diff --git a/test/e2e/fixture/fixture.go b/test/e2e/fixture/fixture.go
index 66508678d2..cc23b36b75 100644
--- a/test/e2e/fixture/fixture.go
+++ b/test/e2e/fixture/fixture.go
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ func getKubeConfig(configPath string, overrides clientcmd.ConfigOverrides) *rest
 // creates e2e tests fixture: ensures that Application CRD is installed, creates temporal namespace, starts repo and api server,
 // configure currently available cluster.
 func init() {
-	// this enables colors and disables full timestamps
-	log.SetFormatter(&log.TextFormatter{ForceColors: true})
 	// ensure we log all shell execs
 	log.SetLevel(log.DebugLevel)
 	// set-up variables