diff --git a/cmd/tailscale/tailscale.go b/cmd/tailscale/tailscale.go
index aa288c843..95b2b2817 100644
--- a/cmd/tailscale/tailscale.go
+++ b/cmd/tailscale/tailscale.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/peterbourgon/ff/v2/ffcli"
 	"github.com/tailscale/wireguard-go/wgcfg"
 	"tailscale.com/ipn"
-	"tailscale.com/logpolicy"
 	"tailscale.com/paths"
 	"tailscale.com/safesocket"
 )
@@ -117,13 +116,10 @@ var upArgs = struct {
 }{}
 
 func runUp(ctx context.Context, args []string) error {
-	pol := logpolicy.New("tailnode.log.tailscale.io")
 	if len(args) > 0 {
 		log.Fatalf("too many non-flag arguments: %q", args)
 	}
 
-	defer pol.Close()
-
 	var adv []wgcfg.CIDR
 	if upArgs.advertiseRoutes != "" {
 		advroutes := strings.Split(upArgs.advertiseRoutes, ",")