diff --git a/lib/Config.js b/lib/Config.js
index 5bcbea1a7..4deebf47e 100644
--- a/lib/Config.js
+++ b/lib/Config.js
@@ -146,11 +146,6 @@ class Config extends EventEmitter {
             };
         }
 
-        // Overwrite logSource if configured
-        const configuredLogSource = process.env.BACKBEAT_QUEUEPOPULATOR_LOGSOURCE;
-        if (configuredLogSource) {
-            parsedConfig.queuePopulator.logSource = configuredLogSource;
-        }
         // Overwrite extension configs if configured
         // We can specify the list of extensions that should be handled by this
         // instance of the queuePopulator
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0043e0ec0..4b1a2480f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "lint": "eslint $(git ls-files '*.js')",
     "lint_md": "mdlint $(git ls-files '[^bucket-scanner/]*.md')",
     "start": "node bin/backbeat.js",
-    "notification_populator": "BACKBEAT_QUEUEPOPULATOR_EXTENSIONS=notification BACKBEAT_QUEUEPOPULATOR_LOGSOURCE=kafka node bin/queuePopulator.js",
+    "notification_populator": "BACKBEAT_QUEUEPOPULATOR_EXTENSIONS=notification node bin/queuePopulator.js",
     "notification_processor": "node extensions/notification/queueProcessor/task.js"
   },
   "repository": {