diff --git a/services/datalad/Pipfile b/services/datalad/Pipfile
index 11f3fbbe2..74f7c7817 100644
--- a/services/datalad/Pipfile
+++ b/services/datalad/Pipfile
@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@ requests = "*"
 GitPython = "*"
 PyJWT = ">=2"
 gunicorn = "*"
-elastic-apm = "*"
-falcon-elastic-apm = "*"
 boto3 = "*"
-elasticsearch = "*"
 pygit2 = "==1.15.1"
 pygithub = "==2.3.0"
 greenlet = "*"
diff --git a/services/datalad/Pipfile.lock b/services/datalad/Pipfile.lock
index 2e5b3ef03..ae944b3da 100644
--- a/services/datalad/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/services/datalad/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "776c79e7c5f454085dd75d45c31303fda75957d6872232d5f7cff7ff57b97c48"
+            "sha256": "778766c74be9f304a058acdc157034a0bdbcf66b6804db84366905a73e11aa6a"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {},
@@ -292,40 +292,6 @@
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.8'",
             "version": "==2.6.1"
         },
-        "ecs-logging": {
-            "hashes": [
-                "sha256:1dc9e216f614129db0e6a2f9f926da4e4cf8edf8de16d1045a20aa8e950291d3",
-                "sha256:f6e22d267770b06f797076f49b5fcc9d97108b22f452f5f9ed4b5367b1e61b5b"
-            ],
-            "markers": "python_version >= '3.6'",
-            "version": "==2.2.0"
-        },
-        "elastic-apm": {
-            "hashes": [
-                "sha256:1aeef4562486bd9ad611bba15f9eca5aeede6a737777541cb68c47c6cf5df7d4",
-                "sha256:5a1a17580560e70fba40b0a2e7682348422de5a9d2d13511efd05646eb4c62ae"
-            ],
-            "index": "pypi",
-            "markers": "python_version >= '3.6' and python_version < '4'",
-            "version": "==6.23.0"
-        },
-        "elastic-transport": {
-            "hashes": [
-                "sha256:16339d392b4bbe86ad00b4bdeecff10edf516d32bc6c16053846625f2c6ea250",
-                "sha256:5d4bb6b8e9d74a9c16de274e91a5caf65a3a8d12876f1e99152975e15b2746fe"
-            ],
-            "markers": "python_version >= '3.7'",
-            "version": "==8.13.1"
-        },
-        "elasticsearch": {
-            "hashes": [
-                "sha256:aa2490029dd96f4015b333c1827aa21fd6c0a4d223b00dfb0fe933b8d09a511b",
-                "sha256:cef8ef70a81af027f3da74a4f7d9296b390c636903088439087b8262a468c130"
-            ],
-            "index": "pypi",
-            "markers": "python_version >= '3.7'",
-            "version": "==8.14.0"
-        },
         "falcon": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:04a92f159d392098a11d14b8ca71d17129d8b1ef37b7a3577f1f8bcb7b3aecba",
@@ -366,13 +332,6 @@
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.5'",
             "version": "==3.1.3"
         },
-        "falcon-elastic-apm": {
-            "hashes": [
-                "sha256:4d25a9f2f73e62c9d453ee51350061d7add8f3b33dcf91b3d389b4acd84420b0"
-            ],
-            "index": "pypi",
-            "version": "==0.1.1"
-        },
         "gitdb": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:81a3407ddd2ee8df444cbacea00e2d038e40150acfa3001696fe0dcf1d3adfa4",
@@ -1066,18 +1025,12 @@
             "markers": "python_version < '3.12'",
             "version": "==1.2.0"
         },
-        "boto": {
-            "hashes": [
-                "sha256:147758d41ae7240dc989f0039f27da8ca0d53734be0eb869ef16e3adcfa462e8",
-                "sha256:ea0d3b40a2d852767be77ca343b58a9e3a4b00d9db440efb8da74b4e58025e5a"
-            ],
-            "version": "==2.49.0"
-        },
         "boto3": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:b33e9a8f8be80d3053b8418836a7c1900410b23a30c7cb040927d601a1082e68",
                 "sha256:cbbd453270b8ce94ef9da60dfbb6f9ceeb3eeee226b635aa9ec44b1def98cc96"
             ],
+            "index": "pypi",
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.8'",
             "version": "==1.34.156"
         },
@@ -1167,7 +1120,7 @@
                 "sha256:f9338cc05451f1942d0d8203ec2c346c830f8e86469903d5126c1f0a13a2bcbb",
                 "sha256:ffef8fd58a36fb5f1196919638f73dd3ae0db1a878982b27a9a5a176ede4ba91"
             ],
-            "markers": "platform_python_implementation != 'PyPy'",
+            "markers": "python_version >= '3.8'",
             "version": "==1.17.0"
         },
         "chardet": {
@@ -1271,6 +1224,7 @@
                 "sha256:fd1abc0d89e30cc4e02e4064dc67fcc51bd941eb395c502aac3ec19fab46b519",
                 "sha256:ff8fa367d09b717b2a17a052544193ad76cd49979c805768879cb63d9ca50561"
             ],
+            "index": "pypi",
             "markers": "python_full_version >= '3.7.0'",
             "version": "==3.3.2"
         },
@@ -1386,7 +1340,6 @@
                 "sha256:ee0c405832ade84d4de74b9029bedb7b31200600fa524d218fc29bfa371e97f5",
                 "sha256:fdcb265de28585de5b859ae13e3846a8e805268a823a12a4da2597f1f5afc9f0"
             ],
-            "markers": "python_version >= '3.7'",
             "version": "==43.0.0"
         },
         "datalad": {
@@ -1702,6 +1655,7 @@
                 "sha256:55365417734eb18255590a9ff9eb97e9e1da868d4ccd6402399eaf68af20a760",
                 "sha256:70761cfe03c773ceb22aa2f671b4757976145175cdfca038c02654d061d6dcc6"
             ],
+            "index": "pypi",
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.8'",
             "version": "==2.32.3"
         },
diff --git a/services/datalad/datalad_service/app.py b/services/datalad/datalad_service/app.py
index b437a91b3..7d7a6ae3a 100644
--- a/services/datalad/datalad_service/app.py
+++ b/services/datalad/datalad_service/app.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import falcon
 import falcon.asgi
-from falcon_elastic_apm import ElasticApmMiddleware
 
 import datalad_service.config
 from datalad_service.tasks.audit import audit_datasets
@@ -40,9 +39,6 @@ def create_app():
         raise Exception("Required DATALAD_DATASET_PATH environment variable is not defined")
 
     middleware = [AuthenticateMiddleware(), CustomErrorHandlerMiddleware()]
-    if datalad_service.config.ELASTIC_APM_SERVER_URL:
-        middleware.append(ElasticApmMiddleware(service_name='datalad-service',
-                                               server_url=datalad_service.config.ELASTIC_APM_SERVER_URL))
 
     app = falcon.asgi.App(middleware=middleware)
     app.router_options.converters['path'] = PathConverter
diff --git a/services/datalad/datalad_service/common/elasticsearch.py b/services/datalad/datalad_service/common/elasticsearch.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 9cc410dc6..000000000
--- a/services/datalad/datalad_service/common/elasticsearch.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch
-from datetime import datetime
-from datalad_service.config import ELASTICSEARCH_CONNECTION
-
-
-class ValidationLogger:
-    def __init__(self, dataset_id, user):
-        self.es = Elasticsearch([ELASTICSEARCH_CONNECTION + ':9200'])
-        self.dataset_id = dataset_id
-        self.user = user
-
-    def log(self, stdout, stderr, error):
-        body = {
-            'dataset_id': self.dataset_id,
-            'stdout': str(stdout),
-            'stderr': str(stderr),
-            'error': str(error),
-            'timestamp': datetime.now(),
-            'user': self.user
-        }
-        self.es.index(index='logs-validation', body=body)
diff --git a/services/datalad/datalad_service/config.py b/services/datalad/datalad_service/config.py
index 91b063f3b..651f52181 100644
--- a/services/datalad/datalad_service/config.py
+++ b/services/datalad/datalad_service/config.py
@@ -31,11 +31,5 @@
 # Redis Host
 REDIS_HOST = os.getenv('REDIS_HOST', 'redis')
 
-# The path to connect to Elastic APM server
-ELASTIC_APM_SERVER_URL = os.getenv('ELASTIC_APM_SERVER_URL')
-
-# Elasticsearch URL
-ELASTICSEARCH_CONNECTION = os.getenv('ELASTICSEARCH_CONNECTION')
-
 # Site URL
 CRN_SERVER_URL = os.getenv('CRN_SERVER_URL')
diff --git a/services/datalad/datalad_service/tasks/publish.py b/services/datalad/datalad_service/tasks/publish.py
index 1d6704e0a..61ae8f43e 100644
--- a/services/datalad/datalad_service/tasks/publish.py
+++ b/services/datalad/datalad_service/tasks/publish.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import os.path
 import re
 
-import elasticapm
 import pygit2
 import boto3
 from github import Github
@@ -54,14 +53,12 @@ def create_remotes_and_export(dataset_path, cookies=None):
     export_dataset(dataset_path, cookies)
 
 
-@elasticapm.capture_span()
 def create_remotes(dataset_path):
     dataset = os.path.basename(dataset_path)
     s3_sibling(dataset_path)
     github_sibling(dataset_path, dataset)
 
 
-@elasticapm.capture_span()
 def export_dataset(dataset_path, cookies=None, s3_export=s3_export, github_export=github_export, update_s3_sibling=update_s3_sibling, github_enabled=DATALAD_GITHUB_EXPORTS_ENABLED):
     """
     Export dataset to S3 and GitHub.
@@ -113,7 +110,6 @@ def check_remote_has_version(dataset_path, remote, tag):
     return remote_id_A == remote_id_B and tree_id_A == tree_id_B
 
 
-@elasticapm.capture_span()
 async def delete_s3_sibling(dataset_id):
     try:
         client = boto3.client(
@@ -145,7 +141,6 @@ async def delete_s3_sibling(dataset_id):
             f'Attempt to delete dataset {dataset_id} from {get_s3_remote()} has failed. ({e})')
 
 
-@elasticapm.capture_span()
 async def delete_github_sibling(dataset_id):
     ses = Github(DATALAD_GITHUB_LOGIN, DATALAD_GITHUB_PASS)
     org = ses.get_organization(DATALAD_GITHUB_ORG)
diff --git a/services/datalad/datalad_service/tasks/validator.py b/services/datalad/datalad_service/tasks/validator.py
index 4aa30fdc6..b2c9a8ad7 100644
--- a/services/datalad/datalad_service/tasks/validator.py
+++ b/services/datalad/datalad_service/tasks/validator.py
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 import asyncio
 import json
+import logging
 import os
-import requests
 import re
 
+import requests
+
 from datalad_service.config import GRAPHQL_ENDPOINT
-from datalad_service.common.elasticsearch import ValidationLogger
 
+logger = logging.getLogger('datalad_service.' + __name__)
 
 LEGACY_VALIDATOR_VERSION = json.load(
     open('package.json'))['dependencies']['bids-validator']
@@ -34,12 +36,13 @@ async def setup_validator():
         await process.wait()
 
 
-async def run_and_decode(args, timeout, esLogger):
+async def run_and_decode(args, timeout, logger):
     """Run a subprocess and return the JSON output."""
     process = await asyncio.create_subprocess_exec(*args, stdout=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE, stderr=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE)
     try:
         await asyncio.wait_for(process.wait(), timeout=timeout)
     except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+        logger.warning(f'Timed out while running `{" ".join(args)}`')
         process.kill()
 
     # Retrieve what we can from the process
@@ -50,10 +53,12 @@ async def run_and_decode(args, timeout, esLogger):
     try:
         return json.loads(escape_ansi(stdout.decode('utf-8')))
     except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError as err:
-        esLogger.log(stdout, stderr, err)
+        logger.exception(err)
+        logger.info(stdout)
+        logger.error(stderr)
 
 
-async def validate_dataset_call(dataset_path, ref, esLogger):
+async def validate_dataset_call(dataset_path, ref, logger=logger):
     """
     Synchronous dataset validation.
 
@@ -63,11 +68,11 @@ async def validate_dataset_call(dataset_path, ref, esLogger):
     return await run_and_decode(
         ['./node_modules/.bin/bids-validator', '--json', '--ignoreSubjectConsistency', dataset_path],
         timeout=300,
-        esLogger=esLogger,
+        logger=logger,
     )
 
 
-async def validate_dataset_deno_call(dataset_path, ref, esLogger):
+async def validate_dataset_deno_call(dataset_path, ref):
     """
     Synchronous dataset validation.
 
@@ -78,7 +83,6 @@ async def validate_dataset_deno_call(dataset_path, ref, esLogger):
          f'https://deno.land/x/bids_validator@{DENO_VALIDATOR_VERSION}/bids-validator.ts',
          '--json', dataset_path],
         timeout=300,
-        esLogger=esLogger,
     )
 
 
@@ -127,8 +131,7 @@ def issues_mutation(dataset_id, ref, issues, validator_metadata):
 
 
 async def validate_dataset(dataset_id, dataset_path, ref, cookies=None, user=''):
-    esLogger = ValidationLogger(dataset_id, user)
-    validator_output = await validate_dataset_call(dataset_path, ref, esLogger)
+    validator_output = await validate_dataset_call(dataset_path, ref)
     all_issues = validator_output['issues']['warnings'] + \
         validator_output['issues']['errors']
     if validator_output:
@@ -146,7 +149,7 @@ async def validate_dataset(dataset_id, dataset_path, ref, cookies=None, user='')
         raise Exception('Validation failed unexpectedly')
 
     # New schema validator second in case of issues
-    validator_output_deno = await validate_dataset_deno_call(dataset_path, ref, esLogger)
+    validator_output_deno = await validate_dataset_deno_call(dataset_path, ref)
     if validator_output_deno:
         if 'issues' in validator_output_deno:
             r = requests.post(
diff --git a/services/datalad/tests/test_validator.py b/services/datalad/tests/test_validator.py
index 16e3d14bf..0c9e2e95d 100644
--- a/services/datalad/tests/test_validator.py
+++ b/services/datalad/tests/test_validator.py
@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@ class MockLogger:
 
 async def test_validator_error(new_dataset):
     logger = MockLogger()
-    logger.log = Mock()
+    logger.info = Mock()
+    logger.error = Mock()
+    logger.exception = Mock()
     await validate_dataset_call(new_dataset.path, 'HEAD', logger)
     # new_dataset completes validation with errors, should not call logger
-    assert not logger.log.called
+    assert not logger.exception.called
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@ async def invalidJson():
 
 async def test_validator_bad_json(new_dataset, mock_validator_crash):
     logger = MockLogger()
-    logger.log = Mock()
+    logger.info = Mock()
+    logger.error = Mock()
+    logger.exception = Mock()
     await validate_dataset_call(new_dataset.path, 'HEAD', logger)
-    assert logger.log.called
+    assert logger.exception.called