diff --git a/scripts/nym-node-setup/quic_bridge_deployment.sh b/scripts/nym-node-setup/quic_bridge_deployment.sh
index f0a3de83df..d6fb15cb2e 100644
--- a/scripts/nym-node-setup/quic_bridge_deployment.sh
+++ b/scripts/nym-node-setup/quic_bridge_deployment.sh
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ log() {
 
 # simple redirection that keeps function scope intact
 add_log_redirection() {
-  # Preserve original stdout (fd 1) and stderr (fd 2) in file descriptors 3 and 4
-  # before redirection, to support potential future use cases where the original streams are needed.
-  exec 3>&1 4>&2
   exec > >(tee -a "$LOG_FILE") 2>&1
 }
 add_log_redirection