diff --git a/src/core/lib/config/config_vars.cc b/src/core/lib/config/config_vars.cc
index b3a919b1170..c67f4463f0c 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/config/config_vars.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/config/config_vars.cc
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include "src/core/lib/config/load_config.h"
 
 #ifndef GPR_DEFAULT_LOG_VERBOSITY_STRING
-#define GPR_DEFAULT_LOG_VERBOSITY_STRING "ERROR"
+#define GPR_DEFAULT_LOG_VERBOSITY_STRING ""
 #endif  // !GPR_DEFAULT_LOG_VERBOSITY_STRING
 
 #ifdef GRPC_ENABLE_FORK_SUPPORT
diff --git a/src/core/lib/config/config_vars.yaml b/src/core/lib/config/config_vars.yaml
index 56e0e25d302..afedf2f7b9c 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/config/config_vars.yaml
+++ b/src/core/lib/config/config_vars.yaml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
   type: string
   prelude: |
     #ifndef GPR_DEFAULT_LOG_VERBOSITY_STRING
-    #define GPR_DEFAULT_LOG_VERBOSITY_STRING "ERROR"
+    #define GPR_DEFAULT_LOG_VERBOSITY_STRING ""
     #endif  // !GPR_DEFAULT_LOG_VERBOSITY_STRING
   default: $GPR_DEFAULT_LOG_VERBOSITY_STRING
   description:
diff --git a/src/core/util/log.cc b/src/core/util/log.cc
index 792fee6c550..4518f9eec0e 100644
--- a/src/core/util/log.cc
+++ b/src/core/util/log.cc
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@
 #include "src/core/lib/gprpp/crash.h"
 #include "src/core/util/string.h"
 
-#ifndef GPR_DEFAULT_LOG_VERBOSITY_STRING
-#define GPR_DEFAULT_LOG_VERBOSITY_STRING "ERROR"
-#endif  // !GPR_DEFAULT_LOG_VERBOSITY_STRING
-
 static constexpr gpr_atm GPR_LOG_SEVERITY_UNSET = GPR_LOG_SEVERITY_ERROR + 10;
 static constexpr gpr_atm GPR_LOG_SEVERITY_NONE = GPR_LOG_SEVERITY_ERROR + 11;
 
@@ -145,6 +141,9 @@ void gpr_to_absl_verbosity_setting_init(void) {
   } else if (absl::EqualsIgnoreCase(verbosity, "NONE")) {
     absl::SetVLogLevel("*grpc*/*", -1);
     absl::SetMinLogLevel(absl::LogSeverityAtLeast::kInfinity);
+  } else if (verbosity.empty()) {
+    // Do not set absl::MinLogLevel if verbosity has not been set. Note that the
+    // default gRPC min log severity that is printed will still be ERROR.
   } else {
     LOG(ERROR) << "Unknown log verbosity: " << verbosity;
   }
diff --git a/tools/codegen/core/gen_config_vars.py b/tools/codegen/core/gen_config_vars.py
index c2c46fa4338..1aa217a3ee3 100755
--- a/tools/codegen/core/gen_config_vars.py
+++ b/tools/codegen/core/gen_config_vars.py
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ with open("test/core/test_util/fuzz_config_vars.h", "w") as H:
         ],
     )
 
-    print("#ifndef GRPC_TEST_CORE_UTIL_FUZZ_CONFIG_VARS_H", file=H)
-    print("#define GRPC_TEST_CORE_UTIL_FUZZ_CONFIG_VARS_H", file=H)
+    print("#ifndef GRPC_TEST_CORE_TEST_UTIL_FUZZ_CONFIG_VARS_H", file=H)
+    print("#define GRPC_TEST_CORE_TEST_UTIL_FUZZ_CONFIG_VARS_H", file=H)
     print(file=H)
     print("#include <grpc/support/port_platform.h>", file=H)
     print(file=H)
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ with open("test/core/test_util/fuzz_config_vars.h", "w") as H:
     print(file=H)
     print("}  // namespace grpc_core", file=H)
     print(file=H)
-    print("#endif  // GRPC_TEST_CORE_UTIL_FUZZ_CONFIG_VARS_H", file=H)
+    print("#endif  // GRPC_TEST_CORE_TEST_UTIL_FUZZ_CONFIG_VARS_H", file=H)
 
 with open("test/core/test_util/fuzz_config_vars.cc", "w") as C:
     put_copyright(C)