diff --git a/awx/settings/development.py b/awx/settings/development.py
index b402687d13..6afd98a63c 100644
--- a/awx/settings/development.py
+++ b/awx/settings/development.py
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ SHELL_PLUS_PRINT_SQL = False
 # show colored logs in the dev environment
 # to disable this, set `COLOR_LOGS = False` in awx/settings/local_settings.py
 LOGGING['handlers']['console']['()'] = 'awx.main.utils.handlers.ColorHandler'  # noqa
-# task system does not propagate to AWX, so color log these too
-LOGGING['handlers']['task_system'] = LOGGING['handlers']['console'].copy()  # noqa
 COLOR_LOGS = True
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']