diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b266cbe7..a367d5da 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 - Enh #448: Add grouping to `make` help output (@Xakki, @samdark)
 - Enh #449: Update composer dependencies and refactor to replace use of deprecated classes (@vjik)
 - Chg #449: Remove `yiisoft/data-response` dependency (@vjik)
+- Chg #443: Do not write logs to file since that's not needed for both Docker and `./yii serve` (@samdark)
 
 ## 1.2.0 February 20, 2026
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index aa1c6e64..0c945751 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
         "yiisoft/http": "^1.3",
         "yiisoft/input-http": "^1.0.1",
         "yiisoft/log": "^2.2.0",
-        "yiisoft/log-target-file": "^3.1",
         "yiisoft/middleware-dispatcher": "^5.4",
         "yiisoft/request-provider": "^1.3",
         "yiisoft/router": "^4.0.2",
diff --git a/config/common/di/logger.php b/config/common/di/logger.php
index 4754a745..7709cec4 100644
--- a/config/common/di/logger.php
+++ b/config/common/di/logger.php
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 use Yiisoft\Definitions\ReferencesArray;
 use Yiisoft\Log\Logger;
 use Yiisoft\Log\StreamTarget;
-use Yiisoft\Log\Target\File\FileTarget;
 
 /** @var array $params */
 
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@
         'class' => Logger::class,
         '__construct()' => [
             'targets' => ReferencesArray::from([
-                FileTarget::class,
                 StreamTarget::class,
             ]),
         ],
diff --git a/public/index.php b/public/index.php
index 840d7583..e557ad8f 100644
--- a/public/index.php
+++ b/public/index.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 use Yiisoft\ErrorHandler\ErrorHandler;
 use Yiisoft\ErrorHandler\Renderer\HtmlRenderer;
 use Yiisoft\Log\Logger;
-use Yiisoft\Log\Target\File\FileTarget;
+use Yiisoft\Log\StreamTarget;
 use Yiisoft\Yii\Runner\Http\HttpApplicationRunner;
 
 $root = dirname(__DIR__);
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     temporaryErrorHandler: new ErrorHandler(
         new Logger(
             [
-                (new FileTarget($root . '/runtime/logs/app-container-building.log'))->setLevels([
+                (new StreamTarget())->setLevels([
                     LogLevel::EMERGENCY,
                     LogLevel::ERROR,
                     LogLevel::WARNING,