diff --git a/lib/commands/access.js b/lib/commands/access.js
index 7d3930dacbce9..206d6de9c22c4 100644
--- a/lib/commands/access.js
+++ b/lib/commands/access.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ const path = require('path')
 const libaccess = require('libnpmaccess')
 const readPackageJson = require('read-package-json-fast')
 
-const log = require('../utils/log-shim.js')
 const otplease = require('../utils/otplease.js')
 const getIdentity = require('../utils/get-identity.js')
 const BaseCommand = require('../base-command.js')
@@ -79,7 +78,6 @@ class Access extends BaseCommand {
 
     return this[cmd](args, {
       ...this.npm.flatOptions,
-      log,
     })
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/commands/adduser.js b/lib/commands/adduser.js
index 1cf70fffbf541..cbeaaaf0f28be 100644
--- a/lib/commands/adduser.js
+++ b/lib/commands/adduser.js
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ class AddUser extends BaseCommand {
       creds,
       registry,
       scope,
-      log,
     })
 
     await this.updateConfig({
diff --git a/lib/commands/ci.js b/lib/commands/ci.js
index 5e862a473a70f..9a70a2c0cfbea 100644
--- a/lib/commands/ci.js
+++ b/lib/commands/ci.js
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ class CI extends ArboristWorkspaceCmd {
     }
 
     const where = this.npm.prefix
+    const { silent } = this.npm.flatOptions
     const opts = {
       ...this.npm.flatOptions,
       packageLock: true, // npm ci should never skip lock files
       path: where,
-      log,
       save: false, // npm ci should never modify the lockfile or package.json
       workspaces: this.workspaceNames,
     }
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class CI extends ArboristWorkspaceCmd {
           scriptShell,
           stdio: 'inherit',
           stdioString: true,
-          banner: log.level !== 'silent',
+          banner: !silent,
           event,
         })
       }
diff --git a/lib/commands/dedupe.js b/lib/commands/dedupe.js
index 1c270249adb3f..4662ce3241b24 100644
--- a/lib/commands/dedupe.js
+++ b/lib/commands/dedupe.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // dedupe duplicated packages, or find them in the tree
 const Arborist = require('@npmcli/arborist')
 const reifyFinish = require('../utils/reify-finish.js')
-const log = require('../utils/log-shim.js')
 
 const ArboristWorkspaceCmd = require('../arborist-cmd.js')
 
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ class Dedupe extends ArboristWorkspaceCmd {
     const where = this.npm.prefix
     const opts = {
       ...this.npm.flatOptions,
-      log,
       path: where,
       dryRun,
       save,
diff --git a/lib/commands/deprecate.js b/lib/commands/deprecate.js
index 5505b9bf77cf7..839e974caf09b 100644
--- a/lib/commands/deprecate.js
+++ b/lib/commands/deprecate.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 const fetch = require('npm-registry-fetch')
-const log = require('../utils/log-shim.js')
 const otplease = require('../utils/otplease.js')
 const npa = require('npm-package-arg')
 const semver = require('semver')
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ class Deprecate extends BaseCommand {
       ...this.npm.flatOptions,
       spec: p,
       query: { write: true },
-      log,
     })
 
     Object.keys(packument.versions)
@@ -66,7 +64,6 @@ class Deprecate extends BaseCommand {
       method: 'PUT',
       body: packument,
       ignoreBody: true,
-      log,
     }))
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/commands/diff.js b/lib/commands/diff.js
index b3855aa08f3f1..d737a58dc43d8 100644
--- a/lib/commands/diff.js
+++ b/lib/commands/diff.js
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ class Diff extends BaseCommand {
       ...this.npm.flatOptions,
       diffFiles: args,
       where: this.top,
-      log,
     })
     return this.npm.output(res)
   }
@@ -194,7 +193,6 @@ class Diff extends BaseCommand {
         const packument = await pacote.packument(spec, {
           ...this.npm.flatOptions,
           preferOnline: true,
-          log,
         })
         bSpec = pickManifest(
           packument,
diff --git a/lib/commands/dist-tag.js b/lib/commands/dist-tag.js
index e2b013206d3aa..bb36f3f72bfb2 100644
--- a/lib/commands/dist-tag.js
+++ b/lib/commands/dist-tag.js
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ class DistTag extends BaseCommand {
   async exec ([cmdName, pkg, tag]) {
     const opts = {
       ...this.npm.flatOptions,
-      log,
     }
 
     if (['add', 'a', 'set', 's'].includes(cmdName)) {
diff --git a/lib/commands/doctor.js b/lib/commands/doctor.js
index 47a522eb676d0..cff3b8e19dff4 100644
--- a/lib/commands/doctor.js
+++ b/lib/commands/doctor.js
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class Doctor extends BaseCommand {
       stringLength: s => ansiTrim(s).length,
     }
 
-    const silent = log.levels[log.level] > log.levels.error
+    const { silent } = this.npm.flatOptions
     if (!silent) {
       this.npm.output(table(outTable, tableOpts))
       if (!allOk) {
diff --git a/lib/commands/exec.js b/lib/commands/exec.js
index 61a6d965954aa..52fb1f8eb7229 100644
--- a/lib/commands/exec.js
+++ b/lib/commands/exec.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 const libexec = require('libnpmexec')
 const BaseCommand = require('../base-command.js')
 const getLocationMsg = require('../exec/get-workspace-location-msg.js')
-const log = require('../utils/log-shim')
 
 // it's like this:
 //
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@ class Exec extends BaseCommand {
       call,
       localBin,
       locationMsg,
-      log,
       globalBin,
       output,
       packages,
diff --git a/lib/commands/fund.js b/lib/commands/fund.js
index 47a51c33a6841..787a5193f0155 100644
--- a/lib/commands/fund.js
+++ b/lib/commands/fund.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ const pacote = require('pacote')
 const semver = require('semver')
 const npa = require('npm-package-arg')
 const { depth } = require('treeverse')
-const log = require('../utils/log-shim.js')
 const { readTree: getFundingInfo, normalizeFunding, isValidFunding } = require('libnpmfund')
 
 const completion = require('../utils/completion/installed-deep.js')
@@ -69,7 +68,6 @@ class Fund extends ArboristWorkspaceCmd {
     // TODO: add !workspacesEnabled option handling to libnpmfund
     const fundingInfo = getFundingInfo(tree, {
       ...this.flatOptions,
-      log,
       workspaces: this.workspaceNames,
     })
 
diff --git a/lib/commands/hook.js b/lib/commands/hook.js
index c99a99585897a..08bf3ca794142 100644
--- a/lib/commands/hook.js
+++ b/lib/commands/hook.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ const hookApi = require('libnpmhook')
 const otplease = require('../utils/otplease.js')
 const relativeDate = require('tiny-relative-date')
 const Table = require('cli-table3')
-const log = require('../utils/log-shim.js')
 
 const BaseCommand = require('../base-command.js')
 class Hook extends BaseCommand {
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ class Hook extends BaseCommand {
   async exec (args) {
     return otplease({
       ...this.npm.flatOptions,
-      log,
     }, (opts) => {
       switch (args[0]) {
         case 'add':
@@ -48,7 +46,7 @@ class Hook extends BaseCommand {
     } else if (opts.parseable) {
       this.npm.output(Object.keys(hook).join('\t'))
       this.npm.output(Object.keys(hook).map(k => hook[k]).join('\t'))
-    } else if (!opts.silent && opts.loglevel !== 'silent') {
+    } else if (!opts.silent) {
       this.npm.output(`+ ${this.hookName(hook)} ${
         opts.unicode ? ' ➜ ' : ' -> '
       } ${hook.endpoint}`)
@@ -66,7 +64,7 @@ class Hook extends BaseCommand {
       })
     } else if (!hooks.length) {
       this.npm.output("You don't have any hooks configured yet.")
-    } else if (!opts.silent && opts.loglevel !== 'silent') {
+    } else if (!opts.silent) {
       if (hooks.length === 1) {
         this.npm.output('You have one hook configured.')
       } else {
@@ -103,7 +101,7 @@ class Hook extends BaseCommand {
     } else if (opts.parseable) {
       this.npm.output(Object.keys(hook).join('\t'))
       this.npm.output(Object.keys(hook).map(k => hook[k]).join('\t'))
-    } else if (!opts.silent && opts.loglevel !== 'silent') {
+    } else if (!opts.silent) {
       this.npm.output(`- ${this.hookName(hook)} ${
         opts.unicode ? ' ✘ ' : ' X '
       } ${hook.endpoint}`)
@@ -117,7 +115,7 @@ class Hook extends BaseCommand {
     } else if (opts.parseable) {
       this.npm.output(Object.keys(hook).join('\t'))
       this.npm.output(Object.keys(hook).map(k => hook[k]).join('\t'))
-    } else if (!opts.silent && opts.loglevel !== 'silent') {
+    } else if (!opts.silent) {
       this.npm.output(`+ ${this.hookName(hook)} ${
         opts.unicode ? ' ➜ ' : ' -> '
       } ${hook.endpoint}`)
diff --git a/lib/commands/init.js b/lib/commands/init.js
index 7e8a8f7a5c8ab..367533f8259f5 100644
--- a/lib/commands/init.js
+++ b/lib/commands/init.js
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ class Init extends BaseCommand {
       color,
       localBin,
       locationMsg,
-      log,
       globalBin,
       output,
       path,
diff --git a/lib/commands/install.js b/lib/commands/install.js
index a92a5edc5ebb7..ef6493fc69fc5 100644
--- a/lib/commands/install.js
+++ b/lib/commands/install.js
@@ -145,9 +145,9 @@ class Install extends ArboristWorkspaceCmd {
       )
     }
 
+    const { silent } = this.npm.flatOptions
     const opts = {
       ...this.npm.flatOptions,
-      log,
       auditLevel: null,
       path: where,
       add: args,
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class Install extends ArboristWorkspaceCmd {
           scriptShell,
           stdio: 'inherit',
           stdioString: true,
-          banner: log.level !== 'silent',
+          banner: !silent,
           event,
         })
       }
diff --git a/lib/commands/link.js b/lib/commands/link.js
index e8e2c6b349aa9..d656791469a64 100644
--- a/lib/commands/link.js
+++ b/lib/commands/link.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ const Arborist = require('@npmcli/arborist')
 const npa = require('npm-package-arg')
 const rpj = require('read-package-json-fast')
 const semver = require('semver')
-const log = require('../utils/log-shim.js')
 
 const reifyFinish = require('../utils/reify-finish.js')
 
@@ -69,7 +68,6 @@ class Link extends ArboristWorkspaceCmd {
     const globalOpts = {
       ...this.npm.flatOptions,
       path: globalTop,
-      log,
       global: true,
       prune: false,
     }
@@ -118,7 +116,6 @@ class Link extends ArboristWorkspaceCmd {
     const localArb = new Arborist({
       ...this.npm.flatOptions,
       prune: false,
-      log,
       path: this.npm.prefix,
       save,
     })
@@ -126,7 +123,6 @@ class Link extends ArboristWorkspaceCmd {
       ...this.npm.flatOptions,
       prune: false,
       path: this.npm.prefix,
-      log,
       add: names.map(l => `file:${resolve(globalTop, 'node_modules', l)}`),
       save,
       workspaces: this.workspaceNames,
@@ -143,12 +139,10 @@ class Link extends ArboristWorkspaceCmd {
     const arb = new Arborist({
       ...this.npm.flatOptions,
       path: globalTop,
-      log,
       global: true,
     })
     await arb.reify({
       add,
-      log,
     })
     await reifyFinish(this.npm, arb)
   }
diff --git a/lib/commands/logout.js b/lib/commands/logout.js
index 34fbace583562..aea5e93652b0e 100644
--- a/lib/commands/logout.js
+++ b/lib/commands/logout.js
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ class Logout extends BaseCommand {
         ...this.npm.flatOptions,
         method: 'DELETE',
         ignoreBody: true,
-        log,
       })
     } else if (auth.isBasicAuth) {
       log.verbose('logout', `clearing user credentials for ${reg}`)
diff --git a/lib/commands/org.js b/lib/commands/org.js
index 89859200fed6b..0e4a39bcd788f 100644
--- a/lib/commands/org.js
+++ b/lib/commands/org.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ const liborg = require('libnpmorg')
 const otplease = require('../utils/otplease.js')
 const Table = require('cli-table3')
 const BaseCommand = require('../base-command.js')
-const log = require('../utils/log-shim.js')
 
 class Org extends BaseCommand {
   static description = 'Manage orgs'
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ class Org extends BaseCommand {
   async exec ([cmd, orgname, username, role], cb) {
     return otplease({
       ...this.npm.flatOptions,
-      log,
     }, opts => {
       switch (cmd) {
         case 'add':
@@ -76,7 +74,7 @@ class Org extends BaseCommand {
         this.npm.output(
           [memDeets.org.name, memDeets.org.size, memDeets.user, memDeets.role].join('\t')
         )
-      } else if (!opts.silent && opts.loglevel !== 'silent') {
+      } else if (!opts.silent) {
         this.npm.output(
           `Added ${memDeets.user} as ${memDeets.role} to ${memDeets.org.name}. You now have ${
             memDeets.org.size
@@ -118,7 +116,7 @@ class Org extends BaseCommand {
         } else if (opts.parseable) {
           this.npm.output(['user', 'org', 'userCount', 'deleted'].join('\t'))
           this.npm.output([user, org, userCount, true].join('\t'))
-        } else if (!opts.silent && opts.loglevel !== 'silent') {
+        } else if (!opts.silent) {
           this.npm.output(
             `Successfully removed ${user} from ${org}. You now have ${userCount} member${
               userCount === 1 ? '' : 's'
@@ -149,7 +147,7 @@ class Org extends BaseCommand {
         Object.keys(roster).forEach(user => {
           this.npm.output([user, roster[user]].join('\t'))
         })
-      } else if (!opts.silent && opts.loglevel !== 'silent') {
+      } else if (!opts.silent) {
         const table = new Table({ head: ['user', 'role'] })
         Object.keys(roster)
           .sort()
diff --git a/lib/commands/owner.js b/lib/commands/owner.js
index 7b76b7be42ec6..effaaa6a53d3a 100644
--- a/lib/commands/owner.js
+++ b/lib/commands/owner.js
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ class Owner extends BaseCommand {
   async exec ([action, ...args]) {
     const opts = {
       ...this.npm.flatOptions,
-      log,
     }
     switch (action) {
       case 'ls':
@@ -198,7 +197,6 @@ class Owner extends BaseCommand {
         method: 'PUT',
         body,
         spec,
-        log,
       })
     })
 
diff --git a/lib/commands/ping.js b/lib/commands/ping.js
index 27089be4e1714..5a651c4a6ab09 100644
--- a/lib/commands/ping.js
+++ b/lib/commands/ping.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class Ping extends BaseCommand {
   async exec (args) {
     log.notice('PING', this.npm.config.get('registry'))
     const start = Date.now()
-    const details = await pingUtil({ ...this.npm.flatOptions, log })
+    const details = await pingUtil({ ...this.npm.flatOptions })
     const time = Date.now() - start
     log.notice('PONG', `${time}ms`)
     if (this.npm.config.get('json')) {
diff --git a/lib/commands/profile.js b/lib/commands/profile.js
index 9786e9ba4d4cf..6b4d1407f7919 100644
--- a/lib/commands/profile.js
+++ b/lib/commands/profile.js
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class Profile extends BaseCommand {
   async get (args) {
     const tfa = 'two-factor auth'
     const info = await pulseTillDone.withPromise(
-      npmProfile.get({ ...this.npm.flatOptions, log })
+      npmProfile.get({ ...this.npm.flatOptions })
     )
 
     if (!info.cidr_whitelist) {
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class Profile extends BaseCommand {
   }
 
   async set (args) {
-    const conf = { ...this.npm.flatOptions, log }
+    const conf = { ...this.npm.flatOptions }
     const prop = (args[0] || '').toLowerCase().trim()
 
     let value = args.length > 1 ? args.slice(1).join(' ') : null
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ class Profile extends BaseCommand {
     if (auth.basic) {
       log.info('profile', 'Updating authentication to bearer token')
       const result = await npmProfile.createToken(
-        auth.basic.password, false, [], { ...this.npm.flatOptions, log }
+        auth.basic.password, false, [], { ...this.npm.flatOptions }
       )
 
       if (!result.token) {
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ class Profile extends BaseCommand {
 
     log.info('profile', 'Determine if tfa is pending')
     const userInfo = await pulseTillDone.withPromise(
-      npmProfile.get({ ...this.npm.flatOptions, log })
+      npmProfile.get({ ...this.npm.flatOptions })
     )
 
     const conf = { ...this.npm.flatOptions }
diff --git a/lib/commands/prune.js b/lib/commands/prune.js
index 5831df62859c2..16c8b6d4329ac 100644
--- a/lib/commands/prune.js
+++ b/lib/commands/prune.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // prune extraneous packages
 const Arborist = require('@npmcli/arborist')
-const log = require('../utils/log-shim.js')
 const reifyFinish = require('../utils/reify-finish.js')
 
 const ArboristWorkspaceCmd = require('../arborist-cmd.js')
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ class Prune extends ArboristWorkspaceCmd {
     const opts = {
       ...this.npm.flatOptions,
       path: where,
-      log,
       workspaces: this.workspaceNames,
     }
     const arb = new Arborist(opts)
diff --git a/lib/commands/publish.js b/lib/commands/publish.js
index 63106c520bd58..e07af7b9aa98e 100644
--- a/lib/commands/publish.js
+++ b/lib/commands/publish.js
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ class Publish extends BaseCommand {
     const json = this.npm.config.get('json')
     const defaultTag = this.npm.config.get('tag')
     const ignoreScripts = this.npm.config.get('ignore-scripts')
-    const silent = log.level === 'silent'
+    const { silent } = this.npm.flatOptions
 
     if (semver.validRange(defaultTag)) {
       throw new Error('Tag name must not be a valid SemVer range: ' + defaultTag.trim())
     }
 
-    const opts = { ...this.npm.flatOptions, log }
+    const opts = { ...this.npm.flatOptions }
 
     // you can publish name@version, ./foo.tgz, etc.
     // even though the default is the 'file:.' cwd.
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class Publish extends BaseCommand {
 
     const results = {}
     const json = this.npm.config.get('json')
-    const silent = log.level === 'silent'
+    const { silent } = this.npm.flatOptions
     const noop = a => a
     const color = this.npm.color ? chalk : { green: noop, bold: noop }
     await this.setWorkspaces(filters)
diff --git a/lib/commands/run-script.js b/lib/commands/run-script.js
index cd877e0b3dfa4..3d580b0737eaa 100644
--- a/lib/commands/run-script.js
+++ b/lib/commands/run-script.js
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class RunScript extends BaseCommand {
       stdio: 'inherit',
       stdioString: true,
       pkg,
-      banner: log.level !== 'silent',
+      banner: !this.npm.flatOptions.silent,
     }
 
     for (const [event, args] of events) {
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class RunScript extends BaseCommand {
     }
 
     const allScripts = Object.keys(scripts)
-    if (log.level === 'silent') {
+    if (this.npm.flatOptions.silent) {
       return allScripts
     }
 
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ class RunScript extends BaseCommand {
   async listWorkspaces (args, filters) {
     await this.setWorkspaces(filters)
 
-    if (log.level === 'silent') {
+    if (this.npm.flatOptions.silent) {
       return
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/commands/star.js b/lib/commands/star.js
index 4974c39883e43..2d08747aa7719 100644
--- a/lib/commands/star.js
+++ b/lib/commands/star.js
@@ -29,13 +29,12 @@ class Star extends BaseCommand {
     const pkgs = args.map(npa)
     for (const pkg of pkgs) {
       const [username, fullData] = await Promise.all([
-        getIdentity(this.npm, { ...this.npm.flatOptions, log }),
+        getIdentity(this.npm, { ...this.npm.flatOptions }),
         fetch.json(pkg.escapedName, {
           ...this.npm.flatOptions,
           spec: pkg,
           query: { write: true },
           preferOnline: true,
-          log,
         }),
       ])
 
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ class Star extends BaseCommand {
         spec: pkg,
         method: 'PUT',
         body,
-        log,
       })
 
       this.npm.output(show + ' ' + pkg.name)
diff --git a/lib/commands/team.js b/lib/commands/team.js
index e3fb9b83c5a27..3cb00e3f8f7cb 100644
--- a/lib/commands/team.js
+++ b/lib/commands/team.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 const columns = require('cli-columns')
 const libteam = require('libnpmteam')
 
-const log = require('../utils/log-shim.js')
 const otplease = require('../utils/otplease.js')
 
 const BaseCommand = require('../base-command.js')
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ class Team extends BaseCommand {
     // XXX: "description" option to libnpmteam is used as a description of the
     // team, but in npm's options, this is a boolean meaning "show the
     // description in npm search output".  Hence its being set to null here.
-    await otplease({ ...this.npm.flatOptions, log }, opts => {
+    await otplease({ ...this.npm.flatOptions }, opts => {
       entity = entity.replace(/^@/, '')
       switch (cmd) {
         case 'create': return this.create(entity, opts)
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ class Team extends BaseCommand {
       }))
     } else if (opts.parseable) {
       this.npm.output(`${entity}\tcreated`)
-    } else if (!opts.silent && opts.loglevel !== 'silent') {
+    } else if (!opts.silent) {
       this.npm.output(`+@${entity}`)
     }
   }
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ class Team extends BaseCommand {
       }))
     } else if (opts.parseable) {
       this.npm.output(`${entity}\tdeleted`)
-    } else if (!opts.silent && opts.loglevel !== 'silent') {
+    } else if (!opts.silent) {
       this.npm.output(`-@${entity}`)
     }
   }
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ class Team extends BaseCommand {
       }))
     } else if (opts.parseable) {
       this.npm.output(`${user}\t${entity}\tadded`)
-    } else if (!opts.silent && opts.loglevel !== 'silent') {
+    } else if (!opts.silent) {
       this.npm.output(`${user} added to @${entity}`)
     }
   }
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ class Team extends BaseCommand {
       }))
     } else if (opts.parseable) {
       this.npm.output(`${user}\t${entity}\tremoved`)
-    } else if (!opts.silent && opts.loglevel !== 'silent') {
+    } else if (!opts.silent) {
       this.npm.output(`${user} removed from @${entity}`)
     }
   }
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ class Team extends BaseCommand {
       this.npm.output(JSON.stringify(users, null, 2))
     } else if (opts.parseable) {
       this.npm.output(users.join('\n'))
-    } else if (!opts.silent && opts.loglevel !== 'silent') {
+    } else if (!opts.silent) {
       const plural = users.length === 1 ? '' : 's'
       const more = users.length === 0 ? '' : ':\n'
       this.npm.output(`\n@${entity} has ${users.length} user${plural}${more}`)
@@ -142,7 +141,7 @@ class Team extends BaseCommand {
       this.npm.output(JSON.stringify(teams, null, 2))
     } else if (opts.parseable) {
       this.npm.output(teams.join('\n'))
-    } else if (!opts.silent && opts.loglevel !== 'silent') {
+    } else if (!opts.silent) {
       const plural = teams.length === 1 ? '' : 's'
       const more = teams.length === 0 ? '' : ':\n'
       this.npm.output(`\n@${entity} has ${teams.length} team${plural}${more}`)
diff --git a/lib/commands/token.js b/lib/commands/token.js
index cfb5ab666565a..df80f1afec44e 100644
--- a/lib/commands/token.js
+++ b/lib/commands/token.js
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ class Token extends BaseCommand {
   }
 
   config () {
-    const conf = { ...this.npm.flatOptions, log }
+    const conf = { ...this.npm.flatOptions }
     const creds = this.npm.config.getCredentialsByURI(conf.registry)
     if (creds.token) {
       conf.auth = { token: creds.token }
diff --git a/lib/commands/uninstall.js b/lib/commands/uninstall.js
index b40c59bda4419..587968e3bbba9 100644
--- a/lib/commands/uninstall.js
+++ b/lib/commands/uninstall.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 const { resolve } = require('path')
-const log = require('../utils/log-shim.js')
 const Arborist = require('@npmcli/arborist')
 const rpj = require('read-package-json-fast')
 
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ class Uninstall extends ArboristWorkspaceCmd {
     const opts = {
       ...this.npm.flatOptions,
       path,
-      log,
       rm: args,
       workspaces: this.workspaceNames,
     }
diff --git a/lib/commands/unpublish.js b/lib/commands/unpublish.js
index d8410cc13481b..33767bd3b893e 100644
--- a/lib/commands/unpublish.js
+++ b/lib/commands/unpublish.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class Unpublish extends BaseCommand {
       return []
     }
 
-    const opts = { ...this.npm.flatOptions, log }
+    const opts = { ...this.npm.flatOptions }
     const username = await getIdentity(this.npm, { ...opts }).catch(() => null)
     if (!username) {
       return []
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ class Unpublish extends BaseCommand {
 
     const spec = args.length && npa(args[0])
     const force = this.npm.config.get('force')
-    const loglevel = this.npm.config.get('loglevel')
-    const silent = loglevel === 'silent'
+    const { silent } = this.npm.flatOptions
     const dryRun = this.npm.config.get('dry-run')
     let pkgName
     let pkgVersion
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ class Unpublish extends BaseCommand {
       )
     }
 
-    const opts = { ...this.npm.flatOptions, log }
+    const opts = { ...this.npm.flatOptions }
     if (!spec || path.resolve(spec.name) === this.npm.localPrefix) {
       // if there's a package.json in the current folder, then
       // read the package name and version out of that.
diff --git a/lib/commands/update.js b/lib/commands/update.js
index c55d7cf575d88..025ebbaf815f0 100644
--- a/lib/commands/update.js
+++ b/lib/commands/update.js
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ class Update extends ArboristWorkspaceCmd {
 
     const opts = {
       ...this.npm.flatOptions,
-      log,
       path: where,
       save,
       workspaces: this.workspaceNames,
diff --git a/lib/commands/whoami.js b/lib/commands/whoami.js
index 07ebe2e244753..154cc870391ba 100644
--- a/lib/commands/whoami.js
+++ b/lib/commands/whoami.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 const getIdentity = require('../utils/get-identity.js')
-const log = require('../utils/log-shim.js')
 
 const BaseCommand = require('../base-command.js')
 class Whoami extends BaseCommand {
@@ -8,7 +7,7 @@ class Whoami extends BaseCommand {
   static params = ['registry']
 
   async exec (args) {
-    const username = await getIdentity(this.npm, { ...this.npm.flatOptions, log })
+    const username = await getIdentity(this.npm, { ...this.npm.flatOptions })
     this.npm.output(
       this.npm.config.get('json') ? JSON.stringify(username) : username
     )
diff --git a/lib/npm.js b/lib/npm.js
index 4d22b531a4662..89de90934cf9a 100644
--- a/lib/npm.js
+++ b/lib/npm.js
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ class Npm extends EventEmitter {
       definitions,
       flatten,
       shorthands,
-      log,
     })
     this[_title] = process.title
     this.updateNotification = null
@@ -286,6 +285,7 @@ class Npm extends EventEmitter {
     if (this.command) {
       flat.npmCommand = this.command
     }
+    flat.silent = this.config.get('loglevel') === 'silent'
     return flat
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/utils/display.js b/lib/utils/display.js
index aae51e8806f8a..a19f72297e838 100644
--- a/lib/utils/display.js
+++ b/lib/utils/display.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class Display {
       loglevel,
       unicode,
       progress,
+      silent,
       heading = 'npm',
     } = config
 
@@ -59,8 +60,7 @@ class Display {
       log.disableUnicode()
     }
 
-    // if it's more than error, don't show progress
-    const silent = log.levels[log.level] > log.levels.error
+    // if it's silent, don't show progress
     if (progress && !silent) {
       log.enableProgress()
     } else {
diff --git a/lib/utils/exit-handler.js b/lib/utils/exit-handler.js
index 22c774101751b..7016f97a85dd8 100644
--- a/lib/utils/exit-handler.js
+++ b/lib/utils/exit-handler.js
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ process.on('exit', code => {
 
   // npm must be loaded to know where the log file was written
   if (showLogFileMessage && hasLoadedNpm) {
-    // just a line break
-    if (log.levels[log.level] <= log.levels.error) {
+    // just a line break if not in silent mode
+    if (!npm.flatOptions.silent) {
       console.error('')
     }
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ const exitHandler = err => {
 
   log.verbose('exit', exitCode || 0)
 
-  showLogFileMessage = log.level === 'silent' || noLogMessage
+  showLogFileMessage = (hasLoadedNpm && npm.flatOptions.silent) || noLogMessage
     ? false
     : !!exitCode
 
diff --git a/lib/utils/reify-output.js b/lib/utils/reify-output.js
index b4114c1b2fe04..7121c3c513664 100644
--- a/lib/utils/reify-output.js
+++ b/lib/utils/reify-output.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const reifyOutput = (npm, arb) => {
 
   // don't print any info in --silent mode, but we still need to
   // set the exitCode properly from the audit report, if we have one.
-  if (log.levels[log.level] > log.levels.error) {
+  if (npm.flatOptions.silent) {
     getAuditReport(npm, auditReport)
     return
   }
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ const reifyOutput = (npm, arb) => {
 // at the end if there's still stuff, because it's silly for `npm audit`
 // to tell you to run `npm audit` for details.  otherwise, use the summary
 // report.  if we get here, we know it's not quiet or json.
-// If the loglevel is set higher than 'error', then we just run the report
+// If the loglevel is silent, then we just run the report
 // to get the exitCode set appropriately.
 const printAuditReport = (npm, report) => {
   const res = getAuditReport(npm, report)
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ const getAuditReport = (npm, report) => {
 
   // when in silent mode, we print nothing.  the JSON output is
   // going to just JSON.stringify() the report object.
-  const reporter = log.levels[log.level] > log.levels.error ? 'quiet'
+  const reporter = npm.flatOptions.silent ? 'quiet'
     : npm.flatOptions.json ? 'quiet'
     : npm.command !== 'audit' ? 'install'
     : 'detail'
diff --git a/lib/utils/update-notifier.js b/lib/utils/update-notifier.js
index 44b6a5433c09a..875c3a99a2579 100644
--- a/lib/utils/update-notifier.js
+++ b/lib/utils/update-notifier.js
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ const { promisify } = require('util')
 const stat = promisify(require('fs').stat)
 const writeFile = promisify(require('fs').writeFile)
 const { resolve } = require('path')
-const log = require('./log-shim.js')
 
 const isGlobalNpmUpdate = npm => {
   return npm.flatOptions.global &&
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ const updateNotifier = async (npm, spec = 'latest') => {
 
   // if they're currently using a prerelease, nudge to the next prerelease
   // otherwise, nudge to latest.
-  const useColor = log.useColor()
+  const useColor = npm.logColor
 
   const mani = await pacote.manifest(`npm@${spec}`, {
     // always prefer latest, even if doing --tag=whatever on the cmd
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/exit-handler.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/exit-handler.js.test.cjs
index 523aabca29b50..0aaf235fd14b6 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/exit-handler.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/exit-handler.js.test.cjs
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ exports[`test/lib/utils/exit-handler.js TAP handles unknown error with logs and
 32 error ERR SUMMARY Unknown error
 33 error ERR DETAIL Unknown error
 34 verbose exit 1
-35 timing npm Completed in {TIME}ms
-36 verbose code 1
-37 error A complete log of this run can be found in:
-37 error     {CWD}/test/lib/utils/tap-testdir-exit-handler-handles-unknown-error-with-logs-and-debug-file/cache/_logs/{DATE}-debug-0.log
+36 timing npm Completed in {TIME}ms
+37 verbose code 1
+38 error A complete log of this run can be found in:
+38 error     {CWD}/test/lib/utils/tap-testdir-exit-handler-handles-unknown-error-with-logs-and-debug-file/cache/_logs/{DATE}-debug-0.log
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/utils/exit-handler.js TAP handles unknown error with logs and debug file > logs 1`] = `
diff --git a/test/fixtures/mock-npm.js b/test/fixtures/mock-npm.js
index c3dc47f5dde4f..d13f9eb8ebf8e 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/mock-npm.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/mock-npm.js
@@ -31,6 +31,18 @@ const RealMockNpm = (t, otherMocks = {}) => {
   return mock
 }
 
+const setLoglevel = (t, loglevel, reset = true) => {
+  if (t && reset) {
+    const _level = log.level
+    t.teardown(() => log.level = _level)
+  }
+
+  if (loglevel) {
+    // Set log level on the npmlog singleton and shared across everything
+    log.level = loglevel
+  }
+}
+
 // Resolve some options to a function call with supplied args
 const result = (fn, ...args) => typeof fn === 'function' ? fn(...args) : fn
 
@@ -62,14 +74,8 @@ const LoadMockNpm = async (t, {
     throw new Error('cant `load` without `init`')
   }
 
-  const _level = log.level
-  t.teardown(() => log.level = _level)
-
-  if (config.loglevel) {
-    // Set log level as early as possible since it is set
-    // on the npmlog singleton and shared across everything
-    log.level = config.loglevel
-  }
+  // Set log level as early as possible since
+  setLoglevel(t, config.loglevel)
 
   const dir = t.testdir({ root: testdir, cache: {} })
   const prefix = path.join(dir, 'root')
@@ -93,11 +99,9 @@ const LoadMockNpm = async (t, {
     for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(result(config, { npm, prefix, cache }))) {
       npm.config.set(k, v)
     }
-    if (config.loglevel) {
-      // Set global loglevel *again* since it possibly got reset during load
-      // XXX: remove with npmlog
-      log.level = config.loglevel
-    }
+    // Set global loglevel *again* since it possibly got reset during load
+    // XXX: remove with npmlog
+    setLoglevel(t, config.loglevel, false)
     npm.prefix = prefix
     npm.cache = cache
   }
@@ -129,7 +133,7 @@ const realConfig = require('../../lib/utils/config')
 // npm.config You still need a separate flatOptions. Tests should migrate to
 // using the real npm mock above
 class MockNpm {
-  constructor (base = {}) {
+  constructor (base = {}, t) {
     this._mockOutputs = []
     this.isMockNpm = true
     this.base = base
@@ -153,6 +157,11 @@ class MockNpm {
       set: (k, v) => config[k] = v,
       list: [{ ...realConfig.defaults, ...config }],
     }
+
+    if (t && config.loglevel) {
+      this.flatOptions.silent = config.loglevel === 'silent'
+      setLoglevel(t, config.loglevel)
+    }
   }
 
   output (...msg) {
@@ -163,8 +172,8 @@ class MockNpm {
   }
 }
 
-const FakeMockNpm = (base = {}) => {
-  return new MockNpm(base)
+const FakeMockNpm = (base = {}, t) => {
+  return new MockNpm(base, t)
 }
 
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/test/fixtures/sandbox.js b/test/fixtures/sandbox.js
index 701d9cea72397..d51281d41d104 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/sandbox.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/sandbox.js
@@ -193,6 +193,8 @@ class Sandbox extends EventEmitter {
   // test.teardown hook
   teardown () {
     if (this[_parent]) {
+      const sandboxProcess = sandboxes.get(this[_parent])
+      sandboxProcess.removeAllListeners('log')
       sandboxes.delete(this[_parent])
     }
     if (this[_npm]) {
@@ -211,20 +213,7 @@ class Sandbox extends EventEmitter {
       return Reflect.get(this, prop, this)
     }
 
-    const actual = Reflect.get(target, prop, receiver)
-    if (typeof actual === 'function') {
-      // in node 10.1 there's an interesting bug where if a function on process
-      // is called without explicitly forcing the 'this' arg to something, we
-      // get 'Illegal invocation' errors. wrapping function properties in their
-      // own proxy so that we can make sure the context is right fixes it
-      return new Proxy(actual, {
-        apply: (target, context, args) => {
-          return Reflect.apply(target, _process, args)
-        },
-      })
-    }
-
-    return actual
+    return Reflect.get(target, prop, receiver)
   }
 
   // proxy set handler
@@ -278,17 +267,15 @@ class Sandbox extends EventEmitter {
       ...this[_mocks],
       ...mockedLogs.logMocks,
     })
+    this.process.on('log', (l, ...args) => {
+      if (l !== 'pause' && l !== 'resume') {
+        this[_logs].push([l, ...args])
+      }
+    })
+
     this[_npm] = new Npm()
     this[_npm].output = (...args) => this[_output].push(args)
     await this[_npm].load()
-    // in some node versions (later 10.x) our executionAsyncId at this point
-    // will for some reason appear to have been triggered by a different parent
-    // so immediately after load, if we can see that we lost our ancestry, we
-    // fix it here with a hammer
-    if (chain.get(executionAsyncId()) !== this[_parent]) {
-      chain.set(executionAsyncId(), this[_parent])
-      process = this[_proxy]
-    }
 
     const cmd = this[_npm].argv.shift()
     return this[_npm].exec(cmd, this[_npm].argv)
@@ -330,17 +317,15 @@ class Sandbox extends EventEmitter {
       ...this[_mocks],
       ...mockedLogs.logMocks,
     })
+    this.process.on('log', (l, ...args) => {
+      if (l !== 'pause' && l !== 'resume') {
+        this[_logs].push([l, ...args])
+      }
+    })
+
     this[_npm] = new Npm()
     this[_npm].output = (...args) => this[_output].push(args)
     await this[_npm].load()
-    // in some node versions (later 10.x) our executionAsyncId at this point
-    // will for some reason appear to have been triggered by a different parent
-    // so immediately after load, if we can see that we lost our ancestry, we
-    // fix it here with a hammer
-    if (chain.get(executionAsyncId()) !== this[_parent]) {
-      chain.set(executionAsyncId(), this[_parent])
-      process = this[_proxy]
-    }
 
     const impl = await this[_npm].cmd(command)
     return impl.completion({
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/access.js b/test/lib/commands/access.js
index c4e6f3167aa01..298897e4f5ffc 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/access.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/access.js
@@ -75,13 +75,12 @@ t.test('access public on unscoped package', async t => {
 })
 
 t.test('access public on scoped package', async t => {
-  t.plan(3)
+  t.plan(2)
   const name = '@scoped/npm-access-public-pkg'
   const { npm } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
     mocks: {
       libnpmaccess: {
-        public: (pkg, { registry, log }) => {
-          t.ok(log, 'should pass a logger')
+        public: (pkg, { registry }) => {
           t.equal(pkg, name, 'should use pkg name ref')
           t.equal(
             registry,
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/adduser.js b/test/lib/commands/adduser.js
index 8a9358f9ab21a..f88508d15a6fe 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/adduser.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/adduser.js
@@ -20,13 +20,6 @@ const authDummy = (npm, options) => {
     throw new Error('did not pass full flatOptions to auth function')
   }
 
-  if (!options.log) {
-    // A quick to test to make sure a log gets passed to auth
-    // XXX: should be refactored with change to real mock npm
-    // https://github.com/npm/statusboard/issues/411
-    throw new Error('pass log to auth')
-  }
-
   return Promise.resolve({
     message: 'success',
     newCreds: {
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/deprecate.js b/test/lib/commands/deprecate.js
index aa158cca3a1a1..180629a7488f9 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/deprecate.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/deprecate.js
@@ -2,15 +2,12 @@ const t = require('tap')
 
 let getIdentityImpl = () => 'someperson'
 let npmFetchBody = null
-let npmFetchLog = null
 
 const npmFetch = async (uri, opts) => {
   npmFetchBody = opts.body
-  npmFetchLog = opts.log
 }
 
 npmFetch.json = async (uri, opts) => {
-  npmFetchLog = opts.log
   return {
     versions: {
       '1.0.0': {},
@@ -87,10 +84,8 @@ t.test('invalid semver range', async t => {
 t.test('undeprecate', async t => {
   t.teardown(() => {
     npmFetchBody = null
-    npmFetchLog = null
   })
   await deprecate.exec(['foo', ''])
-  t.ok(npmFetchLog, 'was passed a logger')
   t.match(npmFetchBody, {
     versions: {
       '1.0.0': { deprecated: '' },
@@ -103,11 +98,9 @@ t.test('undeprecate', async t => {
 t.test('deprecates given range', async t => {
   t.teardown(() => {
     npmFetchBody = null
-    npmFetchLog = null
   })
 
   await deprecate.exec(['foo@1.0.0', 'this version is deprecated'])
-  t.ok(npmFetchLog, 'was passed a logger')
   t.match(npmFetchBody, {
     versions: {
       '1.0.0': {
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/diff.js b/test/lib/commands/diff.js
index f73a543cb4c51..ed0702e3784a6 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/diff.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/diff.js
@@ -61,10 +61,9 @@ const diff = new Diff(npm)
 
 t.test('no args', t => {
   t.test('in a project dir', async t => {
-    t.plan(4)
+    t.plan(3)
 
     libnpmdiff = async ([a, b], opts) => {
-      t.ok(opts.log, 'should be passed a logger')
       t.equal(a, 'foo@latest', 'should have default spec comparison')
       t.equal(b, `file:${fooPath}`, 'should compare to cwd')
       t.match(opts, npm.flatOptions, 'should forward flat options')
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/dist-tag.js b/test/lib/commands/dist-tag.js
index b83c30e9c64ea..eb13c7ff02fbe 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/dist-tag.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/dist-tag.js
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ const routeMap = {
 // XXX overriding this does not appear to do anything, adding t.plan to things
 // that use it fails the test
 let npmRegistryFetchMock = (url, opts) => {
-  npmRegistryFetchLog = opts.log
   if (url === '/-/package/foo/dist-tags') {
     throw new Error('no package found')
   }
@@ -51,9 +50,7 @@ let npmRegistryFetchMock = (url, opts) => {
   return routeMap[url]
 }
 
-let npmRegistryFetchLog
 npmRegistryFetchMock.json = async (url, opts) => {
-  npmRegistryFetchLog = opts.log
   return routeMap[url]
 }
 
@@ -86,10 +83,6 @@ const npm = mockNpm({
 })
 const distTag = new DistTag(npm)
 
-t.afterEach(() => {
-  npmRegistryFetchLog = null
-})
-
 t.test('ls in current package', async t => {
   npm.prefix = t.testdir({
     'package.json': JSON.stringify({
@@ -97,7 +90,6 @@ t.test('ls in current package', async t => {
     }),
   })
   await distTag.exec(['ls'])
-  t.ok(npmRegistryFetchLog, 'is passed a logger')
   t.matchSnapshot(
     result,
     'should list available tags for current package'
@@ -299,7 +291,6 @@ t.test('add new tag', async t => {
   })
 
   npmRegistryFetchMock = async (url, opts) => {
-    t.ok(opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
     t.equal(opts.method, 'PUT', 'should trigger request to add new tag')
     t.equal(opts.body, '7.7.7', 'should point to expected version')
   }
@@ -366,7 +357,6 @@ t.test('remove existing tag', async t => {
   }
   npm.prefix = t.testdir({})
   await distTag.exec(['rm', '@scoped/another', 'c'])
-  t.ok(npmRegistryFetchLog, 'is passed a logger')
   t.matchSnapshot(log, 'should log remove info')
   t.matchSnapshot(result, 'should return success msg')
 })
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/doctor.js b/test/lib/commands/doctor.js
index 51b6111a0ae70..195ed6dbcc298 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/doctor.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/doctor.js
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ const clearLogs = () => {
 const npm = {
   flatOptions: {
     registry: 'https://registry.npmjs.org/',
+    silent: false,
   },
   version: '7.1.0',
   output: data => {
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ t.test('node versions', t => {
         npm.globalDir = dir
         npm.localBin = dir
         npm.globalBin = dir
-        mocks.npmlog.level = 'info'
+        npm.flatOptions.silent = true
 
         st.teardown(() => {
           delete npm.cache
@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ t.test('node versions', t => {
           delete npm.globalDir
           delete npm.localBin
           delete npm.globalBin
-          mocks.npmlog.level = 'error'
+          npm.flatOptions.silent = false
           clearLogs()
         })
 
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/hook.js b/test/lib/commands/hook.js
index a4eee711fe8e0..5d364d8a5fc64 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/hook.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/hook.js
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ t.test('npm hook add', async t => {
 
   await hook.exec(['add', 'semver', 'https://google.com', 'some-secret'])
 
-  t.ok(hookArgs.opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
   t.match(
     hookArgs,
     {
@@ -102,7 +101,6 @@ t.test('npm hook add - unicode output', async t => {
 
   await hook.exec(['add', 'semver', 'https://google.com', 'some-secret'])
 
-  t.ok(hookArgs.opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
   t.match(
     hookArgs,
     {
@@ -126,7 +124,6 @@ t.test('npm hook add - json output', async t => {
 
   await hook.exec(['add', '@npmcli', 'https://google.com', 'some-secret'])
 
-  t.ok(hookArgs.opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
   t.match(
     hookArgs,
     {
@@ -159,7 +156,6 @@ t.test('npm hook add - parseable output', async t => {
 
   await hook.exec(['add', '@npmcli', 'https://google.com', 'some-secret'])
 
-  t.ok(hookArgs.opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
   t.match(
     hookArgs,
     {
@@ -192,7 +188,6 @@ t.test('npm hook add - silent output', async t => {
 
   await hook.exec(['add', '@npmcli', 'https://google.com', 'some-secret'])
 
-  t.ok(hookArgs.opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
   t.match(
     hookArgs,
     {
@@ -214,7 +209,6 @@ t.test('npm hook ls', async t => {
 
   await hook.exec(['ls'])
 
-  t.ok(hookArgs.log, 'is passed a logger')
   t.match(
     hookArgs,
     {
@@ -240,7 +234,6 @@ t.test('npm hook ls, no results', async t => {
 
   await hook.exec(['ls'])
 
-  t.ok(hookArgs.log, 'is passed a logger')
   t.match(
     hookArgs,
     {
@@ -270,7 +263,6 @@ t.test('npm hook ls, single result', async t => {
 
   await hook.exec(['ls'])
 
-  t.ok(hookArgs.log, 'is passed a logger')
   t.match(
     hookArgs,
     {
@@ -294,7 +286,6 @@ t.test('npm hook ls - json output', async t => {
 
   await hook.exec(['ls'])
 
-  t.ok(hookArgs.log, 'is passed a logger')
   t.match(
     hookArgs,
     {
@@ -340,7 +331,6 @@ t.test('npm hook ls - parseable output', async t => {
 
   await hook.exec(['ls'])
 
-  t.ok(hookArgs.log, 'is passed a logger')
   t.match(
     hookArgs,
     {
@@ -371,7 +361,6 @@ t.test('npm hook ls - silent output', async t => {
 
   await hook.exec(['ls'])
 
-  t.ok(hookArgs.log, 'is passed a logger')
   t.match(
     hookArgs,
     {
@@ -391,7 +380,6 @@ t.test('npm hook rm', async t => {
 
   await hook.exec(['rm', '1'])
 
-  t.ok(hookArgs.opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
   t.match(
     hookArgs,
     {
@@ -413,7 +401,6 @@ t.test('npm hook rm - unicode output', async t => {
 
   await hook.exec(['rm', '1'])
 
-  t.ok(hookArgs.opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
   t.match(
     hookArgs,
     {
@@ -435,7 +422,6 @@ t.test('npm hook rm - silent output', async t => {
 
   await hook.exec(['rm', '1'])
 
-  t.ok(hookArgs.opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
   t.match(
     hookArgs,
     {
@@ -457,7 +443,6 @@ t.test('npm hook rm - json output', async t => {
 
   await hook.exec(['rm', '1'])
 
-  t.ok(hookArgs.opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
   t.match(
     hookArgs,
     {
@@ -488,7 +473,6 @@ t.test('npm hook rm - parseable output', async t => {
 
   await hook.exec(['rm', '1'])
 
-  t.ok(hookArgs.opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
   t.match(
     hookArgs,
     {
@@ -515,7 +499,6 @@ t.test('npm hook update', async t => {
 
   await hook.exec(['update', '1', 'https://google.com', 'some-secret'])
 
-  t.ok(hookArgs.opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
   t.match(
     hookArgs,
     {
@@ -539,7 +522,6 @@ t.test('npm hook update - unicode', async t => {
 
   await hook.exec(['update', '1', 'https://google.com', 'some-secret'])
 
-  t.ok(hookArgs.opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
   t.match(
     hookArgs,
     {
@@ -563,7 +545,6 @@ t.test('npm hook update - json output', async t => {
 
   await hook.exec(['update', '1', 'https://google.com', 'some-secret'])
 
-  t.ok(hookArgs.opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
   t.match(
     hookArgs,
     {
@@ -596,7 +577,6 @@ t.test('npm hook update - parseable output', async t => {
 
   await hook.exec(['update', '1', 'https://google.com', 'some-secret'])
 
-  t.ok(hookArgs.opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
   t.match(
     hookArgs,
     {
@@ -627,7 +607,6 @@ t.test('npm hook update - silent output', async t => {
 
   await hook.exec(['update', '1', 'https://google.com', 'some-secret'])
 
-  t.ok(hookArgs.opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
   t.match(
     hookArgs,
     {
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/logout.js b/test/lib/commands/logout.js
index 1a1fbb785c808..73fe8028c7853 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/logout.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/logout.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ t.afterEach(() => {
 })
 
 t.test('token logout', async t => {
-  t.plan(6)
+  t.plan(5)
 
   flatOptions['//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken'] = '@foo/'
 
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ t.test('token logout', async t => {
 
   await logout.exec([])
 
-  t.ok(result.opts.log, 'should pass a logger')
   t.match(
     result,
     {
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ t.test('token scoped logout', async t => {
     config.save = null
   })
 
-  t.plan(8)
+  t.plan(7)
 
   flatOptions['//diff-registry.npmjs.com/:_authToken'] = '@bar/'
   flatOptions['//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken'] = '@foo/'
@@ -133,7 +132,6 @@ t.test('token scoped logout', async t => {
 
   await logout.exec([])
 
-  t.ok(result.opts.log, 'should pass a logger')
   t.match(
     result,
     {
@@ -204,7 +202,7 @@ t.test('ignore invalid scoped registry config', async t => {
     config.delete = null
     config.save = null
   })
-  t.plan(5)
+  t.plan(4)
 
   flatOptions['//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken'] = '@foo/'
   config.scope = '@myscope'
@@ -236,7 +234,6 @@ t.test('ignore invalid scoped registry config', async t => {
 
   await logout.exec([])
 
-  t.ok(result.opts.log, 'should pass a logger')
   t.match(
     result,
     {
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/org.js b/test/lib/commands/org.js
index b716adc097523..14b116d87510a 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/org.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/org.js
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ t.test('npm org add', async t => {
 
   await org.exec(['add', 'orgname', 'username'])
 
-  t.ok(orgSetArgs.opts.log, 'got passed a logger')
   t.match(
     orgSetArgs,
     {
@@ -149,7 +148,6 @@ t.test('npm org add - more users', async t => {
   })
 
   await org.exec(['add', 'orgname', 'username'])
-  t.ok(orgSetArgs.opts.log, 'got passed a logger')
   t.match(
     orgSetArgs,
     {
@@ -177,7 +175,6 @@ t.test('npm org add - json output', async t => {
 
   await org.exec(['add', 'orgname', 'username'])
 
-  t.ok(orgSetArgs.opts.log, 'got passed a logger')
   t.match(
     orgSetArgs,
     {
@@ -212,7 +209,6 @@ t.test('npm org add - parseable output', async t => {
 
   await org.exec(['add', 'orgname', 'username'])
 
-  t.ok(orgSetArgs.opts.log, 'got passed a logger')
   t.match(
     orgSetArgs,
     {
@@ -243,7 +239,6 @@ t.test('npm org add - silent output', async t => {
 
   await org.exec(['add', 'orgname', 'username'])
 
-  t.ok(orgSetArgs.opts.log, 'got passed a logger')
   t.match(
     orgSetArgs,
     {
@@ -266,7 +261,6 @@ t.test('npm org rm', async t => {
 
   await org.exec(['rm', 'orgname', 'username'])
 
-  t.ok(orgRmArgs.opts.log, 'got passed a logger')
   t.match(
     orgRmArgs,
     {
@@ -276,7 +270,6 @@ t.test('npm org rm', async t => {
     },
     'libnpmorg.rm received the correct args'
   )
-  t.ok(orgLsArgs.opts.log, 'got passed a logger')
   t.match(
     orgLsArgs,
     {
@@ -330,7 +323,6 @@ t.test('npm org rm - one user left', async t => {
 
   await org.exec(['rm', 'orgname', 'username'])
 
-  t.ok(orgRmArgs.opts.log, 'got passed a logger')
   t.match(
     orgRmArgs,
     {
@@ -340,7 +332,6 @@ t.test('npm org rm - one user left', async t => {
     },
     'libnpmorg.rm received the correct args'
   )
-  t.ok(orgLsArgs.opts.log, 'got passed a logger')
   t.match(
     orgLsArgs,
     {
@@ -367,7 +358,6 @@ t.test('npm org rm - json output', async t => {
 
   await org.exec(['rm', 'orgname', 'username'])
 
-  t.ok(orgRmArgs.opts.log, 'got passed a logger')
   t.match(
     orgRmArgs,
     {
@@ -377,7 +367,6 @@ t.test('npm org rm - json output', async t => {
     },
     'libnpmorg.rm received the correct args'
   )
-  t.ok(orgLsArgs.opts.log, 'got passed a logger')
   t.match(
     orgLsArgs,
     {
@@ -409,7 +398,6 @@ t.test('npm org rm - parseable output', async t => {
 
   await org.exec(['rm', 'orgname', 'username'])
 
-  t.ok(orgRmArgs.opts.log, 'got passed a logger')
   t.match(
     orgRmArgs,
     {
@@ -419,7 +407,6 @@ t.test('npm org rm - parseable output', async t => {
     },
     'libnpmorg.rm received the correct args'
   )
-  t.ok(orgLsArgs.opts.log, 'got passed a logger')
   t.match(
     orgLsArgs,
     {
@@ -449,7 +436,6 @@ t.test('npm org rm - silent output', async t => {
 
   await org.exec(['rm', 'orgname', 'username'])
 
-  t.ok(orgRmArgs.opts.log, 'got passed a logger')
   t.match(
     orgRmArgs,
     {
@@ -459,7 +445,6 @@ t.test('npm org rm - silent output', async t => {
     },
     'libnpmorg.rm received the correct args'
   )
-  t.ok(orgLsArgs.opts.log, 'got passed a logger')
   t.match(
     orgLsArgs,
     {
@@ -485,7 +470,6 @@ t.test('npm org ls', async t => {
 
   await org.exec(['ls', 'orgname'])
 
-  t.ok(orgLsArgs.opts.log, 'got passed a logger')
   t.match(
     orgLsArgs,
     {
@@ -513,7 +497,6 @@ t.test('npm org ls - user filter', async t => {
 
   await org.exec(['ls', 'orgname', 'username'])
 
-  t.ok(orgLsArgs.opts.log, 'got passed a logger')
   t.match(
     orgLsArgs,
     {
@@ -539,7 +522,6 @@ t.test('npm org ls - user filter, missing user', async t => {
 
   await org.exec(['ls', 'orgname', 'username'])
 
-  t.ok(orgLsArgs.opts.log, 'got passed a logger')
   t.match(
     orgLsArgs,
     {
@@ -578,7 +560,6 @@ t.test('npm org ls - json output', async t => {
 
   await org.exec(['ls', 'orgname'])
 
-  t.ok(orgLsArgs.opts.log, 'got passed a logger')
   t.match(
     orgLsArgs,
     {
@@ -606,7 +587,6 @@ t.test('npm org ls - parseable output', async t => {
 
   await org.exec(['ls', 'orgname'])
 
-  t.ok(orgLsArgs.opts.log, 'got passed a logger')
   t.match(
     orgLsArgs,
     {
@@ -643,7 +623,6 @@ t.test('npm org ls - silent output', async t => {
 
   await org.exec(['ls', 'orgname'])
 
-  t.ok(orgLsArgs.opts.log, 'got passed a logger')
   t.match(
     orgLsArgs,
     {
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/owner.js b/test/lib/commands/owner.js
index a32a3df9b7dde..b5d4d1584289d 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/owner.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/owner.js
@@ -51,14 +51,13 @@ t.test('owner no args', async t => {
 })
 
 t.test('owner ls no args', async t => {
-  t.plan(5)
+  t.plan(4)
 
   result = ''
 
   readPackageNameResponse = '@npmcli/map-workspaces'
   pacote.packument = async (spec, opts) => {
     t.equal(spec.name, '@npmcli/map-workspaces', 'should use expect pkg name')
-    t.ok(opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
     t.match(
       opts,
       {
@@ -173,11 +172,10 @@ t.test('owner ls <pkg> no maintainers', async t => {
 })
 
 t.test('owner add <user> <pkg>', async t => {
-  t.plan(11)
+  t.plan(8)
 
   result = ''
   npmFetch.json = async (uri, opts) => {
-    t.ok(opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
     // retrieve user info from couchdb request
     if (uri === '/-/user/org.couchdb.user:foo') {
       t.ok('should request user info')
@@ -218,7 +216,6 @@ t.test('owner add <user> <pkg>', async t => {
     }
   }
   pacote.packument = async (spec, opts) => {
-    t.ok(opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
     t.equal(spec.name, '@npmcli/map-workspaces', 'should use expect pkg name')
     t.match(
       opts,
@@ -247,7 +244,6 @@ t.test('owner add <user> cwd package', async t => {
   result = ''
   readPackageNameResponse = '@npmcli/map-workspaces'
   npmFetch.json = async (uri, opts) => {
-    t.ok(opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
     // retrieve user info from couchdb request
     if (uri === '/-/user/org.couchdb.user:foo') {
       return {
@@ -277,7 +273,7 @@ t.test('owner add <user> cwd package', async t => {
 })
 
 t.test('owner add <user> <pkg> already an owner', async t => {
-  t.plan(3)
+  t.plan(2)
 
   result = ''
   log.info = (title, msg) => {
@@ -289,7 +285,6 @@ t.test('owner add <user> <pkg> already an owner', async t => {
     )
   }
   npmFetch.json = async (uri, opts) => {
-    t.ok(opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
     // retrieve user info from couchdb request
     if (uri === '/-/user/org.couchdb.user:ruyadorno') {
       return {
@@ -321,7 +316,6 @@ t.test('owner add <user> <pkg> fails to retrieve user', async t => {
   result = ''
   readPackageNameResponse =
   npmFetch.json = async (uri, opts) => {
-    t.ok(opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
     // retrieve borked user info from couchdb request
     if (uri === '/-/user/org.couchdb.user:foo') {
       return { ok: false }
@@ -352,7 +346,6 @@ t.test('owner add <user> <pkg> fails to retrieve user', async t => {
 t.test('owner add <user> <pkg> fails to PUT updates', async t => {
   result = ''
   npmFetch.json = async (uri, opts) => {
-    t.ok(opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
     // retrieve user info from couchdb request
     if (uri === '/-/user/org.couchdb.user:foo') {
       return {
@@ -389,7 +382,7 @@ t.test('owner add <user> <pkg> fails to PUT updates', async t => {
 })
 
 t.test('owner add <user> <pkg> fails to retrieve user info', async t => {
-  t.plan(4)
+  t.plan(3)
 
   result = ''
   log.error = (title, msg) => {
@@ -397,7 +390,6 @@ t.test('owner add <user> <pkg> fails to retrieve user info', async t => {
     t.equal(msg, 'Error getting user data for foo')
   }
   npmFetch.json = async (uri, opts) => {
-    t.ok(opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
     // retrieve user info from couchdb request
     if (uri === '/-/user/org.couchdb.user:foo') {
       throw Object.assign(
@@ -429,7 +421,6 @@ t.test('owner add <user> <pkg> fails to retrieve user info', async t => {
 t.test('owner add <user> <pkg> no previous maintainers property from server', async t => {
   result = ''
   npmFetch.json = async (uri, opts) => {
-    t.ok(opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
     // retrieve user info from couchdb request
     if (uri === '/-/user/org.couchdb.user:foo') {
       return {
@@ -496,11 +487,10 @@ t.test('owner add <user> no cwd package', async t => {
 })
 
 t.test('owner rm <user> <pkg>', async t => {
-  t.plan(11)
+  t.plan(8)
 
   result = ''
   npmFetch.json = async (uri, opts) => {
-    t.ok(opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
     // retrieve user info from couchdb request
     if (uri === '/-/user/org.couchdb.user:ruyadorno') {
       t.ok('should request user info')
@@ -534,7 +524,6 @@ t.test('owner rm <user> <pkg>', async t => {
     }
   }
   pacote.packument = async (spec, opts) => {
-    t.ok(opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
     t.equal(spec.name, '@npmcli/map-workspaces', 'should use expect pkg name')
     t.match(
       opts,
@@ -560,7 +549,7 @@ t.test('owner rm <user> <pkg>', async t => {
 })
 
 t.test('owner rm <user> <pkg> not a current owner', async t => {
-  t.plan(3)
+  t.plan(2)
 
   result = ''
   log.info = (title, msg) => {
@@ -568,7 +557,6 @@ t.test('owner rm <user> <pkg> not a current owner', async t => {
     t.equal(msg, 'Not a package owner: foo', 'should log.info not a package owner msg')
   }
   npmFetch.json = async (uri, opts) => {
-    t.ok(opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
     // retrieve user info from couchdb request
     if (uri === '/-/user/org.couchdb.user:foo') {
       return {
@@ -602,7 +590,6 @@ t.test('owner rm <user> cwd package', async t => {
   result = ''
   readPackageNameResponse = '@npmcli/map-workspaces'
   npmFetch.json = async (uri, opts) => {
-    t.ok(opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
     // retrieve user info from couchdb request
     if (uri === '/-/user/org.couchdb.user:ruyadorno') {
       return {
@@ -635,7 +622,6 @@ t.test('owner rm <user> only user', async t => {
   result = ''
   readPackageNameResponse = 'ipt'
   npmFetch.json = async (uri, opts) => {
-    t.ok(opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
     // retrieve user info from couchdb request
     if (uri === '/-/user/org.couchdb.user:ruyadorno') {
       return {
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/ping.js b/test/lib/commands/ping.js
index 19ba9d586b763..f808e0ac3ba2a 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/ping.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/ping.js
@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@ const t = require('tap')
 const { fake: mockNpm } = require('../../fixtures/mock-npm')
 
 t.test('pings', async t => {
-  t.plan(7)
+  t.plan(6)
 
   const registry = 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
   let noticeCalls = 0
   const Ping = t.mock('../../../lib/commands/ping.js', {
     '../../../lib/utils/ping.js': function (spec) {
-      t.ok(spec.log, 'is passed a logger')
       t.equal(spec.registry, registry, 'passes flatOptions')
       return {}
     },
@@ -36,14 +35,13 @@ t.test('pings', async t => {
 })
 
 t.test('pings and logs details', async t => {
-  t.plan(9)
+  t.plan(8)
 
   const registry = 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
   const details = { extra: 'data' }
   let noticeCalls = 0
   const Ping = t.mock('../../../lib/commands/ping.js', {
     '../../../lib/utils/ping.js': function (spec) {
-      t.ok(spec.log, 'is passed a logger')
       t.equal(spec.registry, registry, 'passes flatOptions')
       return details
     },
@@ -75,14 +73,13 @@ t.test('pings and logs details', async t => {
 })
 
 t.test('pings and returns json', async t => {
-  t.plan(10)
+  t.plan(9)
 
   const registry = 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
   const details = { extra: 'data' }
   let noticeCalls = 0
   const Ping = t.mock('../../../lib/commands/ping.js', {
     '../../../lib/utils/ping.js': function (spec) {
-      t.ok(spec.log, 'is passed a logger')
       t.equal(spec.registry, registry, 'passes flatOptions')
       return details
     },
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/publish.js b/test/lib/commands/publish.js
index 52d4c1b342908..0f76627cafbdd 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/publish.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/publish.js
@@ -1,15 +1,6 @@
 const t = require('tap')
 const { fake: mockNpm } = require('../../fixtures/mock-npm')
 const fs = require('fs')
-const log = require('../../../lib/utils/log-shim')
-
-// The way we set loglevel is kind of convoluted, and there is no way to affect
-// it from these tests, which only interact with lib/publish.js, which assumes
-// that the code that is requiring and calling lib/publish.js has already
-// taken care of the loglevel
-const _level = log.level
-t.beforeEach(() => (log.level = 'silent'))
-t.teardown(() => (log.level = _level))
 
 t.cleanSnapshot = data => {
   return data.replace(/^ *"gitHead": .*$\n/gm, '')
@@ -25,7 +16,7 @@ t.test(
   /* eslint-disable-next-line max-len */
   'should publish with libnpmpublish, passing through flatOptions and respecting publishConfig.registry',
   async t => {
-    t.plan(7)
+    t.plan(6)
 
     const registry = 'https://some.registry'
     const publishConfig = { registry }
@@ -59,7 +50,6 @@ t.test(
           t.match(manifest, { name: 'my-cool-pkg', version: '1.0.0' }, 'gets manifest')
           t.type(tarData, Buffer, 'tarData is a buffer')
           t.ok(opts, 'gets opts object')
-          t.ok(opts.log, 'gets passed a logger')
           t.same(opts.customValue, true, 'flatOptions values are passed through')
           t.same(opts.registry, registry, 'publishConfig.registry is passed through')
         },
@@ -82,7 +72,7 @@ t.test(
 )
 
 t.test('re-loads publishConfig.registry if added during script process', async t => {
-  t.plan(6)
+  t.plan(5)
   const registry = 'https://some.registry'
   const publishConfig = { registry }
   const testDir = t.testdir({
@@ -113,7 +103,6 @@ t.test('re-loads publishConfig.registry if added during script process', async t
         t.match(manifest, { name: 'my-cool-pkg', version: '1.0.0' }, 'gets manifest')
         t.type(tarData, Buffer, 'tarData is a buffer')
         t.ok(opts, 'gets opts object')
-        t.ok(opts.log, 'gets passed a logger')
         t.same(opts.registry, registry, 'publishConfig.registry is passed through')
       },
     },
@@ -142,7 +131,6 @@ t.test('if loglevel=info and json, should not output package contents', async t
     ),
   })
 
-  log.level = 'info'
   const Publish = t.mock('../../../lib/commands/publish.js', {
     '../../../lib/utils/tar.js': {
       getContents: () => ({
@@ -159,11 +147,11 @@ t.test('if loglevel=info and json, should not output package contents', async t
     },
   })
   const npm = mockNpm({
-    config: { json: true },
+    config: { json: true, loglevel: 'info' },
     output: () => {
       t.pass('output is called')
     },
-  })
+  }, t)
   npm.config.getCredentialsByURI = uri => {
     t.same(uri, npm.config.get('registry'), 'gets credentials for expected registry')
     return { token: 'some.registry.token' }
@@ -206,11 +194,11 @@ t.test(
       },
     })
     const npm = mockNpm({
-      config: { 'dry-run': true },
+      config: { 'dry-run': true, loglevel: 'silent' },
       output: () => {
         throw new Error('should not output in dry run mode')
       },
-    })
+    }, t)
     npm.config.getCredentialsByURI = () => {
       throw new Error('should not call getCredentialsByURI in dry run')
     }
@@ -238,7 +226,6 @@ t.test(
       ),
     })
 
-    log.level = 'info'
     const Publish = t.mock('../../../lib/commands/publish.js', {
       '../../../lib/utils/tar.js': {
         getContents: () => ({
@@ -255,11 +242,11 @@ t.test(
       },
     })
     const npm = mockNpm({
-      config: { 'dry-run': true },
+      config: { 'dry-run': true, loglevel: 'info' },
       output: () => {
         t.pass('output fn is called')
       },
-    })
+    }, t)
     npm.config.getCredentialsByURI = () => {
       throw new Error('should not call getCredentialsByURI in dry run')
     }
@@ -294,7 +281,7 @@ t.test('throws when invalid tag', async t => {
 })
 
 t.test('can publish a tarball', async t => {
-  t.plan(4)
+  t.plan(3)
 
   const testDir = t.testdir({
     tarball: {},
@@ -319,7 +306,6 @@ t.test('can publish a tarball', async t => {
   const Publish = t.mock('../../../lib/commands/publish.js', {
     libnpmpublish: {
       publish: (manifest, tarData, opts) => {
-        t.ok(opts.log, 'gets passed a logger')
         t.match(
           manifest,
           {
@@ -415,7 +401,7 @@ t.test('should check auth for scope specific registry', async t => {
 })
 
 t.test('should use auth for scope specific registry', async t => {
-  t.plan(4)
+  t.plan(3)
   const registry = 'https://some.registry'
   const testDir = t.testdir({
     'package.json': JSON.stringify(
@@ -432,7 +418,6 @@ t.test('should use auth for scope specific registry', async t => {
     libnpmpublish: {
       publish: (manifest, tarData, opts) => {
         t.ok(opts, 'gets opts object')
-        t.ok(opts.log, 'gets passed a logger')
         t.same(opts['@npm:registry'], registry, 'scope specific registry is passed through')
       },
     },
@@ -450,7 +435,7 @@ t.test('should use auth for scope specific registry', async t => {
 })
 
 t.test('read registry only from publishConfig', async t => {
-  t.plan(4)
+  t.plan(3)
 
   const registry = 'https://some.registry'
   const publishConfig = { registry }
@@ -469,7 +454,6 @@ t.test('read registry only from publishConfig', async t => {
   const Publish = t.mock('../../../lib/commands/publish.js', {
     libnpmpublish: {
       publish: (manifest, tarData, opts) => {
-        t.ok(opts.log, 'gets passed a logger')
         t.match(manifest, { name: 'my-cool-pkg', version: '1.0.0' }, 'gets manifest')
         t.same(opts.registry, registry, 'publishConfig is passed through')
       },
@@ -486,7 +470,7 @@ t.test('read registry only from publishConfig', async t => {
 })
 
 t.test('able to publish after if encountered multiple configs', async t => {
-  t.plan(3)
+  t.plan(2)
 
   const registry = 'https://some.registry'
   const tag = 'better-tag'
@@ -515,7 +499,6 @@ t.test('able to publish after if encountered multiple configs', async t => {
   const Publish = t.mock('../../../lib/commands/publish.js', {
     libnpmpublish: {
       publish: (manifest, tarData, opts) => {
-        t.ok(opts.log, 'gets passed a logger')
         t.same(opts.defaultTag, tag, 'gets option for expected tag')
       },
     },
@@ -525,6 +508,7 @@ t.test('able to publish after if encountered multiple configs', async t => {
     flatOptions: {
       defaultTag: 'better-tag',
       registry: 'https://other.registry',
+      silent: true,
     },
     config: {
       get: key => configList[0][key],
@@ -604,14 +588,12 @@ t.test('workspaces', t => {
   const publish = new Publish(npm)
 
   t.test('all workspaces', async t => {
-    log.level = 'info'
     await publish.execWorkspaces([], [])
     t.matchSnapshot(publishes, 'should publish all workspaces')
     t.matchSnapshot(outputs, 'should output all publishes')
   })
 
   t.test('one workspace', async t => {
-    log.level = 'info'
     await publish.execWorkspaces([], ['workspace-a'])
     t.matchSnapshot(publishes, 'should publish given workspace')
     t.matchSnapshot(outputs, 'should output one publish')
@@ -623,7 +605,6 @@ t.test('workspaces', t => {
   })
 
   t.test('json', async t => {
-    log.level = 'info'
     npm.config.set('json', true)
     await publish.execWorkspaces([], [])
     t.matchSnapshot(publishes, 'should publish all workspaces')
@@ -680,10 +661,11 @@ t.test('private workspaces', async t => {
     },
   }
   const npm = mockNpm({
+    config: { loglevel: 'info' },
     output: o => {
       outputs.push(o)
     },
-  })
+  }, t)
   npm.localPrefix = testDir
   npm.config.getCredentialsByURI = uri => {
     return { token: 'some.registry.token' }
@@ -692,7 +674,6 @@ t.test('private workspaces', async t => {
   t.test('with color', async t => {
     t.plan(4)
 
-    log.level = 'info'
     const Publish = t.mock('../../../lib/commands/publish.js', {
       ...mocks,
       'proc-log': {
@@ -721,7 +702,6 @@ t.test('private workspaces', async t => {
   t.test('colorless', async t => {
     t.plan(4)
 
-    log.level = 'info'
     const Publish = t.mock('../../../lib/commands/publish.js', {
       ...mocks,
       'proc-log': {
@@ -754,7 +734,6 @@ t.test('private workspaces', async t => {
           if (manifest.private) {
             throw new Error('ERR')
           }
-          t.ok(opts.log, 'gets passed a logger')
           publishes.push(manifest)
         },
       },
@@ -794,7 +773,6 @@ t.test('runs correct lifecycle scripts', async t => {
   })
 
   const scripts = []
-  log.level = 'info'
   const Publish = t.mock('../../../lib/commands/publish.js', {
     '@npmcli/run-script': args => {
       scripts.push(args)
@@ -814,10 +792,11 @@ t.test('runs correct lifecycle scripts', async t => {
     },
   })
   const npm = mockNpm({
+    config: { loglevel: 'info' },
     output: () => {
       t.pass('output is called')
     },
-  })
+  }, t)
   npm.config.getCredentialsByURI = uri => {
     t.same(uri, npm.config.get('registry'), 'gets credentials for expected registry')
     return { token: 'some.registry.token' }
@@ -845,7 +824,6 @@ t.test('does not run scripts on --ignore-scripts', async t => {
     ),
   })
 
-  log.level = 'info'
   const Publish = t.mock('../../../lib/commands/publish.js', {
     '@npmcli/run-script': () => {
       t.fail('should not call run-script')
@@ -865,11 +843,11 @@ t.test('does not run scripts on --ignore-scripts', async t => {
     },
   })
   const npm = mockNpm({
-    config: { 'ignore-scripts': true },
+    config: { 'ignore-scripts': true, loglevel: 'info' },
     output: () => {
       t.pass('output is called')
     },
-  })
+  }, t)
   npm.config.getCredentialsByURI = uri => {
     t.same(uri, npm.config.get('registry'), 'gets credentials for expected registry')
     return { token: 'some.registry.token' }
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/run-script.js b/test/lib/commands/run-script.js
index ea0227cda08ca..d861080f26a8c 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/run-script.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/run-script.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const cleanOutput = str => normalizePath(str).replace(normalizePath(process.cwd(
 const RUN_SCRIPTS = []
 const flatOptions = {
   scriptShell: undefined,
+  silent: false,
 }
 const config = {
   json: false,
@@ -28,18 +29,12 @@ const npm = mockNpm({
 
 const output = []
 
-const npmlog = {
-  disableProgress: () => null,
-  level: 'warn',
-}
-
 const log = {
   error: () => null,
 }
 
 t.afterEach(() => {
   npm.color = false
-  npmlog.level = 'warn'
   log.error = () => null
   output.length = 0
   RUN_SCRIPTS.length = 0
@@ -58,7 +53,6 @@ const getRS = windows => {
         isServerPackage: require('@npmcli/run-script').isServerPackage,
       }
     ),
-    npmlog,
     'proc-log': log,
     '../../../lib/utils/is-windows-shell.js': windows,
   })
@@ -359,9 +353,9 @@ t.test('skip pre/post hooks when using ignoreScripts', async t => {
 })
 
 t.test('run silent', async t => {
-  npmlog.level = 'silent'
+  flatOptions.silent = true
   t.teardown(() => {
-    npmlog.level = 'warn'
+    flatOptions.silent = false
   })
 
   npm.localPrefix = t.testdir({
@@ -440,12 +434,14 @@ t.test('list scripts', t => {
   })
 
   t.test('silent', async t => {
-    npmlog.level = 'silent'
+    flatOptions.silent = true
+    t.teardown(() => {
+      flatOptions.silent = false
+    })
     await runScript.exec([])
     t.strictSame(output, [])
   })
   t.test('warn json', async t => {
-    npmlog.level = 'warn'
     config.json = true
     await runScript.exec([])
     t.strictSame(output, [[JSON.stringify(scripts, 0, 2)]], 'json report')
@@ -723,7 +719,10 @@ t.test('workspaces', t => {
   })
 
   t.test('list no scripts --loglevel=silent', async t => {
-    npmlog.level = 'silent'
+    flatOptions.silent = true
+    t.teardown(() => {
+      flatOptions.silent = false
+    })
     await runScript.execWorkspaces([], [])
     t.strictSame(output, [])
   })
@@ -860,7 +859,6 @@ t.test('workspaces', t => {
       '@npmcli/run-script': () => {
         throw new Error('err')
       },
-      npmlog,
       'proc-log': log,
       '../../../lib/utils/is-windows-shell.js': false,
     })
@@ -879,7 +877,6 @@ t.test('workspaces', t => {
 
         RUN_SCRIPTS.push(opts)
       },
-      npmlog,
       'proc-log': log,
       '../../../lib/utils/is-windows-shell.js': false,
     })
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/star.js b/test/lib/commands/star.js
index 2f4ddc9dc6439..4d19b32e1d258 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/star.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/star.js
@@ -42,10 +42,9 @@ t.test('no args', async t => {
 })
 
 t.test('star a package', async t => {
-  t.plan(6)
+  t.plan(4)
   const pkgName = '@npmcli/arborist'
   npmFetch.json = async (uri, opts) => {
-    t.ok(opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
     return {
       _id: pkgName,
       _rev: 'hash',
@@ -70,11 +69,10 @@ t.test('star a package', async t => {
 })
 
 t.test('unstar a package', async t => {
-  t.plan(6)
+  t.plan(4)
   const pkgName = '@npmcli/arborist'
   config['star.unstar'] = true
   npmFetch.json = async (uri, opts) => {
-    t.ok(opts.log, 'is passed a logger')
     return {
       _id: pkgName,
       _rev: 'hash',
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/unpublish.js b/test/lib/commands/unpublish.js
index 99d55294fbacf..0279713a29411 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/unpublish.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/unpublish.js
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ const singleVersion = async () => {
 
 const config = {
   force: false,
-  loglevel: 'silly',
 }
 
 const testDir = t.testdir({
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ t.afterEach(() => {
   result = ''
   config['dry-run'] = false
   config.force = false
-  config.loglevel = 'silly'
+  npm.flatOptions.silent = false
 })
 
 t.test('no args --force', async t => {
@@ -76,7 +75,6 @@ t.test('no args --force', async t => {
 
   const libnpmpublish = {
     unpublish (spec, opts) {
-      t.ok(opts.log, 'gets passed a logger')
       t.equal(spec.raw, 'pkg@1.0.0', 'should unpublish expected spec')
       t.match(
         opts,
@@ -178,7 +176,6 @@ t.test('unpublish <pkg>@version', async t => {
 
   const libnpmpublish = {
     unpublish (spec, opts) {
-      t.ok(opts.log, 'gets passed a logger')
       t.equal(spec.raw, 'pkg@1.0.0', 'should unpublish expected parsed spec')
     },
   }
@@ -240,7 +237,7 @@ t.test('unpublish <pkg> --force no version set', async t => {
 })
 
 t.test('silent', async t => {
-  config.loglevel = 'silent'
+  npm.flatOptions.silent = true
 
   const Unpublish = t.mock('../../../lib/commands/unpublish.js', {
     ...mocks,
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/update.js b/test/lib/commands/update.js
index 2b464bfabbfcd..ae9376466128a 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/update.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/update.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ t.afterEach(() => {
 })
 
 t.test('no args', async t => {
-  t.plan(5)
+  t.plan(4)
 
   npm.prefix = '/project/a'
 
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ t.test('no args', async t => {
         },
         'should call arborist contructor with expected args'
       )
-      t.match(log, {}, 'log is passed in')
     }
 
     reify ({ save, update }) {
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ t.test('no args', async t => {
 })
 
 t.test('with args', async t => {
-  t.plan(5)
+  t.plan(4)
 
   npm.prefix = '/project/a'
   config.save = true
@@ -84,7 +83,6 @@ t.test('with args', async t => {
         },
         'should call arborist contructor with expected args'
       )
-      t.match(log, {}, 'log is passed in')
     }
 
     reify ({ save, update }) {
@@ -130,7 +128,7 @@ t.test('update --depth=<number>', async t => {
 })
 
 t.test('update --global', async t => {
-  t.plan(3)
+  t.plan(2)
 
   const normalizePath = p => p.replace(/\\+/g, '/')
   const redactCwd = (path) => normalizePath(path)
@@ -149,8 +147,6 @@ t.test('update --global', async t => {
         'should call arborist contructor with expected options'
       )
 
-      t.match(log, {}, 'log is passed in')
-
       t.equal(
         redactCwd(path),
         '{CWD}/global/lib',
diff --git a/test/lib/utils/exit-handler.js b/test/lib/utils/exit-handler.js
index 54bf48f89b0dd..6a96d92ddb250 100644
--- a/test/lib/utils/exit-handler.js
+++ b/test/lib/utils/exit-handler.js
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ const mockExitHandler = async (t, { init, load, testdir, config } = {}) => {
     ...rest,
     errors,
     npm,
-    // // Make it async to make testing ergonomics a little
-    // // easier so we dont need to t.plan() every test to
-    // // make sure we get process.exit called
+    // Make it async to make testing ergonomics a little
+    // easier so we dont need to t.plan() every test to
+    // make sure we get process.exit called
     exitHandler: (...args) => new Promise(resolve => {
       process.once('exit', resolve)
       exitHandler(...args)
diff --git a/test/lib/utils/reify-output.js b/test/lib/utils/reify-output.js
index 4e9ed7133c18c..f45265bc56f5d 100644
--- a/test/lib/utils/reify-output.js
+++ b/test/lib/utils/reify-output.js
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
 const t = require('tap')
-const log = require('../../../lib/utils/log-shim')
-
-const _level = log.level
-t.beforeEach(() => log.level = 'warn')
-t.teardown(() => log.level = _level)
 
 t.cleanSnapshot = str => str.replace(/in [0-9]+m?s/g, 'in {TIME}')
 
@@ -236,10 +231,13 @@ t.test('showing and not showing audit report', async t => {
   }
 
   t.test('no output when silent', t => {
+    t.teardown(() => {
+      delete npm.flatOptions.silent
+    })
+    npm.flatOptions.silent = true
     npm.output = out => {
       t.fail('should not get output when silent', { actual: out })
     }
-    log.level = 'silent'
     reifyOutput(npm, {
       actualTree: { inventory: { size: 999 }, children: [] },
       auditReport,
diff --git a/test/lib/utils/update-notifier.js b/test/lib/utils/update-notifier.js
index a7a800c602fd6..fa4af29476f12 100644
--- a/test/lib/utils/update-notifier.js
+++ b/test/lib/utils/update-notifier.js
@@ -84,12 +84,11 @@ t.afterEach(() => {
 })
 
 const runUpdateNotifier = async ({ color = true, ...npmOptions } = {}) => {
-  const _npm = { ...defaultNpm, ...npmOptions }
+  const _npm = { ...defaultNpm, ...npmOptions, logColor: color }
   await t.mock('../../../lib/utils/update-notifier.js', {
     '@npmcli/ci-detect': () => ciMock,
     pacote,
     fs,
-    npmlog: { useColor: () => color },
   })(_npm)
   return _npm.updateNotification
 }