diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 55c217d82574..dbd23f150cbb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3410,7 +3410,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "bincode",
  "directories-next",
- "file-per-thread-logger",
  "filetime",
  "log",
  "once_cell",
diff --git a/crates/cache/Cargo.toml b/crates/cache/Cargo.toml
index 8bcfd5d66138..28943c078057 100644
--- a/crates/cache/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/cache/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ anyhow = { workspace = true }
 base64 = "0.21.0"
 bincode = "1.1.4"
 directories-next = "2.0"
-file-per-thread-logger = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0.94", features = ["derive"] }
 sha2 = "0.10.2"
diff --git a/crates/cache/src/config.rs b/crates/cache/src/config.rs
index 1e58082edf53..5f028293aa11 100644
--- a/crates/cache/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/cache/src/config.rs
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ impl CacheConfig {
 
     fn spawn_worker(&mut self) {
         if self.enabled {
-            self.worker = Some(Worker::start_new(self, None));
+            self.worker = Some(Worker::start_new(self));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/cache/src/worker.rs b/crates/cache/src/worker.rs
index 73c6dbf8a2a3..47b252095b51 100644
--- a/crates/cache/src/worker.rs
+++ b/crates/cache/src/worker.rs
@@ -53,10 +53,7 @@ enum CacheEvent {
 }
 
 impl Worker {
-    pub(super) fn start_new(
-        cache_config: &CacheConfig,
-        init_file_per_thread_logger: Option<&'static str>,
-    ) -> Self {
+    pub(super) fn start_new(cache_config: &CacheConfig) -> Self {
         let queue_size = match cache_config.worker_event_queue_size() {
             num if num <= usize::max_value() as u64 => num as usize,
             _ => usize::max_value(),
@@ -76,7 +73,7 @@ impl Worker {
         // when self is dropped, sender will be dropped, what will cause the channel
         // to hang, and the worker thread to exit -- it happens in the tests
         // non-tests binary has only a static worker, so Rust doesn't drop it
-        thread::spawn(move || worker_thread.run(init_file_per_thread_logger));
+        thread::spawn(move || worker_thread.run());
 
         Self {
             sender: tx,
@@ -192,11 +189,7 @@ macro_rules! unwrap_or_warn {
 }
 
 impl WorkerThread {
-    fn run(self, init_file_per_thread_logger: Option<&'static str>) {
-        if let Some(prefix) = init_file_per_thread_logger {
-            file_per_thread_logger::initialize(prefix);
-        }
-
+    fn run(self) {
         debug!("Cache worker thread started.");
 
         Self::lower_thread_priority();
diff --git a/crates/cache/src/worker/tests.rs b/crates/cache/src/worker/tests.rs
index 9c04e020e422..d2652c6c2d28 100644
--- a/crates/cache/src/worker/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/cache/src/worker/tests.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ fn test_on_get_create_stats_file() {
         cache_dir
     );
     assert!(cache_config.enabled());
-    let worker = Worker::start_new(&cache_config, None);
+    let worker = Worker::start_new(&cache_config);
 
     let mod_file = cache_dir.join("some-mod");
     worker.on_cache_get_async(mod_file);
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ fn test_on_get_update_usage_counter() {
         cache_dir
     );
     assert!(cache_config.enabled());
-    let worker = Worker::start_new(&cache_config, None);
+    let worker = Worker::start_new(&cache_config);
 
     let mod_file = cache_dir.join("some-mod");
     let stats_file = cache_dir.join("some-mod.stats");
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ fn test_on_get_recompress_no_mod_file() {
         cache_dir
     );
     assert!(cache_config.enabled());
-    let worker = Worker::start_new(&cache_config, None);
+    let worker = Worker::start_new(&cache_config);
 
     let mod_file = cache_dir.join("some-mod");
     let stats_file = cache_dir.join("some-mod.stats");
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ fn test_on_get_recompress_with_mod_file() {
         cache_dir
     );
     assert!(cache_config.enabled());
-    let worker = Worker::start_new(&cache_config, None);
+    let worker = Worker::start_new(&cache_config);
 
     let mod_file = cache_dir.join("some-mod");
     let mod_data = "some test data to be compressed";
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ fn test_on_get_recompress_lock() {
         cache_dir
     );
     assert!(cache_config.enabled());
-    let worker = Worker::start_new(&cache_config, None);
+    let worker = Worker::start_new(&cache_config);
 
     let mod_file = cache_dir.join("some-mod");
     let mod_data = "some test data to be compressed";
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ fn test_on_update_fresh_stats_file() {
         cache_dir
     );
     assert!(cache_config.enabled());
-    let worker = Worker::start_new(&cache_config, None);
+    let worker = Worker::start_new(&cache_config);
 
     let mod_file = cache_dir.join("some-mod");
     let stats_file = cache_dir.join("some-mod.stats");
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ fn test_on_update_cleanup_limits_trash_locks() {
         cache_dir
     );
     assert!(cache_config.enabled());
-    let worker = Worker::start_new(&cache_config, None);
+    let worker = Worker::start_new(&cache_config);
     let content_1k = "a".repeat(1_000);
     let content_10k = "a".repeat(10_000);
 
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ fn test_on_update_cleanup_lru_policy() {
         cache_dir
     );
     assert!(cache_config.enabled());
-    let worker = Worker::start_new(&cache_config, None);
+    let worker = Worker::start_new(&cache_config);
     let content_1k = "a".repeat(1_000);
     let content_5k = "a".repeat(5_000);
     let content_10k = "a".repeat(10_000);
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ fn test_on_update_cleanup_future_files() {
         cache_dir
     );
     assert!(cache_config.enabled());
-    let worker = Worker::start_new(&cache_config, None);
+    let worker = Worker::start_new(&cache_config);
     let content_1k = "a".repeat(1_000);
 
     let mods_files_dir = cache_dir.join("target-triple").join("compiler-version");
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ fn test_on_update_cleanup_self_lock() {
         cache_dir
     );
     assert!(cache_config.enabled());
-    let worker = Worker::start_new(&cache_config, None);
+    let worker = Worker::start_new(&cache_config);
 
     let mod_file = cache_dir.join("some-mod");
     let trash_file = cache_dir.join("trash-file.txt");