diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/Logger.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/Logger.php
index 1bdc018740896e44faa3a0d77d9b14cfa9d087a1..f842c433750c42ba5243f532c666642f30aceb76 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/Logger.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/Logger.php
@@ -477,7 +477,6 @@ class Logger
         } elseif (!isset(self::$loggingHandler)) {
             // Initialize logging
             self::createLoggingHandler();
-            self::flush();
         }
 
         if (self::$captureLog) {