diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/containerd/files/config.toml b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/containerd/files/config.toml
index 9fe833064c..8f024ae3c7 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/containerd/files/config.toml
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/containerd/files/config.toml
@@ -24,5 +24,3 @@ runtime = "runc"
 # do not use a shim when starting containers, saves on memory but
 # live restore is not supported
 no_shim = false
-# display shim logs in the containerd daemon's log output
-shim_debug = true