diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 317af86fff..0129941564 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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- "foreign-types-shared",
-]
-
-[[package]]
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-
 [[package]]
 name = "form_urlencoded"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -1698,29 +1683,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "itoa",
 ]
 
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-version = "1.0.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1efedce1fb8e6913f23e0c92de8e62cd5b772a67e7b3946df930a62566c93184"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
- "http",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "http-body-util"
-version = "0.1.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
- "futures-util",
- "http",
- "http-body",
- "pin-project-lite 0.2.14",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "http-client"
 version = "6.5.3"
@@ -1767,61 +1729,6 @@ version = "2.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-[[package]]
-name = "hyper"
-version = "1.4.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "50dfd22e0e76d0f662d429a5f80fcaf3855009297eab6a0a9f8543834744ba05"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
- "futures-channel",
- "futures-util",
- "http",
- "http-body",
- "httparse",
- "itoa",
- "pin-project-lite 0.2.14",
- "smallvec",
- "tokio",
- "want",
-]
-
-[[package]]
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-version = "0.6.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "70206fc6890eaca9fde8a0bf71caa2ddfc9fe045ac9e5c70df101a7dbde866e0"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
- "http-body-util",
- "hyper",
- "hyper-util",
- "native-tls",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-native-tls",
- "tower-service",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "hyper-util"
-version = "0.1.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "da62f120a8a37763efb0cf8fdf264b884c7b8b9ac8660b900c8661030c00e6ba"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
- "futures-channel",
- "futures-util",
- "http",
- "http-body",
- "hyper",
- "pin-project-lite 0.2.14",
- "socket2 0.5.7",
- "tokio",
- "tower",
- "tower-service",
- "tracing",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "iana-time-zone"
 version = "0.1.60"
@@ -1910,12 +1817,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ipnet"
-version = "2.10.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "187674a687eed5fe42285b40c6291f9a01517d415fad1c3cbc6a9f778af7fcd4"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ipnetwork"
 version = "0.20.0"
@@ -2158,16 +2059,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "value-bag",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "loki-api"
-version = "0.1.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "674883a98273598ac3aad4301724c56734bea90574c5033af067e8f9fb5eb399"
-dependencies = [
- "prost 0.12.6",
- "prost-types 0.12.6",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "lz4_flex"
 version = "0.11.3"
@@ -2228,12 +2119,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "mime"
-version = "0.3.17"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6877bb514081ee2a7ff5ef9de3281f14a4dd4bceac4c09388074a6b5df8a139a"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "minimal-lexical"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -2301,23 +2186,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.2.15",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "native-tls"
-version = "0.2.12"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a8614eb2c83d59d1c8cc974dd3f920198647674a0a035e1af1fa58707e317466"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "log",
- "openssl",
- "openssl-probe",
- "openssl-sys",
- "schannel",
- "security-framework",
- "security-framework-sys",
- "tempfile",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "nix"
 version = "0.23.2"
@@ -2543,50 +2411,12 @@ version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c08d65885ee38876c4f86fa503fb49d7b507c2b62552df7c70b2fce627e06381"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "openssl"
-version = "0.10.66"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9529f4786b70a3e8c61e11179af17ab6188ad8d0ded78c5529441ed39d4bd9c1"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.6.0",
- "cfg-if 1.0.0",
- "foreign-types",
- "libc",
- "once_cell",
- "openssl-macros",
- "openssl-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "openssl-macros"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a948666b637a0f465e8564c73e89d4dde00d72d4d473cc972f390fc3dcee7d9c"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.77",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-probe"
 version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ff011a302c396a5197692431fc1948019154afc178baf7d8e37367442a4601cf"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "openssl-sys"
-version = "0.9.103"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7f9e8deee91df40a943c71b917e5874b951d32a802526c85721ce3b776c929d6"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "libc",
- "pkg-config",
- "vcpkg",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "option-ext"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -2853,12 +2683,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "spki",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "pkg-config"
-version = "0.3.30"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d231b230927b5e4ad203db57bbcbee2802f6bce620b1e4a9024a07d94e2907ec"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "plotters"
 version = "0.3.7"
@@ -3010,16 +2834,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "prost"
-version = "0.12.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "deb1435c188b76130da55f17a466d252ff7b1418b2ad3e037d127b94e3411f29"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
- "prost-derive 0.12.6",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "prost"
 version = "0.13.3"
@@ -3027,7 +2841,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7b0487d90e047de87f984913713b85c601c05609aad5b0df4b4573fbf69aa13f"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
- "prost-derive 0.13.3",
+ "prost-derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3044,26 +2858,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "petgraph",
  "prettyplease",
- "prost 0.13.3",
- "prost-types 0.13.3",
+ "prost",
+ "prost-types",
  "regex",
  "syn 2.0.77",
  "tempfile",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "prost-derive"
-version = "0.12.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "81bddcdb20abf9501610992b6759a4c888aef7d1a7247ef75e2404275ac24af1"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "itertools 0.10.5",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.77",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "prost-derive"
 version = "0.13.3"
@@ -3077,22 +2878,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.77",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "prost-types"
-version = "0.12.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9091c90b0a32608e984ff2fa4091273cbdd755d54935c51d520887f4a1dbd5b0"
-dependencies = [
- "prost 0.12.6",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "prost-types"
 version = "0.13.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4759aa0d3a6232fb8dbdb97b61de2c20047c68aca932c7ed76da9d788508d670"
 dependencies = [
- "prost 0.13.3",
+ "prost",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3317,45 +3109,6 @@ version = "0.8.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7a66a03ae7c801facd77a29370b4faec201768915ac14a721ba36f20bc9c209b"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "reqwest"
-version = "0.12.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f8f4955649ef5c38cc7f9e8aa41761d48fb9677197daea9984dc54f56aad5e63"
-dependencies = [
- "base64 0.22.1",
- "bytes",
- "futures-core",
- "futures-util",
- "http",
- "http-body",
- "http-body-util",
- "hyper",
- "hyper-tls",
- "hyper-util",
- "ipnet",
- "js-sys",
- "log",
- "mime",
- "native-tls",
- "once_cell",
- "percent-encoding",
- "pin-project-lite 0.2.14",
- "rustls-pemfile",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
- "serde_urlencoded",
- "sync_wrapper",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-native-tls",
- "tower-service",
- "url",
- "wasm-bindgen",
- "wasm-bindgen-futures",
- "web-sys",
- "windows-registry",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ring"
 version = "0.17.8"
@@ -3937,12 +3690,6 @@ version = "1.13.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3c5e1a9a646d36c3599cd173a41282daf47c44583ad367b8e6837255952e5c67"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "snap"
-version = "1.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1b6b67fb9a61334225b5b790716f609cd58395f895b3fe8b328786812a40bc3b"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "socket2"
 version = "0.4.10"
@@ -4220,15 +3967,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "sync_wrapper"
-version = "1.0.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a7065abeca94b6a8a577f9bd45aa0867a2238b74e8eb67cf10d492bc39351394"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-core",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "synstructure"
 version = "0.13.1"
@@ -4463,16 +4201,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.77",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tokio-native-tls"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bbae76ab933c85776efabc971569dd6119c580d8f5d448769dec1764bf796ef2"
-dependencies = [
- "native-tls",
- "tokio",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-rustls"
 version = "0.26.0"
@@ -4497,17 +4225,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tokio-stream"
-version = "0.1.16"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4f4e6ce100d0eb49a2734f8c0812bcd324cf357d21810932c5df6b96ef2b86f1"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-core",
- "pin-project-lite 0.2.14",
- "tokio",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-tungstenite"
 version = "0.24.0"
@@ -4565,33 +4282,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winnow",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tower"
-version = "0.4.13"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b8fa9be0de6cf49e536ce1851f987bd21a43b771b09473c3549a6c853db37c1c"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-core",
- "futures-util",
- "pin-project",
- "pin-project-lite 0.2.14",
- "tokio",
- "tower-layer",
- "tower-service",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tower-layer"
-version = "0.3.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "121c2a6cda46980bb0fcd1647ffaf6cd3fc79a013de288782836f6df9c48780e"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tower-service"
-version = "0.3.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8df9b6e13f2d32c91b9bd719c00d1958837bc7dec474d94952798cc8e69eeec3"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing"
 version = "0.1.40"
@@ -4625,17 +4315,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "valuable",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tracing-log"
-version = "0.1.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f751112709b4e791d8ce53e32c4ed2d353565a795ce84da2285393f41557bdf2"
-dependencies = [
- "log",
- "once_cell",
- "tracing-core",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-log"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -4647,27 +4326,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-core",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tracing-loki"
-version = "0.2.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fea6023f9fe4b69267ccd3ed7d203d931c43c5f82dbaa0f07202bc17193a5f43"
-dependencies = [
- "loki-api",
- "reqwest",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
- "snap",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-stream",
- "tracing",
- "tracing-core",
- "tracing-log 0.1.4",
- "tracing-serde",
- "tracing-subscriber",
- "url",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-serde"
 version = "0.1.3"
@@ -4695,16 +4353,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "thread_local",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-core",
- "tracing-log 0.2.0",
+ "tracing-log",
  "tracing-serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "try-lock"
-version = "0.2.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e421abadd41a4225275504ea4d6566923418b7f05506fbc9c0fe86ba7396114b"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tungstenite"
 version = "0.24.0"
@@ -4954,12 +4606,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "sval_serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "vcpkg"
-version = "0.2.15"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "vec_map"
 version = "0.8.2"
@@ -5004,15 +4650,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "want"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bfa7760aed19e106de2c7c0b581b509f2f25d3dacaf737cb82ac61bc6d760b0e"
-dependencies = [
- "try-lock",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.9.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
@@ -5187,36 +4824,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows-registry"
-version = "0.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e400001bb720a623c1c69032f8e3e4cf09984deec740f007dd2b03ec864804b0"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-result",
- "windows-strings",
- "windows-targets 0.52.6",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "windows-result"
-version = "0.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1d1043d8214f791817bab27572aaa8af63732e11bf84aa21a45a78d6c317ae0e"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-targets 0.52.6",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "windows-strings"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4cd9b125c486025df0eabcb585e62173c6c9eddcec5d117d3b6e8c30e2ee4d10"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-result",
- "windows-targets 0.52.6",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.48.0"
@@ -5579,7 +5186,7 @@ version = "1.0.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "futures",
- "prost 0.13.3",
+ "prost",
  "prost-build",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "serde_json",
@@ -6118,9 +5725,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustc_version 0.4.1",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
- "tracing-loki",
  "tracing-subscriber",
- "url",
  "zenoh",
  "zenoh-config",
  "zenoh-util",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b5853f4897..de23d2eea4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ crossbeam-utils = "0.8.20"
 derive_more = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["as_ref"] }
 derive-new = "0.7.0"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["json", "env-filter"] }
-tracing-loki = "0.2"
 event-listener = "5.3.1"
 flume = "0.11"
 form_urlencoded = "1.2.1"
diff --git a/zenohd/Cargo.toml b/zenohd/Cargo.toml
index c3b94a3eec..a422b0e6c7 100644
--- a/zenohd/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zenohd/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ readme = "README.md"
 [features]
 default = ["zenoh/default"]
 shared-memory = ["zenoh/shared-memory"]
-loki = ["tracing-loki", "url"]
 
 [dependencies]
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt-multi-thread"] }
@@ -40,8 +39,6 @@ json5 = { workspace = true }
 lazy_static = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true }
-tracing-loki = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-url = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 zenoh = { workspace = true, features = [
   "unstable",
   "internal",
diff --git a/zenohd/src/main.rs b/zenohd/src/main.rs
index e618b6f3db..0e5e9737ee 100644
--- a/zenohd/src/main.rs
+++ b/zenohd/src/main.rs
@@ -15,21 +15,10 @@ use clap::Parser;
 use futures::future;
 use git_version::git_version;
 use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt, EnvFilter};
-#[cfg(feature = "loki")]
-use url::Url;
 use zenoh::{config::WhatAmI, Config, Result};
 use zenoh_config::{EndPoint, ModeDependentValue, PermissionsConf};
 use zenoh_util::LibSearchDirs;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "loki")]
-const LOKI_ENDPOINT_VAR: &str = "LOKI_ENDPOINT";
-
-#[cfg(feature = "loki")]
-const LOKI_API_KEY_VAR: &str = "LOKI_API_KEY";
-
-#[cfg(feature = "loki")]
-const LOKI_API_KEY_HEADER_VAR: &str = "LOKI_API_KEY_HEADER";
-
 const GIT_VERSION: &str = git_version!(prefix = "v", cargo_prefix = "v");
 
 lazy_static::lazy_static!(
@@ -291,46 +280,10 @@ fn init_logging() -> Result<()> {
         .with(env_filter)
         .with(fmt_layer);
 
-    #[cfg(feature = "loki")]
-    match (
-        get_loki_endpoint(),
-        get_loki_apikey(),
-        get_loki_apikey_header(),
-    ) {
-        (Some(loki_url), Some(header), Some(apikey)) => {
-            let (loki_layer, task) = tracing_loki::builder()
-                .label("service", "zenoh")?
-                .http_header(header, apikey)?
-                .build_url(Url::parse(&loki_url)?)?;
-
-            tracing_sub.with(loki_layer).init();
-            tokio::spawn(task);
-            return Ok(());
-        }
-        _ => {
-            tracing::warn!("Missing one of the required header for Loki!")
-        }
-    };
-
     tracing_sub.init();
     Ok(())
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "loki")]
-pub fn get_loki_endpoint() -> Option<String> {
-    std::env::var(LOKI_ENDPOINT_VAR).ok()
-}
-
-#[cfg(feature = "loki")]
-pub fn get_loki_apikey() -> Option<String> {
-    std::env::var(LOKI_API_KEY_VAR).ok()
-}
-
-#[cfg(feature = "loki")]
-pub fn get_loki_apikey_header() -> Option<String> {
-    std::env::var(LOKI_API_KEY_HEADER_VAR).ok()
-}
-
 #[test]
 #[cfg(feature = "default")]
 fn test_default_features() {