diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Build.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Build.pm
index 4080817a..126f534b 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Build.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Build.pm
@@ -67,10 +67,6 @@ sub build_GET {
     $c->stash->{available} = all { isValidPath($_->path) } $build->buildoutputs->all;
     $c->stash->{drvAvailable} = isValidPath $build->drvpath;
 
-    if (!$build->finished && $build->busy) {
-        $c->stash->{logtext} = decode("utf-8", read_file($build->logfile, err_mode => 'quiet') // "");
-    }
-
     if ($build->finished && $build->iscachedbuild) {
         my $path = ($build->buildoutputs)[0]->path or die;
         my $cachedBuildStep = findBuildStepByOutPath($self, $c, $path);
diff --git a/src/root/build.tt b/src/root/build.tt
index 5ab62a9a..160fca7e 100644
--- a/src/root/build.tt
+++ b/src/root/build.tt
@@ -280,11 +280,6 @@
 
     [% END %]
 
-    [% IF logtext %]
-      <h2>Log</h2>
-      <pre class="buildlog">[% HTML.escape(logtext) %]</pre>
-    [% END %]
-
   </div>
 
   [% IF isAggregate %]