diff --git a/src/SDL_error.c b/src/SDL_error.c
index a172cdafcc..3c62c8aff4 100644
--- a/src/SDL_error.c
+++ b/src/SDL_error.c
@@ -61,10 +61,12 @@ bool SDL_SetErrorV(SDL_PRINTF_FORMAT_STRING const char *fmt, va_list ap)
             }
         }
 
-        if (SDL_GetLogPriority(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_ERROR) <= SDL_LOG_PRIORITY_DEBUG) {
-            // If we are in debug mode, print out the error message
-            SDL_LogDebug(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_ERROR, "%s", error->str);
-        }
+// Enable this if you want to see all errors printed as they occur.
+// Note that there are many recoverable errors that may happen internally and
+// can be safely ignored if the public API doesn't return an error code.
+#if 0
+        SDL_LogError(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_ERROR, "%s", error->str);
+#endif
     }
 
     return false;
diff --git a/src/test/SDL_test_common.c b/src/test/SDL_test_common.c
index 32441162c8..dd60884e00 100644
--- a/src/test/SDL_test_common.c
+++ b/src/test/SDL_test_common.c
@@ -145,10 +145,6 @@ static int SDLCALL SDLTest_CommonStateParseCommonArguments(void *data, char **ar
             SDL_SetLogPriorities(SDL_LOG_PRIORITY_VERBOSE);
             return 2;
         }
-        if (SDL_strcasecmp(argv[index], "error") == 0) {
-            SDL_SetLogPriority(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_ERROR, SDL_LOG_PRIORITY_VERBOSE);
-            return 2;
-        }
         if (SDL_strcasecmp(argv[index], "system") == 0) {
             SDL_SetLogPriority(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_SYSTEM, SDL_LOG_PRIORITY_VERBOSE);
             return 2;