diff --git a/dvc/logger.py b/dvc/logger.py
index ecd115a7cf..88aec12e0c 100644
--- a/dvc/logger.py
+++ b/dvc/logger.py
@@ -141,6 +141,13 @@ def _stack_trace(exc_info):
     )
 
 
+def disable_other_loggers():
+    root = logging.root
+    for (logger_name, logger) in root.manager.loggerDict.items():
+        if logger_name != "dvc" and not logger_name.startswith("dvc."):
+            logger.disabled = True
+
+
 def setup(level=logging.INFO):
     colorama.init()
 
@@ -183,22 +190,7 @@ def setup(level=logging.INFO):
                         "console_errors",
                     ],
                 },
-                "paramiko": {
-                    "level": logging.CRITICAL,
-                    "handlers": [
-                        "console_info",
-                        "console_debug",
-                        "console_errors",
-                    ],
-                },
-                "flufl.lock": {
-                    "level": logging.CRITICAL,
-                    "handlers": [
-                        "console_info",
-                        "console_debug",
-                        "console_errors",
-                    ],
-                },
             },
+            "disable_existing_loggers": False,
         }
     )
diff --git a/dvc/main.py b/dvc/main.py
index cc4fe38aa9..9caaedd290 100644
--- a/dvc/main.py
+++ b/dvc/main.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 from dvc.exceptions import DvcParserError
 from dvc.exceptions import NotDvcRepoError
 from dvc.external_repo import clean_repos
-from dvc.logger import FOOTER
+from dvc.logger import disable_other_loggers, FOOTER
 from dvc.utils import format_link
 from dvc.remote.pool import close_pools
 
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ def main(argv=None):
     """
     args = None
     cmd = None
+    disable_other_loggers()
 
     outerLogLevel = logger.level
     try:
diff --git a/tests/dir_helpers.py b/tests/dir_helpers.py
index 158bb20531..0604099bb9 100644
--- a/tests/dir_helpers.py
+++ b/tests/dir_helpers.py
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@
 
 import os
 import pathlib
-import logging
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 
 import pytest
 from funcy import lmap, retry
 
+from dvc.logger import disable_other_loggers
 from dvc.utils.fs import makedirs
 from dvc.compat import fspath, fspath_py35
 
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@
 
 
 # see https://github.com/iterative/dvc/issues/3167
-git_logger = logging.getLogger("git")
-git_logger.setLevel(logging.CRITICAL)
+disable_other_loggers()
 
 
 class TmpDir(pathlib.Path):