diff --git a/examples/image_dataloading.py b/examples/image_dataloading.py
index 3e5fd761..8cdb1e97 100644
--- a/examples/image_dataloading.py
+++ b/examples/image_dataloading.py
@@ -278,8 +278,6 @@ def _init_logging(debug=False, worker_id=None):
 def _init(debug, worker_id):
     _init_logging(debug, worker_id)
 
-    spdl.utils.set_ffmpeg_log_level(16)
-
 
 def _parse_process_args(args):
     import argparse
diff --git a/examples/imagenet_classification.py b/examples/imagenet_classification.py
index 00944017..d95c04cb 100644
--- a/examples/imagenet_classification.py
+++ b/examples/imagenet_classification.py
@@ -491,8 +491,6 @@ def _init_logging(debug=False):
     level = logging.DEBUG if debug else logging.INFO
     logging.basicConfig(format=fmt, level=level)
 
-    spdl.utils.set_ffmpeg_log_level(16)
-
 
 def get_mappings() -> dict[str, int]:
     """Get the mapping from WordNet ID to class and label.
diff --git a/examples/video_dataloading.py b/examples/video_dataloading.py
index 5072f067..f91f6163 100644
--- a/examples/video_dataloading.py
+++ b/examples/video_dataloading.py
@@ -361,8 +361,6 @@ def _init_logging(debug=False, worker_id=None):
 def _init(debug, worker_id):
     _init_logging(debug, worker_id)
 
-    spdl.utils.set_ffmpeg_log_level(16)
-
 
 def _parse_process_args(args):
     import argparse