diff --git a/roles/run-devstack/README.rst b/roles/run-devstack/README.rst
index e53f060602..d77eb15e99 100644
--- a/roles/run-devstack/README.rst
+++ b/roles/run-devstack/README.rst
@@ -6,9 +6,3 @@ Run devstack
    :default: /opt/stack
 
    The devstack base directory.
-
-.. zuul:rolevar:: devstack_early_log
-   :default: /opt/stack/log/devstack-early.txt
-
-   The full devstack log that includes the whatever stack.sh logs before
-   the LOGFILE variable in local.conf is honoured.
diff --git a/roles/run-devstack/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/run-devstack/defaults/main.yaml
index dc4528f692..fea05c8146 100644
--- a/roles/run-devstack/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/run-devstack/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 devstack_base_dir: /opt/stack
-devstack_early_log: /opt/stack/logs/devstack-early.txt
diff --git a/roles/run-devstack/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/run-devstack/tasks/main.yaml
index f53212904a..64f769c0d0 100644
--- a/roles/run-devstack/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/run-devstack/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 - name: Run devstack
-  shell: ./stack.sh 2>&1 {{ devstack_early_log }}
+  shell: ./stack.sh 2>&1
   args:
     chdir: "{{devstack_base_dir}}/devstack"
   become: true