diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e71119b21..1ba2f7ac3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/fx v1.20.1
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
 	go.uber.org/mock v0.4.0
-	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.19.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240213143201-ec583247a57a
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.6.0
@@ -121,6 +120,7 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/dig v1.17.1 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.15.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.21.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
diff --git a/p2p/transport/webrtc/listener.go b/p2p/transport/webrtc/listener.go
index af2991ed8..13fdcab05 100644
--- a/p2p/transport/webrtc/listener.go
+++ b/p2p/transport/webrtc/listener.go
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ import (
 	manet "github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr/net"
 	"github.com/multiformats/go-multibase"
 	"github.com/multiformats/go-multihash"
-	pionlogger "github.com/pion/logging"
 	"github.com/pion/webrtc/v3"
-	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 )
 
 type connMultiaddrs struct {
@@ -194,21 +192,7 @@ func (l *listener) setupConnection(
 		}
 	}()
 
-	loggerFactory := pionlogger.NewDefaultLoggerFactory()
-	pionLogLevel := pionlogger.LogLevelDisabled
-	switch log.Level() {
-	case zapcore.DebugLevel:
-		pionLogLevel = pionlogger.LogLevelDebug
-	case zapcore.InfoLevel:
-		pionLogLevel = pionlogger.LogLevelInfo
-	case zapcore.WarnLevel:
-		pionLogLevel = pionlogger.LogLevelWarn
-	case zapcore.ErrorLevel:
-		pionLogLevel = pionlogger.LogLevelError
-	}
-	loggerFactory.DefaultLogLevel = pionLogLevel
-
-	settingEngine := webrtc.SettingEngine{LoggerFactory: loggerFactory}
+	settingEngine := webrtc.SettingEngine{LoggerFactory: pionLoggerFactory}
 	settingEngine.SetAnsweringDTLSRole(webrtc.DTLSRoleServer)
 	settingEngine.SetICECredentials(candidate.Ufrag, candidate.Ufrag)
 	settingEngine.SetLite(true)
diff --git a/p2p/transport/webrtc/logger.go b/p2p/transport/webrtc/logger.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6866a618
--- /dev/null
+++ b/p2p/transport/webrtc/logger.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package libp2pwebrtc
+
+import (
+	logging "github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2"
+	pionLogging "github.com/pion/logging"
+)
+
+var log = logging.Logger("webrtc-transport")
+
+// pionLog is the logger provided to pion for internal logging
+var pionLog = logging.Logger("webrtc-transport-pion")
+
+// pionLogger wraps the StandardLogger interface to provide a LeveledLogger interface
+// as expected by pion
+type pionLogger struct {
+	logging.StandardLogger
+}
+
+var pLog = pionLogger{pionLog}
+
+var _ pionLogging.LeveledLogger = pLog
+
+func (l pionLogger) Debug(s string) {
+	l.StandardLogger.Debug(s)
+}
+
+func (l pionLogger) Error(s string) {
+	l.StandardLogger.Error(s)
+}
+
+func (l pionLogger) Info(s string) {
+	l.StandardLogger.Info(s)
+}
+func (l pionLogger) Warn(s string) {
+	l.StandardLogger.Warn(s)
+}
+
+func (l pionLogger) Trace(s string) {
+	l.StandardLogger.Debug(s)
+}
+
+func (l pionLogger) Tracef(s string, args ...interface{}) {
+	l.StandardLogger.Debugf(s, args)
+}
+
+// loggerFactory returns pLog for all new logger instances
+type loggerFactory struct{}
+
+// NewLogger returns pLog for all new logger instances. Internally pion creates lots of
+// separate logging objects unnecessarily. To avoid the allocations we use a single log
+// object for all of pion logging.
+func (loggerFactory) NewLogger(scope string) pionLogging.LeveledLogger {
+	return pLog
+}
+
+var _ pionLogging.LoggerFactory = loggerFactory{}
+
+var pionLoggerFactory = loggerFactory{}
diff --git a/p2p/transport/webrtc/transport.go b/p2p/transport/webrtc/transport.go
index ae7cc3a5d..20bfdf98e 100644
--- a/p2p/transport/webrtc/transport.go
+++ b/p2p/transport/webrtc/transport.go
@@ -39,19 +39,15 @@ import (
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/transport/webrtc/pb"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-msgio"
 
-	logging "github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2"
 	ma "github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr"
 	mafmt "github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr-fmt"
 	manet "github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr/net"
 	"github.com/multiformats/go-multihash"
 
 	"github.com/pion/datachannel"
-	pionlogger "github.com/pion/logging"
 	"github.com/pion/webrtc/v3"
 )
 
-var log = logging.Logger("webrtc-transport")
-
 var dialMatcher = mafmt.And(mafmt.UDP, mafmt.Base(ma.P_WEBRTC_DIRECT), mafmt.Base(ma.P_CERTHASH))
 
 var webrtcComponent *ma.Component
@@ -300,12 +296,9 @@ func (t *WebRTCTransport) dial(ctx context.Context, scope network.ConnManagement
 	// the password using the STUN message.
 	ufrag := genUfrag()
 
-	settingEngine := webrtc.SettingEngine{}
-	// suppress pion logs
-	loggerFactory := pionlogger.NewDefaultLoggerFactory()
-	loggerFactory.DefaultLogLevel = pionlogger.LogLevelDisabled
-	settingEngine.LoggerFactory = loggerFactory
-
+	settingEngine := webrtc.SettingEngine{
+		LoggerFactory: pionLoggerFactory,
+	}
 	settingEngine.SetICECredentials(ufrag, ufrag)
 	settingEngine.DetachDataChannels()
 	// use the first best address candidate