diff --git a/homeassistant/components/logger/__init__.py b/homeassistant/components/logger/__init__.py
index fe29447aeba..b1086d7f780 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/logger/__init__.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/logger/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ from homeassistant.helpers.typing import ConfigType
 from . import websocket_api
 from .const import (
     ATTR_LEVEL,
-    DEFAULT_LOGSEVERITY,
     DOMAIN,
     LOGGER_DEFAULT,
     LOGGER_FILTERS,
@@ -39,9 +38,7 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = vol.Schema(
     {
         DOMAIN: vol.Schema(
             {
-                vol.Optional(
-                    LOGGER_DEFAULT, default=DEFAULT_LOGSEVERITY
-                ): _VALID_LOG_LEVEL,
+                vol.Optional(LOGGER_DEFAULT): _VALID_LOG_LEVEL,
                 vol.Optional(LOGGER_LOGS): vol.Schema({cv.string: _VALID_LOG_LEVEL}),
                 vol.Optional(LOGGER_FILTERS): vol.Schema({cv.string: [cv.is_regex]}),
             }
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/logger/helpers.py b/homeassistant/components/logger/helpers.py
index 0f1751c1b2e..dcd4348a561 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/logger/helpers.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/logger/helpers.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class LoggerSettings:
 
         self._yaml_config = yaml_config
         self._default_level = logging.INFO
-        if DOMAIN in yaml_config:
+        if DOMAIN in yaml_config and LOGGER_DEFAULT in yaml_config[DOMAIN]:
             self._default_level = yaml_config[DOMAIN][LOGGER_DEFAULT]
         self._store: Store[dict[str, dict[str, dict[str, Any]]]] = Store(
             hass, STORAGE_VERSION, STORAGE_KEY