diff --git a/cmd/bootnode/main.go b/cmd/bootnode/main.go
index 1660b43b74..350b85df1e 100644
--- a/cmd/bootnode/main.go
+++ b/cmd/bootnode/main.go
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/enode"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/nat"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/netutil"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ func main() {
 		natdesc     = flag.String("nat", "none", "port mapping mechanism (any|none|upnp|pmp|pmp:<IP>|extip:<IP>)")
 		netrestrict = flag.String("netrestrict", "", "restrict network communication to the given IP networks (CIDR masks)")
 		runv5       = flag.Bool("v5", false, "run a v5 topic discovery bootnode")
-		verbosity   = flag.Int("verbosity", int(log.LvlInfo), "log verbosity (0-5)")
+		verbosity   = flag.Int("verbosity", 3, "log verbosity (0-5)")
 		vmodule     = flag.String("vmodule", "", "log verbosity pattern")
 
 		nodeKey *ecdsa.PrivateKey
@@ -54,7 +53,8 @@ func main() {
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	glogger := log.NewGlogHandler(log.NewTerminalHandler(os.Stderr, false))
-	glogger.Verbosity(slog.Level(*verbosity))
+	slogVerbosity := log.FromLegacyLevel(*verbosity)
+	glogger.Verbosity(slogVerbosity)
 	glogger.Vmodule(*vmodule)
 	log.SetDefault(log.NewLogger(glogger))
 
diff --git a/cmd/clef/main.go b/cmd/clef/main.go
index 27b7b70771..2346991369 100644
--- a/cmd/clef/main.go
+++ b/cmd/clef/main.go
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mattn/go-colorable"
 	"github.com/mattn/go-isatty"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 const legalWarning = `
@@ -493,7 +492,8 @@ func initialize(c *cli.Context) error {
 	if usecolor {
 		output = colorable.NewColorable(logOutput)
 	}
-	log.SetDefault(log.NewLogger(log.NewTerminalHandlerWithLevel(output, slog.Level(c.Int(logLevelFlag.Name)), usecolor)))
+	verbosity := log.FromLegacyLevel(c.Int(logLevelFlag.Name))
+	log.SetDefault(log.NewLogger(log.NewTerminalHandlerWithLevel(output, verbosity, usecolor)))
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/block.go b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/block.go
index 429ae12c54..a2dc473437 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/block.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/block.go
@@ -30,10 +30,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/clique"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 //go:generate go run github.com/fjl/gencodec -type header -field-override headerMarshaling -out gen_header.go
@@ -216,11 +214,6 @@ func (i *bbInput) sealClique(block *types.Block) (*types.Block, error) {
 
 // BuildBlock constructs a block from the given inputs.
 func BuildBlock(ctx *cli.Context) error {
-	// Configure the go-ethereum logger
-	glogger := log.NewGlogHandler(log.NewTerminalHandler(os.Stderr, false))
-	glogger.Verbosity(slog.Level(ctx.Int(VerbosityFlag.Name)))
-	log.SetDefault(log.NewLogger(glogger))
-
 	baseDir, err := createBasedir(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return NewError(ErrorIO, fmt.Errorf("failed creating output basedir: %v", err))
diff --git a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transaction.go b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transaction.go
index e1c98c7fe2..8533b78637 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transaction.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transaction.go
@@ -28,12 +28,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tests"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 type result struct {
@@ -66,11 +64,6 @@ func (r *result) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 }
 
 func Transaction(ctx *cli.Context) error {
-	// Configure the go-ethereum logger
-	glogger := log.NewGlogHandler(log.NewTerminalHandler(os.Stderr, false))
-	glogger.Verbosity(slog.Level(ctx.Int(VerbosityFlag.Name)))
-	log.SetDefault(log.NewLogger(glogger))
-
 	var (
 		err error
 	)
diff --git a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transition.go b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transition.go
index a01dfedab9..0a9c555cff 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transition.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transition.go
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
-
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/misc/eip1559"
@@ -82,11 +80,6 @@ type input struct {
 }
 
 func Transition(ctx *cli.Context) error {
-	// Configure the go-ethereum logger
-	glogger := log.NewGlogHandler(log.NewTerminalHandler(os.Stderr, false))
-	glogger.Verbosity(slog.Level(ctx.Int(VerbosityFlag.Name)))
-	log.SetDefault(log.NewLogger(glogger))
-
 	var (
 		err    error
 		tracer vm.EVMLogger
diff --git a/cmd/evm/main.go b/cmd/evm/main.go
index ef5d25418d..f486856805 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/main.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/main.go
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ var stateTransitionCommand = &cli.Command{
 		t8ntool.ForknameFlag,
 		t8ntool.ChainIDFlag,
 		t8ntool.RewardFlag,
-		t8ntool.VerbosityFlag,
 	},
 }
 
@@ -171,7 +170,6 @@ var transactionCommand = &cli.Command{
 		t8ntool.InputTxsFlag,
 		t8ntool.ChainIDFlag,
 		t8ntool.ForknameFlag,
-		t8ntool.VerbosityFlag,
 	},
 }
 
@@ -188,7 +186,6 @@ var blockBuilderCommand = &cli.Command{
 		t8ntool.InputWithdrawalsFlag,
 		t8ntool.InputTxsRlpFlag,
 		t8ntool.SealCliqueFlag,
-		t8ntool.VerbosityFlag,
 	},
 }