diff --git a/tests/framework/ngf.go b/tests/framework/ngf.go
index 4f754fb894..64eb23be25 100644
--- a/tests/framework/ngf.go
+++ b/tests/framework/ngf.go
@@ -56,31 +56,6 @@ func UninstallGatewayAPI(apiVersion string) ([]byte, error) {
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
-// InstallNGFDebugLevel installs NGF with debug log level.
-func InstallNGFDebugLevel(cfg InstallationConfig, extraArgs ...string) ([]byte, error) {
-	args := []string{
-		"install",
-		"--debug",
-		cfg.ReleaseName,
-		cfg.ChartPath,
-		"--create-namespace",
-		"--namespace", cfg.Namespace,
-		"--wait",
-		"--set", "nginxGateway.productTelemetry.enable=false",
-		"--set", "nginxGateway.config.logging.level=debug",
-	}
-	if cfg.ChartVersion != "" {
-		args = append(args, "--version", cfg.ChartVersion)
-	}
-
-	args = append(args, setImageArgs(cfg)...)
-	fullArgs := append(args, extraArgs...)
-
-	GinkgoWriter.Printf("Installing NGF with command: helm %v\n", strings.Join(fullArgs, " "))
-
-	return exec.Command("helm", fullArgs...).CombinedOutput()
-}
-
 // InstallNGF installs NGF.
 func InstallNGF(cfg InstallationConfig, extraArgs ...string) ([]byte, error) {
 	args := []string{
diff --git a/tests/suite/nginxgateway_test.go b/tests/suite/nginxgateway_test.go
index 3311ab3a12..d75ae06877 100644
--- a/tests/suite/nginxgateway_test.go
+++ b/tests/suite/nginxgateway_test.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ var _ = Describe("NginxGateway", Ordered, Label("functional", "nginxGateway"), f
 				teardown(releaseName)
 
 				cfg := getDefaultSetupCfg()
-				cfg.infoLogLevel = true
+				cfg.debugLogLevel = false
 				setup(cfg)
 
 				ngfPodName, err := getNGFPodName()
diff --git a/tests/suite/system_suite_test.go b/tests/suite/system_suite_test.go
index 0d8db5211c..e70d6ab9db 100644
--- a/tests/suite/system_suite_test.go
+++ b/tests/suite/system_suite_test.go
@@ -91,12 +91,12 @@ const (
 )
 
 type setupConfig struct {
-	releaseName  string
-	chartPath    string
-	gwAPIVersion string
-	deploy       bool
-	nfr          bool
-	infoLogLevel bool
+	releaseName   string
+	chartPath     string
+	gwAPIVersion  string
+	deploy        bool
+	nfr           bool
+	debugLogLevel bool
 }
 
 func setup(cfg setupConfig, extraInstallArgs ...string) {
@@ -213,14 +213,16 @@ func setupNGF(cfg setupConfig, extraInstallArgs ...string) framework.Installatio
 	output, err := framework.InstallGatewayAPI(cfg.gwAPIVersion)
 	Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred(), string(output))
 
-	if cfg.infoLogLevel {
-		output, err = framework.InstallNGF(installCfg, extraInstallArgs...)
-		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred(), string(output))
-	} else {
-		output, err = framework.InstallNGFDebugLevel(installCfg, extraInstallArgs...)
-		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred(), string(output))
+	if cfg.debugLogLevel {
+		extraInstallArgs = append(
+			extraInstallArgs,
+			"--set", "nginxGateway.config.logging.level=debug",
+		)
 	}
 
+	output, err = framework.InstallNGF(installCfg, extraInstallArgs...)
+	Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred(), string(output))
+
 	return installCfg
 }
 
@@ -267,10 +269,11 @@ func getDefaultSetupCfg() setupConfig {
 	localChartPath = filepath.Join(basepath, "charts/nginx-gateway-fabric")
 
 	return setupConfig{
-		releaseName:  releaseName,
-		chartPath:    localChartPath,
-		gwAPIVersion: *gatewayAPIVersion,
-		deploy:       true,
+		releaseName:   releaseName,
+		chartPath:     localChartPath,
+		gwAPIVersion:  *gatewayAPIVersion,
+		deploy:        true,
+		debugLogLevel: true,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/suite/upgrade_test.go b/tests/suite/upgrade_test.go
index e4b1f1aa7f..0ca7923872 100644
--- a/tests/suite/upgrade_test.go
+++ b/tests/suite/upgrade_test.go
@@ -48,11 +48,12 @@ var _ = Describe("Upgrade testing", Label("nfr", "upgrade"), func() {
 		teardown(releaseName)
 
 		cfg := setupConfig{
-			releaseName:  releaseName,
-			chartPath:    "oci://ghcr.io/nginxinc/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric",
-			gwAPIVersion: *gatewayAPIPrevVersion,
-			deploy:       true,
-			nfr:          true,
+			releaseName:   releaseName,
+			chartPath:     "oci://ghcr.io/nginxinc/charts/nginx-gateway-fabric",
+			gwAPIVersion:  *gatewayAPIPrevVersion,
+			deploy:        true,
+			nfr:           true,
+			debugLogLevel: true,
 		}
 		setup(cfg, "--values", valuesFile)