diff --git a/packaging/linux/run_keybase b/packaging/linux/run_keybase
index 0dcf56576b24..a27ab674462c 100755
--- a/packaging/linux/run_keybase
+++ b/packaging/linux/run_keybase
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ start_background() {
 
   # We set the --auto-forked flag here so that updated clients that try to
   # restart this service will know to re-fork it themselves. That's all it does.
-  keybase --debug --use-default-log-file service --auto-forked &>> "$logdir/keybase.start.log" &
+  keybase --use-default-log-file service --auto-forked &>> "$logdir/keybase.start.log" &
 
   if [ "$KEYBASE_NO_KBFS" != "1" ]; then
       run_redirector_in_background
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ start_background() {
       # has invalid permissions, the user will be notified on the command line
       # after running `run_keybase`, but otherwise stdout will not be cluttered
       # with other various log messages.
-      ( kbfsfuse -debug -log-to-file | tee "$logdir/keybase.start.log" ) &
+      ( kbfsfuse -log-to-file | tee "$logdir/keybase.start.log" ) &
   fi
 
   if [ "$KEYBASE_NO_GUI" != "1" ]; then
diff --git a/packaging/linux/systemd/kbfs.service b/packaging/linux/systemd/kbfs.service
index 4c7dc7343aef..60bf1f7898ac 100644
--- a/packaging/linux/systemd/kbfs.service
+++ b/packaging/linux/systemd/kbfs.service
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ EnvironmentFile=-%h/.config/keybase/keybase.env
 # are any running shells cd'd into a Keybase folder.
 ExecStartPre=-/bin/sh -c 'fusermount -uz "$(keybase config get -d -b mountdir)"'
 
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/kbfsfuse -debug -log-to-file
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/kbfsfuse -log-to-file
 
 # This should have already occurred in the signal handler in kbfsfuse.
 ExecStop=-/bin/sh -c 'fusermount -uz "$(keybase config get -d -b mountdir)"'
diff --git a/packaging/linux/systemd/keybase.service b/packaging/linux/systemd/keybase.service
index f1f973bf47e4..1fcf5d5769a5 100644
--- a/packaging/linux/systemd/keybase.service
+++ b/packaging/linux/systemd/keybase.service
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ EnvironmentFile=-%t/keybase/keybase.env
 EnvironmentFile=-%h/.config/keybase/keybase.autogen.env
 EnvironmentFile=-%h/.config/keybase/keybase.env
 
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/keybase --use-default-log-file --debug service
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/keybase --use-default-log-file service
 Restart=on-failure
 
 [Install]