diff --git a/backend/remotebrowser/runner.go b/backend/remotebrowser/runner.go
index 611e504..d64cad4 100644
--- a/backend/remotebrowser/runner.go
+++ b/backend/remotebrowser/runner.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package remotebrowser
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
@@ -96,29 +95,6 @@ func resolveBrowserRootDir() (string, error) {
 	return filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(execPath), "data", "browser"), nil
 }
 
-// chromeSterrWriter is an io.Writer that forwards Chrome stdout/stderr lines to
-// the session emitter so crash messages appear in the operator event log.
-type chromeSterrWriter struct {
-	emitter *channelEmitter
-	buf     []byte
-}
-
-func (w *chromeSterrWriter) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
-	w.buf = append(w.buf, p...)
-	for {
-		idx := bytes.IndexByte(w.buf, '\n')
-		if idx < 0 {
-			break
-		}
-		line := strings.TrimSpace(string(w.buf[:idx]))
-		w.buf = w.buf[idx+1:]
-		if line != "" {
-			w.emitter.log("[chrome] " + line)
-		}
-	}
-	return len(p), nil
-}
-
 // scriptStopError is thrown by stop() for a clean script exit with no error emitted.
 type scriptStopError struct{}
 
@@ -508,10 +484,8 @@ func (r *Runner) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 			os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(rootDir, "config"), 0755) //nolint:errcheck
 			os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(rootDir, "cache"), 0755)  //nolint:errcheck
 
-			chromeLog := &chromeSterrWriter{emitter: emitter}
 			l := launcher.New().
 				Headless(opts.Headless).
-				Logger(chromeLog).
 				Set("disable-crash-reporter").
 				Set("crash-dumps-dir", crashDir).
 				// Prevents navigator.webdriver from being set to true, which is
@@ -523,7 +497,6 @@ func (r *Runner) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 				)...)
 
 			if r.ExecPath != "" {
-				emitter.log(fmt.Sprintf("[session] using browser: %s", r.ExecPath))
 				l = l.Bin(r.ExecPath)
 			} else {
 				b := launcher.NewBrowser()
@@ -535,7 +508,6 @@ func (r *Runner) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 						return goja.Undefined()
 					}
 				}
-				emitter.log(fmt.Sprintf("[session] using browser: %s", binPath))
 				l = l.Bin(binPath)
 			}
 			if opts.Proxy != "" {