diff --git a/ext/windows/service/daemon.rb b/ext/windows/service/daemon.rb
index ae001d54cfd..7b6d753b459 100755
--- a/ext/windows/service/daemon.rb
+++ b/ext/windows/service/daemon.rb
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ def parse_runinterval(puppet_path)
 
   def parse_log_level(puppet_path, cmdline_debug)
     begin
-      loglevel = %x(#{puppet_path} config --section agent --log_level notice print log_level).chomp
+      loglevel = "notice"
       unless loglevel && respond_to?("log_#{loglevel}")
         loglevel = :notice
         log_err("Failed to determine loglevel, defaulting to #{loglevel}")