diff --git a/include/log.h b/include/log.h
index 3bb332c..48853e6 100644
--- a/include/log.h
+++ b/include/log.h
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 /* comment out to disable all logging */
 #define APPLOG_ENABLED
 
-/* comment out to disable file logging */
-/* #define LOG_FILE_LOCATION "linuxSmartie.log.gz" */
-
 /* ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 
 #ifdef APPLOG_ENABLED
diff --git a/src/log.c b/src/log.c
index d80a672..43994c0 100644
--- a/src/log.c
+++ b/src/log.c
@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <time.h>
-
-#ifdef LOG_FILE_LOCATION
-#include <zlib.h>
-static pthread_mutex_t fmtx = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
-#endif
 
 static pthread_mutex_t cmtx = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 
@@ -74,36 +68,6 @@ void log_write(const log_level_t level, const char *func, const char *fmt, ...)
 		pthread_mutex_unlock(&cmtx);
 		va_end(ap);
 	}
-
-#ifdef LOG_FILE_LOCATION
-	/* ── file ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
-	{
-		char timebuf[32];
-		struct timespec ts;
-		clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts);
-		struct tm tm_info;
-		localtime_r(&ts.tv_sec, &tm_info);
-		strftime(timebuf, sizeof(timebuf), "%x %H:%M:%S", &tm_info);
-
-		char msgbuf[1024];
-		va_list ap;
-		va_start(ap, fmt);
-		int offset = snprintf(msgbuf, sizeof(msgbuf),
-				      "%s.%03ld  [%s%s%s] ",
-				      timebuf, ts.tv_nsec / 1000000L,
-				      color, funcname, reset);
-		vsnprintf(msgbuf + offset, sizeof(msgbuf) - offset, fmt, ap);
-		va_end(ap);
-
-		pthread_mutex_lock(&fmtx);
-		gzFile file = gzopen(LOG_FILE_LOCATION, "ab");
-		if (file) {
-			gzprintf(file, "%s\n", msgbuf);
-			gzclose(file);
-		}
-		pthread_mutex_unlock(&fmtx);
-	}
-#endif /* LOG_FILE_LOCATION */
 }
 
 #endif /* APPLOG_ENABLED */