diff --git a/ddtrace/internal/telemetry/logging.py b/ddtrace/internal/telemetry/logging.py
index 574a05e1c32..772ebaa4a82 100644
--- a/ddtrace/internal/telemetry/logging.py
+++ b/ddtrace/internal/telemetry/logging.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from ddtrace.internal.telemetry.constants import TELEMETRY_LOG_LEVEL
 
 
-class DDTelemetryLogHandler(logging.StreamHandler):
+class DDTelemetryLogHandler(logging.Handler):
     CWD = os.getcwd()
 
     def __init__(self, telemetry_writer):