diff --git a/shell/common/switches.h b/shell/common/switches.h
index 4ced30821c82a9c14dcb08dd913d7c0b36bda889..8913dbb54719b293a92919b171b8e1f8e5cfeded 100644
--- a/shell/common/switches.h
+++ b/shell/common/switches.h
@@ -62,11 +62,6 @@ DEF_SWITCH(NonInteractive,
            "non-interactive",
            "Make the shell non-interactive. By default, the shell attempts "
            "to setup a window and create an OpenGL context.")
-DEF_SWITCH(NoRedirectToSyslog,
-           "no-redirect-to-syslog",
-           "On iOS: Don't redirect stdout and stderr to syslog by default. "
-           "This is used by the tools to read device logs. However, this can "
-           "cause logs to not show up when launched from Xcode.")
 DEF_SWITCH(Packages, "packages", "Specify the path to the packages.")
 DEF_SWITCH(StartPaused,
            "start-paused",
diff --git a/shell/platform/darwin/common/platform_mac.mm b/shell/platform/darwin/common/platform_mac.mm
index e929a73a3e9abb8995e17cf09baed477e6671ea0..ce4420a78ea224cfc9edf8731b6ff4e7ac3fd27c 100644
--- a/shell/platform/darwin/common/platform_mac.mm
+++ b/shell/platform/darwin/common/platform_mac.mm
@@ -36,20 +36,6 @@ static void InitializeLogging() {
                        false);  // Tick count
 }
 
-static void RedirectIOConnectionsToSyslog() {
-#if TARGET_OS_IPHONE
-  if (base::CommandLine::ForCurrentProcess()->HasSwitch(
-          FlagForSwitch(Switch::NoRedirectToSyslog))) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  asl_log_descriptor(NULL, NULL, ASL_LEVEL_INFO, STDOUT_FILENO,
-                     ASL_LOG_DESCRIPTOR_WRITE);
-  asl_log_descriptor(NULL, NULL, ASL_LEVEL_NOTICE, STDERR_FILENO,
-                     ASL_LOG_DESCRIPTOR_WRITE);
-#endif
-}
-
 static void InitializeCommandLine() {
   base::mac::ScopedNSAutoreleasePool pool;
   base::CommandLine::StringVector vector;
@@ -77,8 +63,6 @@ class EmbedderState {
 
     InitializeCommandLine();
 
-    RedirectIOConnectionsToSyslog();
-
     InitializeLogging();
 
     base::CommandLine& command_line = *base::CommandLine::ForCurrentProcess();