diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/RuneLite.java b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/RuneLite.java
index ce97afd8f9..06190a9a93 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/RuneLite.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/RuneLite.java
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ import net.runelite.client.ui.overlay.infobox.InfoBoxOverlay;
 import net.runelite.client.ui.overlay.tooltip.TooltipOverlay;
 import net.runelite.client.ui.overlay.worldmap.WorldMapOverlay;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.slf4j.MDC;
 
 @Singleton
 @Slf4j
@@ -76,8 +75,6 @@ public class RuneLite
 	public static final File RUNELITE_DIR = new File(System.getProperty("user.home"), ".runelite");
 	public static final File PROFILES_DIR = new File(RUNELITE_DIR, "profiles");
 	public static final File SCREENSHOT_DIR = new File(RUNELITE_DIR, "screenshots");
-	private static final File LOGS_DIR = new File(RUNELITE_DIR, "logs");
-	private static final File LOGS_FILE_NAME = new File(LOGS_DIR, "application");
 
 	@Getter
 	private static Injector injector;
@@ -194,9 +191,6 @@ public class RuneLite
 
 		PROFILES_DIR.mkdirs();
 
-		// Setup logger
-		MDC.put("logFileName", LOGS_FILE_NAME.getAbsolutePath());
-
 		if (options.has("debug"))
 		{
 			final Logger logger = (Logger) LoggerFactory.getLogger(Logger.ROOT_LOGGER_NAME);
diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/runelite-client/src/main/resources/logback.xml
index 4bafcd0e5c..f995bee979 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -30,39 +30,29 @@
         </encoder>
     </appender>
 
-    <appender name="FILE" class="ch.qos.logback.classic.sift.SiftingAppender">
-        <!-- discriminator is used for setting up the log file from code -->
-        <discriminator>
-            <key>logFileName</key>
-            <defaultValue>${user.home}/.runelite/logs/application</defaultValue>
-        </discriminator>
-        <sift>
-            <appender name="FILE-${logFileName}" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
-                <!-- default file to log to -->
-                <file>${logFileName}.log</file>
+    <appender name="FILE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
+        <file>${user.home}/.runelite/logs/client.log</file>
 
-                <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy">
-                    <!-- daily rollover -->
-                    <fileNamePattern>${logFileName}_%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.%i.log</fileNamePattern>
+        <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy">
+            <!-- daily rollover -->
+            <fileNamePattern>client_%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.%i.log</fileNamePattern>
 
-                    <!-- when file size is larger than defined, roll to new file -->
-                    <timeBasedFileNamingAndTriggeringPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedFNATP">
-                        <maxFileSize>10MB</maxFileSize>
-                    </timeBasedFileNamingAndTriggeringPolicy>
+            <!-- when file size is larger than defined, roll to new file -->
+            <timeBasedFileNamingAndTriggeringPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedFNATP">
+                <maxFileSize>10MB</maxFileSize>
+            </timeBasedFileNamingAndTriggeringPolicy>
 
-                    <!-- keep 30 days' worth of history -->
-                    <maxHistory>30</maxHistory>
-                </rollingPolicy>
+            <!-- keep 30 days' worth of history -->
+            <maxHistory>30</maxHistory>
+        </rollingPolicy>
 
-                <encoder>
-                    <Pattern>%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n</Pattern>
-                </encoder>
-            </appender>
-        </sift>
+        <encoder>
+            <Pattern>%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n</Pattern>
+        </encoder>
     </appender>
 
     <root level="INFO">
-        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
+        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/>
         <appender-ref ref="FILE"/>
     </root>
 </configuration>
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