diff --git a/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Controller/IndexerController.php b/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Controller/IndexerController.php
index 3adbf1b9b832e..5b29585264914 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Controller/IndexerController.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Controller/IndexerController.php
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ public function start()
         $dispatcher = $this->getDispatcher();
 
         if ($params->get('enable_logging', '0')) {
-            $options['format']    = '{DATE}\t{TIME}\t{LEVEL}\t{CODE}\t{MESSAGE}';
             $options['text_file'] = 'indexer.php';
             Log::addLogger($options);
         }
@@ -129,7 +128,6 @@ public function batch()
         $dispatcher = $this->getDispatcher();
 
         if ($params->get('enable_logging', '0')) {
-            $options['format']    = '{DATE}\t{TIME}\t{LEVEL}\t{CODE}\t{MESSAGE}';
             $options['text_file'] = 'indexer.php';
             Log::addLogger($options);
         }
@@ -284,7 +282,6 @@ public static function sendResponse($data = null)
         $params = ComponentHelper::getParams('com_finder');
 
         if ($params->get('enable_logging', '0')) {
-            $options['format']    = '{DATE}\t{TIME}\t{LEVEL}\t{CODE}\t{MESSAGE}';
             $options['text_file'] = 'indexer.php';
             Log::addLogger($options);
         }
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Response/Response.php b/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Response/Response.php
index 39691a8520f84..5737670b40874 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Response/Response.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Response/Response.php
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ public function __construct($state)
         $params = ComponentHelper::getParams('com_finder');
 
         if ($params->get('enable_logging', '0')) {
-            $options['format']    = '{DATE}\t{TIME}\t{LEVEL}\t{CODE}\t{MESSAGE}';
             $options['text_file'] = 'indexer.php';
             Log::addLogger($options);
         }
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_joomlaupdate/src/Model/UpdateModel.php b/administrator/components/com_joomlaupdate/src/Model/UpdateModel.php
index efa6300f2ddf0..c2792e5676703 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_joomlaupdate/src/Model/UpdateModel.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_joomlaupdate/src/Model/UpdateModel.php
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ public function __construct($config = [], ?MVCFactoryInterface $factory = null)
 
         // Register a logger for update process
         $options = [
-            'format'    => '{DATE}\t{TIME}\t{LEVEL}\t{CODE}\t{MESSAGE}',
             'text_file' => 'joomla_update.php',
         ];
 
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_scheduler/src/Scheduler/Scheduler.php b/administrator/components/com_scheduler/src/Scheduler/Scheduler.php
index f5eb2260990f1..58c646cffa93b 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_scheduler/src/Scheduler/Scheduler.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_scheduler/src/Scheduler/Scheduler.php
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public function runTask(array $options): ?Task
 
         $app->getLanguage()->load('com_scheduler', JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR);
 
-        $options['text_entry_format'] = '{DATE}	{TIME}	{PRIORITY}	{MESSAGE}';
+        $options['text_entry_format'] = "{DATE}\t{TIME}\t{PRIORITY}\t{MESSAGE}";
         $options['text_file']         = 'joomla_scheduler.php';
         Log::addLogger($options, Log::ALL, $task->logCategory);
 
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_scheduler/src/Task/Task.php b/administrator/components/com_scheduler/src/Task/Task.php
index 7144be82153c2..9ad0765358f03 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_scheduler/src/Task/Task.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_scheduler/src/Task/Task.php
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public function __construct(object $record)
         if ($this->get('params.individual_log')) {
             $logFile = $this->get('params.log_file') ?? 'task_' . $this->get('id') . '.log.php';
 
-            $options['text_entry_format'] = '{DATE}	{TIME}	{PRIORITY}	{MESSAGE}';
+            $options['text_entry_format'] = "{DATE}\t{TIME}\t{PRIORITY}\t{MESSAGE}";
             $options['text_file']         = $logFile;
             Log::addLogger($options, Log::ALL, [$this->logCategory]);
         }
diff --git a/installation/includes/app.php b/installation/includes/app.php
index ca11a3dbfcf89..127ed83d1863d 100644
--- a/installation/includes/app.php
+++ b/installation/includes/app.php
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 if (is_writable(JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR . '/logs')) {
     \Joomla\CMS\Log\Log::addLogger(
         [
-            'format'    => '{DATE}\t{TIME}\t{LEVEL}\t{CODE}\t{MESSAGE}',
             'text_file' => 'error.php',
         ],
         \Joomla\CMS\Log\Log::ALL,
diff --git a/installation/includes/cli.php b/installation/includes/cli.php
index 4562a6bfaa66b..121f5d860a73d 100644
--- a/installation/includes/cli.php
+++ b/installation/includes/cli.php
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 if (is_writable(JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR . '/logs')) {
     \Joomla\CMS\Log\Log::addLogger(
         [
-            'format'    => '{DATE}\t{TIME}\t{LEVEL}\t{CODE}\t{MESSAGE}',
             'text_file' => 'error.php',
         ],
         \Joomla\CMS\Log\Log::ALL,
diff --git a/libraries/src/Log/Logger/FormattedtextLogger.php b/libraries/src/Log/Logger/FormattedtextLogger.php
index 874fb5d0ad92a..030bec8d57730 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Log/Logger/FormattedtextLogger.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Log/Logger/FormattedtextLogger.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class FormattedtextLogger extends Logger
      * @var    string
      * @since  1.7.0
      */
-    protected $format = '{DATETIME}	{PRIORITY}	{CLIENTIP}	{CATEGORY}	{MESSAGE}';
+    protected $format = "{DATETIME}\t{PRIORITY}\t{CLIENTIP}\t{CATEGORY}\t{MESSAGE}";
 
     /**
      * The parsed fields from the format string.
diff --git a/libraries/src/Log/Logger/W3cLogger.php b/libraries/src/Log/Logger/W3cLogger.php
index 65e7c2a3758d9..c836e058410fb 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Log/Logger/W3cLogger.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Log/Logger/W3cLogger.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class W3cLogger extends FormattedtextLogger
      * @var    string
      * @since  1.7.0
      */
-    protected $format = '{DATE}	{TIME}	{PRIORITY}	{CLIENTIP}	{CATEGORY}	{MESSAGE}';
+    protected $format = "{DATE}\t{TIME}\t{PRIORITY}\t{CLIENTIP}\t{CATEGORY}\t{MESSAGE}";
 
     /**
      * Constructor.
diff --git a/plugins/system/webauthn/src/Extension/Webauthn.php b/plugins/system/webauthn/src/Extension/Webauthn.php
index 5a69921663a21..e514d24858e6a 100644
--- a/plugins/system/webauthn/src/Extension/Webauthn.php
+++ b/plugins/system/webauthn/src/Extension/Webauthn.php
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public function __construct(array $config = [], ?Authentication $authHelper = nu
 
         Log::addLogger([
             'text_file'         => "webauthn_system.php",
-            'text_entry_format' => '{DATETIME}	{PRIORITY}	{CLIENTIP}	{MESSAGE}',
+            'text_entry_format' => "{DATETIME}\t{PRIORITY}\t{CLIENTIP}\t{MESSAGE}",
         ], $logLevels, ["webauthn.system"]);
 
         $this->authenticationHelper = $authHelper ?? (new Authentication());