diff --git a/src/basic/log.c b/src/basic/log.c
index 59181910ebc..4163f2e8d93 100644
--- a/src/basic/log.c
+++ b/src/basic/log.c
@@ -1158,20 +1158,16 @@ static int parse_proc_cmdline_item(const char *key, const char *value, void *dat
 }
 
 void log_parse_environment(void) {
+        const char *e;
+
+        /* Do not call from library code. */
+
         if (getpid_cached() == 1 || get_ctty_devnr(0, NULL) < 0)
                 /* Only try to read the command line in daemons. We assume that anything that has a
                  * controlling tty is user stuff. For PID1 we do a special check in case it hasn't
                  * closed the console yet. */
                 (void) proc_cmdline_parse(parse_proc_cmdline_item, NULL, PROC_CMDLINE_STRIP_RD_PREFIX);
 
-        log_parse_environment_cli();
-}
-
-void log_parse_environment_cli(void) {
-        /* Do not call from library code. */
-
-        const char *e;
-
         e = getenv("SYSTEMD_LOG_TARGET");
         if (e && log_set_target_from_string(e) < 0)
                 log_warning("Failed to parse log target '%s'. Ignoring.", e);
@@ -1474,7 +1470,7 @@ void log_setup_cli(void) {
         /* Sets up logging the way it is most appropriate for running a program as a CLI utility. */
 
         log_set_target(LOG_TARGET_AUTO);
-        log_parse_environment_cli();
+        log_parse_environment();
         (void) log_open();
         if (log_on_console() && show_color < 0)
                 log_show_color(true);
diff --git a/src/basic/log.h b/src/basic/log.h
index 9b106c57d8a..9421fc8b494 100644
--- a/src/basic/log.h
+++ b/src/basic/log.h
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ void log_close(void);
 void log_forget_fds(void);
 
 void log_parse_environment(void);
-void log_parse_environment_cli(void);
 
 int log_dispatch_internal(
                 int level,
diff --git a/src/journal-remote/journal-remote-main.c b/src/journal-remote/journal-remote-main.c
index 685ce5a16b8..972c13566f6 100644
--- a/src/journal-remote/journal-remote-main.c
+++ b/src/journal-remote/journal-remote-main.c
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ static int run(int argc, char **argv) {
         int r;
 
         log_show_color(true);
-        log_parse_environment_cli();
+        log_parse_environment();
 
         /* The journal merging logic potentially needs a lot of fds. */
         (void) rlimit_nofile_bump(HIGH_RLIMIT_NOFILE);
diff --git a/src/journal-remote/journal-upload.c b/src/journal-remote/journal-upload.c
index 2d84bdcae5e..455a6c942ef 100644
--- a/src/journal-remote/journal-upload.c
+++ b/src/journal-remote/journal-upload.c
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ static int run(int argc, char **argv) {
         int r;
 
         log_show_color(true);
-        log_parse_environment_cli();
+        log_parse_environment();
 
         /* The journal merging logic potentially needs a lot of fds. */
         (void) rlimit_nofile_bump(HIGH_RLIMIT_NOFILE);
diff --git a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
index c53ed41cc32..e8e3d2438a3 100644
--- a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
+++ b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ static int run(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         int r;
 
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
-        log_parse_environment_cli();
+        log_parse_environment();
         log_open();
 
         /* The journal merging logic potentially needs a lot of fds. */