diff --git a/dali/base/daclient.cpp b/dali/base/daclient.cpp
index b8ef382995b..f8adc17e90a 100644
--- a/dali/base/daclient.cpp
+++ b/dali/base/daclient.cpp
@@ -260,6 +260,8 @@ void CSDSServerStatus::stop()
 
 void connectLogMsgManagerToDali()
 {
+    if (isContainerized())
+        return; // we do not redirect logging between components in containerized environments (this is used for audit->dali in BM)
     IGroup & servers = queryCoven().queryGroup();
     unsigned parentRank = getRandom() % servers.ordinality();    // PG: Not sure if logging to random parent is best?
     daliClientLoggingParent = &servers.queryNode(parentRank);
diff --git a/dali/server/daserver.cpp b/dali/server/daserver.cpp
index 3e4aac3c583..cdd2f21a1e9 100644
--- a/dali/server/daserver.cpp
+++ b/dali/server/daserver.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ void AddServers(const char *auditdir)
     servers.append(*createDaliSDSServer(serverConfig));
     servers.append(*createDaliNamedQueueServer());
     servers.append(*createDaliDFSServer(serverConfig));
-    servers.append(*createDaliAuditServer(auditdir));
+    if (!isContainerized()) // NB: audit logging is output locally by the container in containerized mode (and picked up by a logging backend)
+        servers.append(*createDaliAuditServer(auditdir));
     servers.append(*createDaliDiagnosticsServer());
     // add new coven servers here
 }
@@ -699,10 +700,10 @@ int main(int argc, const char* argv[])
         group->Release();
         epa.kill();
 
-// Audit logging
         StringBuffer auditDir;
+        if (!isContainerized()) // NB: audit logging is output locally by the container in containerized mode (and picked up by a logging backend)
         {
-            //MORE: Does this need to change in CONTAINERIZED mode?
+            // Audit logging
             Owned<IComponentLogFileCreator> lf = createComponentLogFileCreator(serverConfig, "dali");
             lf->setLogDirSubdir("audit");//add to tail of config log dir
             lf->setName("DaAudit");//override default filename
diff --git a/system/mp/mplog.cpp b/system/mp/mplog.cpp
index 9d3a466d1ba..86b338e85c1 100644
--- a/system/mp/mplog.cpp
+++ b/system/mp/mplog.cpp
@@ -558,6 +558,8 @@ bool disconnectLogMsgManagerFromParentOwn(INode * parentNode)
 
 void startLogMsgParentReceiver()
 {
+    if (isContainerized())
+        return; // we do not redirect logging between components in containerized environments (this is used for audit->dali in BM)
     parentReceiver = new LogMsgParentReceiverThread();
     parentReceiver->start(false);
 }