diff --git a/src/denise.c b/src/denise.c
index 5d6014c5da603a2166ad9e7833b130ccc61511ff..3a458de793a647882eac619615efe770dd84381f 100644
--- a/src/denise.c
+++ b/src/denise.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
     /* If Verbose==0, no PE will write a log file */
     if(!VERBOSE) sprintf(LOG_FILE,"/dev/null");
     
-    if ((MYID==0) && (LOG==1)) FP=stdout;
+    if ((MYID==0)) FP=stdout;
     else {
         FP=fopen(LOG_FILE,"w");
     }
@@ -1165,7 +1165,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
                 /* Open Log File for L2 norm */
                 if(INVMAT!=10){
                     if(MYID==0){
-                        if(iter==1){FPL2=fopen(MISFIT_LOG_FILE,"w");}
+                        if(iter==1){
+                            FPL2=fopen(MISFIT_LOG_FILE,"w");
+                        }
                         if(iter>1){FPL2=fopen(MISFIT_LOG_FILE,"a");}
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/src/exchange_par.c b/src/exchange_par.c
index a75160cb77edc275d6a2963e8bc929ebde2afed9..f3f219162150732f4b531d0ecfe594bd8b8edbf8 100644
--- a/src/exchange_par.c
+++ b/src/exchange_par.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ void exchange_par(void){
     extern float XREC1, XREC2, YREC1, YREC2, FPML;
     extern float REC_ARRAY_DEPTH, REC_ARRAY_DIST, MUN, EPSILON, EPSILON_u, EPSILON_rho;
     extern int SEISMO, NDT, NGEOPH, SEIS_FORMAT, FREE_SURF, READMOD, READREC, SRCREC;
-    extern int BOUNDARY, REC_ARRAY, DRX, LOG, FW;
+    extern int BOUNDARY, REC_ARRAY, DRX, FW;
     extern int SNAPSHOT_START,SNAPSHOT_END,SNAPSHOT_INCR;
     extern float TSNAP1, TSNAP2, TSNAPINC, REFREC[4];
     extern char  MFILE[STRING_SIZE], SIGNAL_FILE[STRING_SIZE],SIGNAL_FILE_SH[STRING_SIZE], LOG_FILE[STRING_SIZE];
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ void exchange_par(void){
         
         idum[1]  = NPROCX;
         idum[2]  = NPROCY;
-        idum[3]  = LOG;
         
         idum[4]  = NPROCX*NPROCY;
         idum[5]  = NX;
@@ -474,7 +473,6 @@ void exchange_par(void){
     
     NPROCX = idum[1];
     NPROCY = idum[2];
-    LOG=idum[3];
     NPROC  = idum[4];
     NX = idum[5];
     NY = idum[6];
diff --git a/src/globvar.h b/src/globvar.h
index 3f16823ec15f70936f1f52360605f5c308a4179b..9239423a2734b964470a9290469f5d9334204ecd 100644
--- a/src/globvar.h
+++ b/src/globvar.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ float XREC1, XREC2, YREC1, YREC2;
 float REC_ARRAY_DEPTH, REC_ARRAY_DIST;
 float REFREC[4]={0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0}, FPML;
 int   SEISMO, NDT, NGEOPH, NSRC=1, SEIS_FORMAT, FREE_SURF, READMOD, READREC, SRCREC, FW=0;
-int   NX, NY, NT, QUELLART,QUELLART_SH, QUELLTYP, SNAP, SNAP_FORMAT, LOG, REC_ARRAY, RUN_MULTIPLE_SHOTS, NTRG;
+int   NX, NY, NT, QUELLART,QUELLART_SH, QUELLTYP, SNAP, SNAP_FORMAT, REC_ARRAY, RUN_MULTIPLE_SHOTS, NTRG;
 int   L, BOUNDARY, DC, DRX, NXG, NYG, IDX, IDY, CHECKPTREAD, CHECKPTWRITE, FDORDER, MAXRELERROR;
 char  SNAP_FILE[STRING_SIZE], SOURCE_FILE[STRING_SIZE], SIGNAL_FILE[STRING_SIZE], SIGNAL_FILE_SH[STRING_SIZE];
 char  MFILE[STRING_SIZE], REC_FILE[STRING_SIZE], CHECKPTFILE[STRING_SIZE];
diff --git a/src/note.c b/src/note.c
index a9bc1bf29407f0d5891c873179c980593d18d464..24cf6670a62419ad0e70a37bc395fd2791a18225 100644
--- a/src/note.c
+++ b/src/note.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 void note(FILE *fp){
 
 extern char LOG_FILE[STRING_SIZE];
-extern int MYID, LOG;
+extern int MYID;
 
 	fprintf(fp," Please note: \n");
 	fprintf(fp," Each processing element (PE) is writing log information during program \n");
@@ -36,6 +36,4 @@ extern int MYID, LOG;
 	fprintf(fp," Information about overall program execution \n");
 	fprintf(fp," (numerical artefacts, accuracy, computing times etc) \n");
 	fprintf(fp," will be written by PE 0 to ");
-	if (LOG==1) fprintf(fp," standard output. \n");
-	    else    fprintf(fp," %s.%i .\n",LOG_FILE,MYID);
 }
diff --git a/src/read_par_json.c b/src/read_par_json.c
index ea93a344ed8e45d8d6ccf1d40e3b8475e9152fcb..e232a36f88e95aef60d6d8c708e610524962ee9e 100644
--- a/src/read_par_json.c
+++ b/src/read_par_json.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ void read_par_json(FILE *fp, char *fileinp){
     extern float XREC1, XREC2, YREC1, YREC2, FPML;
     extern float REC_ARRAY_DEPTH, REC_ARRAY_DIST;
     extern int SEISMO, NDT, NGEOPH, SEIS_FORMAT, FREE_SURF, READMOD, READREC, SRCREC, RUN_MULTIPLE_SHOTS;
-    extern int BOUNDARY, REC_ARRAY, DRX, LOG, TAPER, TAPERLENGTH, INVTYPE, FW;
+    extern int BOUNDARY, REC_ARRAY, DRX, TAPER, TAPERLENGTH, INVTYPE, FW;
     extern float TSNAP1, TSNAP2, TSNAPINC, REFREC[4];
     extern int SNAPSHOT_START,SNAPSHOT_END,SNAPSHOT_INCR;
     extern char  MFILE[STRING_SIZE], SIGNAL_FILE[STRING_SIZE], SIGNAL_FILE_SH[STRING_SIZE], LOG_FILE[STRING_SIZE];
@@ -368,9 +368,6 @@ void read_par_json(FILE *fp, char *fileinp){
         }
         if (get_string_from_objectlist("MFILE",number_readobjects,MFILE,varname_list, value_list))
             err("Variable MFILE could not be retrieved from the json input file!");
-        if (get_int_from_objectlist("LOG",number_readobjects,&LOG,varname_list, value_list)){
-            LOG=1;
-            fprintf(fp,"Variable LOG is set to default value %d.\n",LOG);}
         if (get_int_from_objectlist("CHECKPTREAD",number_readobjects,&CHECKPTREAD,varname_list, value_list)){
             CHECKPTREAD=0;
             fprintf(fp,"Variable CHECKPTREAD is set to default value %d.\n",CHECKPTREAD);}