diff --git a/.changeset/nine-boxes-return.md b/.changeset/nine-boxes-return.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec8a65c8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/nine-boxes-return.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@livekit/agents': patch
+---
+
+Revert "Send all log levels to cloud observability regardless of terminal log level"
diff --git a/agents/src/log.ts b/agents/src/log.ts
index 8c950a34c..dbd008c32 100644
--- a/agents/src/log.ts
+++ b/agents/src/log.ts
@@ -62,11 +62,6 @@ class OtelDestination extends Writable {
  * Enable OTEL logging by reconfiguring the logger with multistream.
  * Uses a custom destination that receives full JSON logs (with msg, level, time).
  *
- * The base logger level is set to 'debug' so all logs are generated,
- * while each stream filters to its own level:
- * - Terminal: user-specified level (default: 'info')
- * - OTEL/Cloud: always 'debug' to capture all logs for observability
- *
  * @internal
  */
 export const enableOtelLogging = () => {
@@ -78,12 +73,11 @@ export const enableOtelLogging = () => {
 
   const { pretty, level } = loggerOptions;
 
-  const terminalLevel = level || 'info';
+  const logLevel = level || 'info';
   const streams: { stream: DestinationStream; level: string }[] = [
-    { stream: pretty ? pinoPretty({ colorize: true }) : process.stdout, level: terminalLevel },
+    { stream: pretty ? pinoPretty({ colorize: true }) : process.stdout, level: logLevel },
     { stream: new OtelDestination(), level: 'debug' },
   ];
 
-  // Base level must be 'debug' to generate all logs; each stream filters independently
-  logger = pino({ level: 'debug' }, multistream(streams));
+  logger = pino({ level: logLevel }, multistream(streams));
 };