diff --git a/.changelog/936.txt b/.changelog/936.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..63ad5ac9c93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/936.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+helper/schema: Prevented missing SDK logging entries and confusing provider.stdio TRACE logging entries
+```
diff --git a/internal/logging/context.go b/internal/logging/context.go
index 2fde858bb17..7ab00a18217 100644
--- a/internal/logging/context.go
+++ b/internal/logging/context.go
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ import (
 	testing "github.com/mitchellh/go-testing-interface"
 )
 
-// InitContext creates SDK logger contexts.
+// InitContext creates SDK logger contexts when the provider is running in
+// "production" (not under acceptance testing). The incoming context will
+// already have the root SDK logger and root provider logger setup from
+// terraform-plugin-go tf5server RPC handlers.
 func InitContext(ctx context.Context) context.Context {
-	ctx = tfsdklog.NewRootSDKLogger(ctx)
-	ctx = tfsdklog.NewSubsystem(ctx, SubsystemHelperResource, tfsdklog.WithLevelFromEnv(EnvTfLogSdkHelperResource))
 	ctx = tfsdklog.NewSubsystem(ctx, SubsystemHelperSchema, tfsdklog.WithLevelFromEnv(EnvTfLogSdkHelperSchema))
 
 	return ctx
@@ -19,16 +20,17 @@ func InitContext(ctx context.Context) context.Context {
 
 // InitTestContext registers the terraform-plugin-log/tfsdklog test sink,
 // configures the standard library log package, and creates SDK logger
-// contexts.
+// contexts. The incoming context is expected to be devoid of logging setup.
 //
-// It may be possible to eliminate the helper/logging handling if all
-// log package calls are replaced with tfsdklog and any go-plugin or
-// terraform-exec logger configurations are updated to the tfsdklog logger.
+// The standard library log package handling is important as provider code
+// under test may be using that package or another logging library outside of
+// terraform-plugin-log.
 func InitTestContext(ctx context.Context, t testing.T) context.Context {
 	helperlogging.SetOutput(t)
 
 	ctx = tfsdklog.RegisterTestSink(ctx, t)
-	ctx = InitContext(ctx)
+	ctx = tfsdklog.NewRootSDKLogger(ctx, tfsdklog.WithLevelFromEnv(EnvTfLogSdk))
+	ctx = tfsdklog.NewSubsystem(ctx, SubsystemHelperResource, tfsdklog.WithLevelFromEnv(EnvTfLogSdkHelperResource))
 	ctx = TestNameContext(ctx, t.Name())
 
 	return ctx
@@ -37,7 +39,6 @@ func InitTestContext(ctx context.Context, t testing.T) context.Context {
 // TestNameContext adds the current test name to loggers.
 func TestNameContext(ctx context.Context, testName string) context.Context {
 	ctx = tfsdklog.SubsystemWith(ctx, SubsystemHelperResource, KeyTestName, testName)
-	ctx = tfsdklog.SubsystemWith(ctx, SubsystemHelperSchema, KeyTestName, testName)
 
 	return ctx
 }
@@ -45,7 +46,6 @@ func TestNameContext(ctx context.Context, testName string) context.Context {
 // TestStepNumberContext adds the current test step number to loggers.
 func TestStepNumberContext(ctx context.Context, stepNumber int) context.Context {
 	ctx = tfsdklog.SubsystemWith(ctx, SubsystemHelperResource, KeyTestStepNumber, stepNumber)
-	ctx = tfsdklog.SubsystemWith(ctx, SubsystemHelperSchema, KeyTestStepNumber, stepNumber)
 
 	return ctx
 }
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ func TestStepNumberContext(ctx context.Context, stepNumber int) context.Context
 // TestTerraformPathContext adds the current test Terraform CLI path to loggers.
 func TestTerraformPathContext(ctx context.Context, terraformPath string) context.Context {
 	ctx = tfsdklog.SubsystemWith(ctx, SubsystemHelperResource, KeyTestTerraformPath, terraformPath)
-	ctx = tfsdklog.SubsystemWith(ctx, SubsystemHelperSchema, KeyTestTerraformPath, terraformPath)
 
 	return ctx
 }
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@ func TestTerraformPathContext(ctx context.Context, terraformPath string) context
 // TestWorkingDirectoryContext adds the current test working directory to loggers.
 func TestWorkingDirectoryContext(ctx context.Context, workingDirectory string) context.Context {
 	ctx = tfsdklog.SubsystemWith(ctx, SubsystemHelperResource, KeyTestWorkingDirectory, workingDirectory)
-	ctx = tfsdklog.SubsystemWith(ctx, SubsystemHelperSchema, KeyTestWorkingDirectory, workingDirectory)
 
 	return ctx
 }
diff --git a/internal/logging/environment_variables.go b/internal/logging/environment_variables.go
index 643d6b83586..db1a27a8147 100644
--- a/internal/logging/environment_variables.go
+++ b/internal/logging/environment_variables.go
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@ package logging
 
 // Environment variables.
 const (
+	// EnvTfLogSdk is an environment variable that sets the logging level of
+	// the root SDK logger, while the provider is under test. In "production"
+	// usage, this environment variable is handled by terraform-plugin-go.
+	//
+	// Terraform CLI's logging must be explicitly turned on before this
+	// environment varable can be used to reduce the SDK logging levels. It
+	// cannot be used to show only SDK logging unless all other logging levels
+	// are turned off.
+	EnvTfLogSdk = "TF_LOG_SDK"
+
 	// EnvTfLogSdkHelperResource is an environment variable that sets the logging
 	// level of SDK helper/resource loggers. Infers root SDK logging level, if
 	// unset.