diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet
index acd8bea978d4c4b1a8a55df8805f37ba1804ab63..eb388662bd4794015d826c973413b5bbe469eedd 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@ function(params) {
       args: [
         '--cert-dir=/var/run/serving-cert',
         '--config=/etc/adapter/config.yaml',
-        '--logtostderr=true',
         '--metrics-relist-interval=1m',
         '--prometheus-url=' + pa._config.prometheusURL,
         '--secure-port=6443',
diff --git a/manifests/prometheusAdapter-deployment.yaml b/manifests/prometheusAdapter-deployment.yaml
index ac196193cc527523ac8816fe4a299dbe7e744e05..389057e9c1654f391cc35642cf235868ae843f91 100644
--- a/manifests/prometheusAdapter-deployment.yaml
+++ b/manifests/prometheusAdapter-deployment.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ spec:
       - args:
         - --cert-dir=/var/run/serving-cert
         - --config=/etc/adapter/config.yaml
-        - --logtostderr=true
         - --metrics-relist-interval=1m
         - --prometheus-url=http://prometheus-k8s.monitoring.svc:9090/
         - --secure-port=6443