diff --git a/src/_pytest/capture.py b/src/_pytest/capture.py
index 7bd319b1a97..066b6e28cec 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/capture.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/capture.py
@@ -56,13 +56,6 @@ def pytest_load_initial_conftests(early_config, parser, args):
     # make sure that capturemanager is properly reset at final shutdown
     early_config.add_cleanup(capman.stop_global_capturing)
 
-    # make sure logging does not raise exceptions at the end
-    def silence_logging_at_shutdown():
-        if "logging" in sys.modules:
-            sys.modules["logging"].raiseExceptions = False
-
-    early_config.add_cleanup(silence_logging_at_shutdown)
-
     # finally trigger conftest loading but while capturing (issue93)
     capman.start_global_capturing()
     outcome = yield