diff --git a/bootstrap.conf b/bootstrap.conf
index 1b5a68b873b95a2c526caf9b4b5f223a1f0c618d..0c7de2d2aa53be97515daaa0692aa31686883c1a 100644
--- a/bootstrap.conf
+++ b/bootstrap.conf
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ connect
 configmake
 dirname-lgpl
 environ
-execinfo
 fclose
 fcntl
 fcntl-h
diff --git a/docs/logging.html.in b/docs/logging.html.in
index be2fd4ab5b8e7580fddeae5447413f20d22f1d19..65c13e8a19df9f4e667cbc16785b79dd72639dac 100644
--- a/docs/logging.html.in
+++ b/docs/logging.html.in
@@ -100,18 +100,15 @@
     </h2>
     <p>The syntax for filters and outputs is the same for both types of
        variables.</p>
-    <p>The format for a filter is one of:</p>
+    <p>The format for a filter is:</p>
     <pre>
-x:name  (log message only)
-x:+name (log message + stack trace)</pre>
+x:name</pre>
     <p>where <code>name</code> is a string which is matched against
     the category given in the VIR_LOG_INIT() at the top of each
     libvirt source file, e.g., <code>remote</code>, <code>qemu</code>,
     or <code>util.json</code> (the name in the filter can be a
     substring of the full category name, in order to match multiple
-    similar categories), the optional <code>+</code> prefix tells
-    libvirt to log stack trace for each message
-    matching <code>name</code>, and <code>x</code> is the minimal
+    similar categories), and <code>x</code> is the minimal
     level where matching messages should be logged:</p>
     <ul>
       <li>1: DEBUG</li>
diff --git a/src/locking/virtlockd.conf b/src/locking/virtlockd.conf
index b65110fc3eed78a26fabc9102d23fe2fd46f75fa..152d6a844fff23e81ed495babddb0214fc54a385 100644
--- a/src/locking/virtlockd.conf
+++ b/src/locking/virtlockd.conf
@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@
 
 # Logging filters:
 # A filter allows to select a different logging level for a given category
-# of logs. The format for a filter is one of:
+# of logs. The format for a filter is:
 #
 #    level:match
-#    level:+match
 #
 # where 'match' is a string which is matched against the category
 # given in the VIR_LOG_INIT() at the top of each libvirt source
@@ -35,9 +34,6 @@
 # The 'match' is always treated as a substring match. IOW a match
 # string 'foo' is equivalent to '*foo*'.
 #
-# If 'match' contains the optional "+" prefix, it tells libvirt
-# to log stack trace for each message matching name.
-#
 # 'level' is the minimal level where matching messages should
 #  be logged:
 #
diff --git a/src/logging/virtlogd.conf b/src/logging/virtlogd.conf
index bc41edbc6b95432b700fcfc00400dec093d8a871..8b1ff0156f1e9ed297a2389c23e48f11779e6f43 100644
--- a/src/logging/virtlogd.conf
+++ b/src/logging/virtlogd.conf
@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@
 
 # Logging filters:
 # A filter allows to select a different logging level for a given category
-# of logs. The format for a filter is one of:
+# of logs. The format for a filter is:
 #
 #    level:match
-#    level:+match
 #
 # where 'match' is a string which is matched against the category
 # given in the VIR_LOG_INIT() at the top of each libvirt source
@@ -35,9 +34,6 @@
 # The 'match' is always treated as a substring match. IOW a match
 # string 'foo' is equivalent to '*foo*'.
 #
-# If 'match' contains the optional "+" prefix, it tells libvirt
-# to log stack trace for each message matching name.
-#
 # 'level' is the minimal level where matching messages should
 #  be logged:
 #
diff --git a/src/remote/libvirtd.conf.in b/src/remote/libvirtd.conf.in
index fdef97f371ee722d84e85a0f1e7339f42a3c18e1..f984ce04780ecfaaf64e2bdc0dc3b9089f6f9907 100644
--- a/src/remote/libvirtd.conf.in
+++ b/src/remote/libvirtd.conf.in
@@ -369,10 +369,9 @@
 
 # Logging filters:
 # A filter allows to select a different logging level for a given category
-# of logs. The format for a filter is one of:
+# of logs. The format for a filter is:
 #
 #    level:match
-#    level:+match
 #
 # where 'match' is a string which is matched against the category
 # given in the VIR_LOG_INIT() at the top of each libvirt source
@@ -381,9 +380,6 @@
 # The 'match' is always treated as a substring match. IOW a match
 # string 'foo' is equivalent to '*foo*'.
 #
-# If 'match' contains the optional "+" prefix, it tells libvirt
-# to log stack trace for each message matching name.
-#
 # 'level' is the minimal level where matching messages should
 #  be logged:
 #
diff --git a/src/util/virlog.c b/src/util/virlog.c
index 5881a59cc5e770dbbf43c33d9ec3dedbd376b267..2a745fca753c5c2d2c551adc66bf5a29a4c0e233 100644
--- a/src/util/virlog.c
+++ b/src/util/virlog.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <execinfo.h>
 #include <regex.h>
 #include <sys/uio.h>
 #if HAVE_SYSLOG_H
@@ -693,26 +692,6 @@ virLogVMessage(virLogSourcePtr source,
 }
 
 
-static void
-virLogStackTraceToFd(int fd)
-{
-    void *array[100];
-    int size;
-    static bool doneWarning;
-    const char *msg = "Stack trace not available on this platform\n";
-
-#define STRIP_DEPTH 3
-    size = backtrace(array, G_N_ELEMENTS(array));
-    if (size) {
-        backtrace_symbols_fd(array +  STRIP_DEPTH, size - STRIP_DEPTH, fd);
-        ignore_value(safewrite(fd, "\n", 1));
-    } else if (!doneWarning) {
-        ignore_value(safewrite(fd, msg, strlen(msg)));
-        doneWarning = true;
-    }
-#undef STRIP_DEPTH
-}
-
 static void
 virLogOutputToFd(virLogSourcePtr source G_GNUC_UNUSED,
                  virLogPriority priority G_GNUC_UNUSED,
@@ -729,6 +708,8 @@ virLogOutputToFd(virLogSourcePtr source G_GNUC_UNUSED,
     int fd = (intptr_t) data;
     char *msg;
 
+    virCheckFlags(0,);
+
     if (fd < 0)
         return;
 
@@ -737,9 +718,6 @@ virLogOutputToFd(virLogSourcePtr source G_GNUC_UNUSED,
 
     ignore_value(safewrite(fd, msg, strlen(msg)));
     VIR_FREE(msg);
-
-    if (flags & VIR_LOG_STACK_TRACE)
-        virLogStackTraceToFd(fd);
 }
 
 
@@ -832,7 +810,7 @@ virLogOutputToSyslog(virLogSourcePtr source G_GNUC_UNUSED,
                      const char *str,
                      void *data G_GNUC_UNUSED)
 {
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_LOG_STACK_TRACE,);
+    virCheckFlags(0,);
 
     syslog(virLogPrioritySyslog(priority), "%s", str);
 }
@@ -980,7 +958,7 @@ virLogOutputToJournald(virLogSourcePtr source,
                        const char *str G_GNUC_UNUSED,
                        void *data)
 {
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_LOG_STACK_TRACE,);
+    virCheckFlags(0,);
     int buffd = -1;
     int journalfd = (intptr_t) data;
     struct msghdr mh;
@@ -1168,8 +1146,6 @@ virLogGetFilters(void)
     virLogLock();
     for (i = 0; i < virLogNbFilters; i++) {
         const char *sep = ":";
-        if (virLogFilters[i]->flags & VIR_LOG_STACK_TRACE)
-            sep = ":+";
         virBufferAsprintf(&filterbuf, "%d%s%s ",
                           virLogFilters[i]->priority,
                           sep,
@@ -1416,7 +1392,7 @@ virLogFilterNew(const char *match,
     char *mdup = NULL;
     size_t mlen = strlen(match);
 
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_LOG_STACK_TRACE, NULL);
+    virCheckFlags(0, NULL);
 
     if (priority < VIR_LOG_DEBUG || priority > VIR_LOG_ERROR) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INVALID_ARG, _("Invalid log priority %d"),
@@ -1659,11 +1635,8 @@ virLogParseOutput(const char *src)
  * virLogParseFilter:
  * @src: string defining a single filter
  *
- * The format of @src should be one of the following:
+ * The format of @src should be:
  *    x:name - filter affecting all modules which match 'name'
- *    x:+name
- *
- *      '+' - hints the logger to also include a stack trace for every message
  *      'name' - match string which either matches a name of a directory in
  *               libvirt's source tree which in turn affects all modules in
  *               that directory or it can matches a specific module within a
@@ -1711,7 +1684,9 @@ virLogParseFilter(const char *src)
 
     match = tokens[1];
     if (match[0] == '+') {
-        flags |= VIR_LOG_STACK_TRACE;
+        /* '+' used to indicate printing a stack trace,
+         * but we dropped that feature, so just chomp
+         * that leading '+' */
         match++;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/testutils.c b/tests/testutils.c
index 287567ab73ad191820ae754d182c2c64ea4c11e8..3a8e3142b4acd967ffaf7d80d06697af121e2bc8 100644
--- a/tests/testutils.c
+++ b/tests/testutils.c
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ virtTestLogOutput(virLogSourcePtr source G_GNUC_UNUSED,
                   void *data)
 {
     struct virtTestLogData *log = data;
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_LOG_STACK_TRACE,);
+    virCheckFlags(0,);
     virBufferAsprintf(&log->buf, "%s: %s", timestamp, str);
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/virtestmock.c b/tests/virtestmock.c
index daae8ef41b67943e203f97fcd3b5c6405fa1050a..9fe774836b96705d336d766e69aca09095419b66 100644
--- a/tests/virtestmock.c
+++ b/tests/virtestmock.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
-#include <execinfo.h>
 #include <sys/file.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>