diff --git a/bin/core/imag/src/main.rs b/bin/core/imag/src/main.rs
index 23b80785..f866794c 100644
--- a/bin/core/imag/src/main.rs
+++ b/bin/core/imag/src/main.rs
@@ -421,8 +421,5 @@ fn forward_commandline_arguments(m: &ArgMatches, scmd: &mut Vec<String>) {
 
     push(Some("ignore-ids"),
          Runtime::arg_ignore_ids_name(), m , scmd);
-
-    push(None , Runtime::arg_logdest_name()                         , m , scmd);
-
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/core/libimagrt/src/logger.rs b/lib/core/libimagrt/src/logger.rs
index 2b71d577..cf4f975e 100644
--- a/lib/core/libimagrt/src/logger.rs
+++ b/lib/core/libimagrt/src/logger.rs
@@ -280,8 +280,8 @@ fn translate_destinations(raw: &Vec<Value>) -> Result<Vec<LogDestination>> {
 fn aggregate_global_destinations(matches: &ArgMatches, config: Option<&Value>)
     -> Result<Vec<LogDestination>>
 {
-
     match config {
+        None      => Ok(vec![LogDestination::default()]),
         Some(cfg) => cfg
             .read("imag.logging.destinations")
             .map_err(Error::from)
@@ -293,21 +293,6 @@ fn aggregate_global_destinations(matches: &ArgMatches, config: Option<&Value>)
                 Error::from(err_msg(msg))
             })
             .and_then(translate_destinations),
-        None => {
-            if let Some(values) = matches.value_of(Runtime::arg_logdest_name()) {
-                // parse logdest specification from commandline
-
-                values.split(",")
-                    .fold(Ok(vec![]), move |acc, dest| {
-                        acc.and_then(|mut v| {
-                            v.push(translate_destination(dest)?);
-                            Ok(v)
-                        })
-                    })
-            } else {
-                Ok(vec![ LogDestination::default() ])
-            }
-        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/core/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs b/lib/core/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs
index 1fa0429f..5fb367dc 100644
--- a/lib/core/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs
+++ b/lib/core/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs
@@ -245,13 +245,6 @@ impl<'a> Runtime<'a> {
                 .required(false)
                 .takes_value(true))
 
-            .arg(Arg::with_name(Runtime::arg_logdest_name())
-                .long(Runtime::arg_logdest_name())
-                .help("Override the logging destinations from the configuration: values can be seperated by ',', a value of '-' marks the stderr output, everything else is expected to be a path")
-                .required(false)
-                .takes_value(true)
-                .value_name("LOGDESTS"))
-
             .arg(Arg::with_name(Runtime::arg_ignore_ids_name())
                 .long(Runtime::arg_ignore_ids_name())
                 .help("Do not assume that the output is a pipe to another imag command. This overrides the default behaviour where imag only prints the IDs of the touched entries to stdout if stdout is a pipe.")
@@ -344,11 +337,6 @@ impl<'a> Runtime<'a> {
         self
     }
 
-    /// Get the argument name for the logging destination
-    pub fn arg_logdest_name() -> &'static str {
-        "logging-destinations"
-    }
-
     #[cfg(feature = "pub_logging_initialization")]
     pub fn init_logger(matches: &ArgMatches, config: Option<&Value>) {
         Self::_init_logger(matches, config)