @@
 # Set GCP logging
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-# Instantiates a client
-client = google.cloud.logging.Client()
-
-# Connects the logger to the root logging handler; by default this captures
-# all logs at INFO level and higher
-client.setup_logging()
-
 logger = logging.getLogger('bq_copy_us_to_eu_01')
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------