diff --git a/lib/ddtrace/configuration/settings.rb b/lib/ddtrace/configuration/settings.rb
index 5d0eaf9c22e..b65c597512f 100644
--- a/lib/ddtrace/configuration/settings.rb
+++ b/lib/ddtrace/configuration/settings.rb
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ class Settings
 
       settings :logger do
         option :instance do |o|
-          o.setter { |value, old_value| value.is_a?(::Logger) ? value : old_value }
           o.on_set { |value| set_option(:level, value.level) unless value.nil? }
         end
 
diff --git a/spec/ddtrace/configuration/settings_spec.rb b/spec/ddtrace/configuration/settings_spec.rb
index f306c9a7f01..5d1d34dfe61 100644
--- a/spec/ddtrace/configuration/settings_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ddtrace/configuration/settings_spec.rb
@@ -286,7 +286,14 @@
     end
 
     describe '#instance=' do
-      let(:logger) { Datadog::Logger.new(STDOUT) }
+      let(:logger) do
+        double(:logger,
+               debug: true,
+               info: true,
+               warn: true,
+               error: true,
+               level: true)
+      end
 
       it 'updates the #instance setting' do
         expect { settings.logger.instance = logger }