diff --git a/freqtrade/loggers/__init__.py b/freqtrade/loggers/__init__.py
index be772dc65..4e04635ae 100644
--- a/freqtrade/loggers/__init__.py
+++ b/freqtrade/loggers/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 import logging.config
+import os
 from copy import deepcopy
 from logging import Formatter
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ def setup_logging(config: Config) -> None:
     Process -v/--verbose, --logfile options
     """
     verbosity = config["verbosity"]
-    if not config.get("ft_tests_skip_logging"):
+    if os.environ.get("PYTEST_VERSION") is None or config.get("ft_tests_force_logging"):
         log_config = _create_log_config(config)
         _set_log_levels(
             log_config, verbosity, config.get("api_server", {}).get("verbosity", "info")
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 80c604162..ca382f6ae 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -644,7 +644,6 @@ def get_default_conf(testdatadir):
         "trading_mode": "spot",
         "margin_mode": "",
         "candle_type_def": CandleType.SPOT,
-        "ft_tests_skip_logging": True,
     }
     return configuration
 
diff --git a/tests/test_configuration.py b/tests/test_configuration.py
index a8ca72d86..7ee04e133 100644
--- a/tests/test_configuration.py
+++ b/tests/test_configuration.py
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ def test_cli_verbose_with_params(default_conf, mocker, caplog) -> None:
     patched_configuration_load_config_file(mocker, default_conf)
 
     # Prevent setting loggers
-    mocker.patch("freqtrade.loggers.set_loggers", MagicMock)
+    mocker.patch("freqtrade.loggers.logging.config.dictConfig", MagicMock)
     arglist = ["trade", "-vvv"]
     args = Arguments(arglist).get_parsed_arg()
 
@@ -615,6 +615,7 @@ def test_cli_verbose_with_params(default_conf, mocker, caplog) -> None:
 
 
 def test_set_logfile(default_conf, mocker, tmp_path):
+    default_conf["ft_tests_force_logging"] = True
     patched_configuration_load_config_file(mocker, default_conf)
     f = tmp_path / "test_file.log"
     assert not f.is_file()
diff --git a/tests/test_log_setup.py b/tests/test_log_setup.py
index d4bc63193..c8ccf225e 100644
--- a/tests/test_log_setup.py
+++ b/tests/test_log_setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ from freqtrade.exceptions import OperationalException
 from freqtrade.loggers import (
     FTBufferingHandler,
     FtRichHandler,
-    set_loggers,
     setup_logging,
     setup_logging_pre,
 )
@@ -27,8 +26,11 @@ def test_set_loggers() -> None:
     previous_value1 = logging.getLogger("requests").level
     previous_value2 = logging.getLogger("ccxt.base.exchange").level
     previous_value3 = logging.getLogger("telegram").level
-
-    set_loggers()
+    config = {
+        "verbosity": 1,
+        "ft_tests_force_logging": True,
+    }
+    setup_logging(config)
 
     value1 = logging.getLogger("requests").level
     assert previous_value1 is not value1
@@ -41,15 +43,17 @@ def test_set_loggers() -> None:
     value3 = logging.getLogger("telegram").level
     assert previous_value3 is not value3
     assert value3 is logging.INFO
-
-    set_loggers(verbosity=2)
+    config["verbosity"] = 2
+    setup_logging(config)
 
     assert logging.getLogger("requests").level is logging.DEBUG
     assert logging.getLogger("ccxt.base.exchange").level is logging.INFO
     assert logging.getLogger("telegram").level is logging.INFO
     assert logging.getLogger("werkzeug").level is logging.INFO
 
-    set_loggers(verbosity=3, api_verbosity="error")
+    config["verbosity"] = 3
+    config["api_server"] = {"verbosity": "error"}
+    setup_logging(config)
 
     assert logging.getLogger("requests").level is logging.DEBUG
     assert logging.getLogger("ccxt.base.exchange").level is logging.DEBUG
@@ -64,6 +68,7 @@ def test_set_loggers_syslog():
     logger.handlers = []
 
     config = {
+        "ft_tests_force_logging": True,
         "verbosity": 2,
         "logfile": "syslog:/dev/log",
     }
@@ -88,6 +93,7 @@ def test_set_loggers_Filehandler(tmp_path):
     logger.handlers = []
     logfile = tmp_path / "logs/ft_logfile.log"
     config = {
+        "ft_tests_force_logging": True,
         "verbosity": 2,
         "logfile": str(logfile),
     }
@@ -117,6 +123,7 @@ def test_set_loggers_Filehandler_without_permission(tmp_path):
         tmp_path.chmod(0o400)
         logfile = tmp_path / "logs/ft_logfile.log"
         config = {
+            "ft_tests_force_logging": True,
             "verbosity": 2,
             "logfile": str(logfile),
         }
@@ -137,6 +144,7 @@ def test_set_loggers_journald(mocker):
     logger.handlers = []
 
     config = {
+        "ft_tests_force_logging": True,
         "verbosity": 2,
         "logfile": "journald",
     }
@@ -156,6 +164,7 @@ def test_set_loggers_journald_importerror(import_fails):
     logger.handlers = []
 
     config = {
+        "ft_tests_force_logging": True,
         "verbosity": 2,
         "logfile": "journald",
     }