diff --git a/scripts/avocado b/scripts/avocado
index f76600055950433d6134a35f07c39793c14b2a50..1a0eaf71fd9f2589fb058dbe6cab143d470092d5 100755
--- a/scripts/avocado
+++ b/scripts/avocado
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 import sys
 try:
-    import logging
     import os
     import tempfile
     import traceback
@@ -29,11 +28,10 @@ except:
 
 
 def handle_exception(*exc_info):
-    # Print traceback into avocado.app.traceback if initialized
+    # Print traceback if AVOCADO_LOG_DEBUG environment variable is set
     msg = "Avocado crashed:\n" + "".join(traceback.format_exception(*exc_info))
-    log = logging.getLogger("avocado.app.tracebacks")
-    if getattr(log, "handlers", False):
-        log.error(msg)
+    if os.environ.get("AVOCADO_LOG_DEBUG"):
+        os.write(2, msg + '\n')
     # Store traceback in data_dir or TMPDIR
     crash_dir = None
     prefix = "avocado-traceback-"
@@ -52,17 +50,7 @@ def handle_exception(*exc_info):
     # Print friendly message in console-like output
     msg = ("Avocado crashed unexpectedly: %s\nYou can find details in %s"
            % (exc_info[1], name))
-    for name in ("avocado.app", "avocado.test", None):
-        log = logging.getLogger(name)
-        for handler in getattr(log, "handlers", []):
-            if isinstance(handler, logging.StreamHandler):
-                break
-        else:
-            continue
-        log.critical(msg)
-        break
-    else:       # Log not found, use stderr and hope it's enabled
-        sys.stderr.write(msg + '\n')
+    os.write(2, msg + '\n')
     # This exit code is replicated from avocado/core/exit_codes.py and not
     # imported because we are dealing with import failures
     sys.exit(-1)