diff --git a/CONFIG b/CONFIG
index 9771a2ed9..d947909e9 100644
--- a/CONFIG
+++ b/CONFIG
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ CONFIG_CROSS_PREFIX=
 # Build with debug logging. Turn off for performance testing and normal usage
 CONFIG_DEBUG=n
 
-# Build with support of backtrace printing in log messages. Requires libunwind.
-CONFIG_LOG_BACKTRACE=n
-
 # Treat warnings as errors (fail the build on any warning).
 CONFIG_WERROR=n
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index efff648af..4c9772adf 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ function usage()
 	echo "                           example: aarch64-linux-gnu"
 	echo ""
 	echo " --enable-debug            Configure for debug builds"
-	echo " --enable-log-bt           Enable support of backtrace printing in SPDK logs (requires libunwind)."
 	echo " --enable-werror           Treat compiler warnings as errors"
 	echo " --enable-asan             Enable address sanitizer"
 	echo " --enable-ubsan            Enable undefined behavior sanitizer"
@@ -211,12 +210,6 @@ for i in "$@"; do
 		--disable-debug)
 			CONFIG[DEBUG]=n
 			;;
-		--enable-log-bt)
-			CONFIG[LOG_BACKTRACE]=y
-			;;
-		--disable-log-bt)
-			CONFIG[LOG_BACKTRACE]=n
-			;;
 		--enable-asan)
 			CONFIG[ASAN]=y
 			;;
@@ -759,15 +752,6 @@ if [[ "${CONFIG[ISCSI_INITIATOR]}" = "y" ]]; then
 	fi
 fi
 
-if [[ "${CONFIG[LOG_BACKTRACE]}" = "y" ]]; then
-	if ! echo -e '#include <libunwind.h>\nint main(void) { return 0; }\n' \
-		| ${BUILD_CMD[@]} -lunwind - 2>/dev/null; then
-		echo --enable-log-bt requires libunwind.
-		echo Please install then re-run this script.
-		exit 1
-	fi
-fi
-
 if [[ "${CONFIG[ASAN]}" = "y" ]]; then
 	if ! echo -e 'int main(void) { return 0; }\n' \
 		| ${BUILD_CMD[@]} -fsanitize=address - 2>/dev/null; then
diff --git a/lib/event/app.c b/lib/event/app.c
index ee3addd51..ad1a4ef81 100644
--- a/lib/event/app.c
+++ b/lib/event/app.c
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 
 #define SPDK_APP_DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL		SPDK_LOG_NOTICE
 #define SPDK_APP_DEFAULT_LOG_PRINT_LEVEL	SPDK_LOG_INFO
-#define SPDK_APP_DEFAULT_BACKTRACE_LOG_LEVEL	SPDK_LOG_ERROR
 #define SPDK_APP_DEFAULT_NUM_TRACE_ENTRIES	SPDK_DEFAULT_NUM_TRACE_ENTRIES
 
 #define SPDK_APP_DPDK_DEFAULT_MEM_SIZE		-1
@@ -636,7 +635,6 @@ spdk_app_start(struct spdk_app_opts *opts, spdk_msg_fn start_fn,
 	g_spdk_app.rc = 0;
 
 	spdk_log_set_level(SPDK_APP_DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL);
-	spdk_log_set_backtrace_level(SPDK_APP_DEFAULT_BACKTRACE_LOG_LEVEL);
 
 	if (app_setup_env(opts) < 0) {
 		return 1;
diff --git a/lib/log/Makefile b/lib/log/Makefile
index f6c03ca98..4e7c25758 100644
--- a/lib/log/Makefile
+++ b/lib/log/Makefile
@@ -34,14 +34,12 @@
 SPDK_ROOT_DIR := $(abspath $(CURDIR)/../..)
 include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/spdk.common.mk
 
-SO_VER := 2
-SO_MINOR := 1
+SO_VER := 3
+SO_MINOR := 0
+SO_SUFFIX := $(SO_VER).$(SO_MINOR)
 
 C_SRCS = log.c log_flags.c
 LIBNAME = log
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_LOG_BACKTRACE),y)
-LOCAL_SYS_LIBS += -lunwind
-endif
 
 SPDK_MAP_FILE = $(abspath $(CURDIR)/spdk_log.map)
 
diff --git a/lib/log/log.c b/lib/log/log.c
index 2960bcbd9..315e13cf9 100644
--- a/lib/log/log.c
+++ b/lib/log/log.c
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@
 
 #include "spdk_internal/log.h"
 
-#ifdef SPDK_LOG_BACKTRACE_LVL
-#define UNW_LOCAL_ONLY
-#include <libunwind.h>
-#endif
-
 static const char *const spdk_level_names[] = {
 	[SPDK_LOG_ERROR]	= "ERROR",
 	[SPDK_LOG_WARN]		= "WARNING",
@@ -70,44 +65,6 @@ spdk_log_close(void)
 	}
 }
 
-#ifdef SPDK_LOG_BACKTRACE_LVL
-static void
-log_unwind_stack(FILE *fp, enum spdk_log_level level)
-{
-	unw_error_t err;
-	unw_cursor_t cursor;
-	unw_context_t uc;
-	unw_word_t ip;
-	unw_word_t offp;
-	char f_name[64];
-	int frame;
-
-	if (level > g_spdk_log_backtrace_level) {
-		return;
-	}
-
-	unw_getcontext(&uc);
-	unw_init_local(&cursor, &uc);
-	fprintf(fp, "*%s*: === BACKTRACE START ===\n", spdk_level_names[level]);
-
-	unw_step(&cursor);
-	for (frame = 1; unw_step(&cursor) > 0; frame++) {
-		unw_get_reg(&cursor, UNW_REG_IP, &ip);
-		err = unw_get_proc_name(&cursor, f_name, sizeof(f_name), &offp);
-		if (err || strcmp(f_name, "main") == 0) {
-			break;
-		}
-
-		fprintf(fp, "*%s*: %3d: %*s%s() at %#lx\n", spdk_level_names[level], frame, frame - 1, "", f_name,
-			(unsigned long)ip);
-	}
-	fprintf(fp, "*%s*: === BACKTRACE END ===\n", spdk_level_names[level]);
-}
-
-#else
-#define log_unwind_stack(fp, lvl)
-#endif
-
 static void
 get_timestamp_prefix(char *buf, int buf_size)
 {
@@ -176,7 +133,6 @@ spdk_vlog(enum spdk_log_level level, const char *file, const int line, const cha
 		get_timestamp_prefix(timestamp, sizeof(timestamp));
 		if (file) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "%s%s:%4d:%s: *%s*: %s", timestamp, file, line, func, spdk_level_names[level], buf);
-			log_unwind_stack(stderr, level);
 		} else {
 			fprintf(stderr, "%s%s", timestamp, buf);
 		}
diff --git a/lib/log/log_flags.c b/lib/log/log_flags.c
index 75848b210..c767a3786 100644
--- a/lib/log/log_flags.c
+++ b/lib/log/log_flags.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ static TAILQ_HEAD(, spdk_log_flag) g_log_flags = TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(g_log_fl
 
 enum spdk_log_level g_spdk_log_level = SPDK_LOG_NOTICE;
 enum spdk_log_level g_spdk_log_print_level = SPDK_LOG_NOTICE;
-enum spdk_log_level g_spdk_log_backtrace_level = SPDK_LOG_DISABLED;
 
 SPDK_LOG_REGISTER_COMPONENT("log", SPDK_LOG_LOG)
 
@@ -71,19 +70,6 @@ spdk_log_get_print_level(void) {
 	return g_spdk_log_print_level;
 }
 
-void
-spdk_log_set_backtrace_level(enum spdk_log_level level)
-{
-	assert(level >= SPDK_LOG_DISABLED);
-	assert(level <= SPDK_LOG_DEBUG);
-	g_spdk_log_backtrace_level = level;
-}
-
-enum spdk_log_level
-spdk_log_get_backtrace_level(void) {
-	return g_spdk_log_backtrace_level;
-}
-
 static struct spdk_log_flag *
 get_log_flag(const char *name)
 {
diff --git a/lib/log/spdk_log.map b/lib/log/spdk_log.map
index a91e931fc..84629d555 100644
--- a/lib/log/spdk_log.map
+++ b/lib/log/spdk_log.map
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 	spdk_log_close;
 	spdk_log_set_level;
 	spdk_log_get_level;
-	spdk_log_set_backtrace_level;
-	spdk_log_get_backtrace_level;
 	spdk_log_set_print_level;
 	spdk_log_get_print_level;
 	spdk_log;
diff --git a/mk/spdk.common.mk b/mk/spdk.common.mk
index 5f0988905..e4efb6d04 100644
--- a/mk/spdk.common.mk
+++ b/mk/spdk.common.mk
@@ -226,9 +226,6 @@ CXXFLAGS += $(COMMON_CFLAGS)
 SYS_LIBS += -lrt
 SYS_LIBS += -luuid
 SYS_LIBS += -lcrypto
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_LOG_BACKTRACE),y)
-SYS_LIBS += -lunwind
-endif
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_NVME_CUSE)$(CONFIG_FUSE),nn)
 SYS_LIBS += -lfuse3
diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/arch.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/arch.sh
index b19d99778..32944b925 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/arch.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/arch.sh
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ if [[ $INSTALL_DEV_TOOLS == "true" ]]; then
 	# Tools for developers
 	pacman -Sy --needed --noconfirm git astyle autopep8 \
 		clang sg3_utils pciutils shellcheck
-	# Additional (optional) dependencies for showing backtrace in logs
-	pacman -Sy --needed --noconfirm libunwind
 	#fakeroot needed to instal via makepkg
 	pacman -Sy --needed --noconfirm fakeroot
 	su - $SUDO_USER -c "pushd /tmp;
diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/debian.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/debian.sh
index be86edce2..155f6e5cd 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/debian.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/debian.sh
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ if [[ $INSTALL_DEV_TOOLS == "true" ]]; then
 	apt-get install -y git astyle pep8 lcov clang sg3-utils pciutils shellcheck
 	# Additional python style checker not available on ubuntu 16.04 or earlier.
 	apt-get install -y pycodestyle || true
-	# Additional (optional) dependencies for showing backtrace in logs
-	apt-get install -y libunwind-dev || true
 	# Additional dependecies for nvmf performance test script
 	apt-get install -y python3-paramiko
 	install_shfmt
diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/rhel.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/rhel.sh
index 9368e015f..d751cedf3 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/rhel.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/rhel.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ yum install -y numactl-devel nasm
 if [[ $INSTALL_DEV_TOOLS == "true" ]]; then
 	# Tools for developers
 	# Includes Fedora, CentOS 7, RHEL 7
-	# Add EPEL repository for CUnit-devel and libunwind-devel
+	# Add EPEL repository for CUnit-devel
 	if echo "$ID $VERSION_ID" | grep -E -q 'rhel 7|centos 7|centos 8'; then
 		if ! rpm --quiet -q epel-release; then
 			yum install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ if [[ $INSTALL_DEV_TOOLS == "true" ]]; then
 		yum install -y python-pycodestyle lcov ShellCheck
 	fi
 	yum install -y git astyle sg3_utils pciutils
-	# Additional (optional) dependencies for showing backtrace in logs
-	yum install -y libunwind-devel || true
 	install_shfmt
 fi
 if [[ $INSTALL_PMEM == "true" ]]; then
diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/sles.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/sles.sh
index aefd3acdd..c5d14b67e 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/sles.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/sles.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ if [[ $INSTALL_DEV_TOOLS == "true" ]]; then
 	# Tools for developers
 	zypper install -y git-core lcov python-pycodestyle sg3_utils \
 		pciutils ShellCheck
-	# Additional (optional) dependencies for showing backtrace in logs
-	zypper install libunwind-devel || true
 	install_shfmt
 fi
 if [[ $INSTALL_PMEM == "true" ]]; then
diff --git a/test/common/autotest_common.sh b/test/common/autotest_common.sh
index fcff2fe7a..ce376fc85 100755
--- a/test/common/autotest_common.sh
+++ b/test/common/autotest_common.sh
@@ -314,11 +314,6 @@ function get_config_params() {
 	xtrace_disable
 	config_params='--enable-debug --enable-werror'
 
-	if echo -e "#include <libunwind.h>\nint main(int argc, char *argv[]) {return 0;}\n" \
-		| gcc -o /dev/null -lunwind -x c - 2> /dev/null; then
-		config_params+=' --enable-log-bt'
-	fi
-
 	# for options with dependencies but no test flag, set them here
 	if [ -f /usr/include/infiniband/verbs.h ]; then
 		config_params+=' --with-rdma'