diff --git a/inputremapper/logging/logger.py b/inputremapper/logging/logger.py
index d9b6d3e4..9c811c29 100644
--- a/inputremapper/logging/logger.py
+++ b/inputremapper/logging/logger.py
@@ -126,20 +126,8 @@ def update_verbosity(self, debug):
 
         Also enable rich tracebacks in debug mode.
         """
-        # pylint really doesn't like what I'm doing with rich.traceback here
-        # pylint: disable=broad-except,import-error,import-outside-toplevel
         if debug:
             self.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-
-            try:
-                from rich.traceback import install
-
-                install(show_locals=True)
-                self.debug("Using rich.traceback")
-            except Exception as error:
-                # since this is optional, just skip all exceptions
-                if not isinstance(error, ImportError):
-                    self.debug("Cannot use rich.traceback: %s", error)
         else:
             self.setLevel(logging.INFO)