diff --git a/common/utils/LOG/log.h b/common/utils/LOG/log.h
index 40e8a17d8c..59270e4c2f 100644
--- a/common/utils/LOG/log.h
+++ b/common/utils/LOG/log.h
@@ -416,12 +416,12 @@ int32_t write_file_matlab(const char *fname, const char *vname, void *data, int
 
 #  if T_TRACER
 /* per component, level dependent macros */
-#    define LOG_E(c, x...) do { if (T_stdout) { if( g_log->log_component[c].level >= OAILOG_ERR    ) logRecord_mt(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,c, OAILOG_ERR, x)     ;} else { T(T_LEGACY_ ## c ## _ERROR, T_PRINTF(x))   ;}} while (0)
-#    define LOG_W(c, x...) do { if (T_stdout) { if( g_log->log_component[c].level >= OAILOG_WARNING) logRecord_mt(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,c, OAILOG_WARNING, x) ;} else { T(T_LEGACY_ ## c ## _WARNING, T_PRINTF(x)) ;}} while (0)
-#    define LOG_A(c, x...) do { if (T_stdout) { if( g_log->log_component[c].level >= OAILOG_ANALYSIS) logRecord_mt(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,c, OAILOG_ANALYSIS, x) ;} else { T(T_LEGACY_ ## c ## _INFO, T_PRINTF(x))    ;}} while (0)
-#    define LOG_I(c, x...) do { if (T_stdout) { if( g_log->log_component[c].level >= OAILOG_INFO   ) logRecord_mt(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,c, OAILOG_INFO, x)    ;} else { T(T_LEGACY_ ## c ## _INFO, T_PRINTF(x))    ;}} while (0)
-#    define LOG_D(c, x...) do { if (T_stdout) { if( g_log->log_component[c].level >= OAILOG_DEBUG  ) logRecord_mt(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,c, OAILOG_DEBUG, x)   ;} else { T(T_LEGACY_ ## c ## _DEBUG, T_PRINTF(x))   ;}} while (0)
-#    define LOG_T(c, x...) do { if (T_stdout) { if( g_log->log_component[c].level >= OAILOG_TRACE  ) logRecord_mt(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,c, OAILOG_TRACE, x)   ;} else { T(T_LEGACY_ ## c ## _TRACE, T_PRINTF(x))   ;}} while (0)
+#    define LOG_E(c, x...) do { T(T_LEGACY_ ## c ## _ERROR, T_PRINTF(x))  ; if (T_stdout) { if( g_log->log_component[c].level >= OAILOG_ERR     ) logRecord_mt(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,c, OAILOG_ERR, x)     ;} } while (0)
+#    define LOG_W(c, x...) do { T(T_LEGACY_ ## c ## _WARNING, T_PRINTF(x)); if (T_stdout) { if( g_log->log_component[c].level >= OAILOG_WARNING ) logRecord_mt(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,c, OAILOG_WARNING, x) ;} } while (0)
+#    define LOG_A(c, x...) do { T(T_LEGACY_ ## c ## _INFO, T_PRINTF(x))   ; if (T_stdout) { if( g_log->log_component[c].level >= OAILOG_ANALYSIS) logRecord_mt(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,c, OAILOG_ANALYSIS, x);} } while (0)
+#    define LOG_I(c, x...) do { T(T_LEGACY_ ## c ## _INFO, T_PRINTF(x))   ; if (T_stdout) { if( g_log->log_component[c].level >= OAILOG_INFO    ) logRecord_mt(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,c, OAILOG_INFO, x)    ;} } while (0)
+#    define LOG_D(c, x...) do { T(T_LEGACY_ ## c ## _DEBUG, T_PRINTF(x))  ; if (T_stdout) { if( g_log->log_component[c].level >= OAILOG_DEBUG   ) logRecord_mt(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,c, OAILOG_DEBUG, x)   ;} } while (0)
+#    define LOG_T(c, x...) do { T(T_LEGACY_ ## c ## _TRACE, T_PRINTF(x))  ; if (T_stdout) { if( g_log->log_component[c].level >= OAILOG_TRACE   ) logRecord_mt(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,c, OAILOG_TRACE, x)   ;} } while (0)
 #    define VLOG(c,l, f, args) do { if (T_stdout) { if( g_log->log_component[c].level >= l  ) vlogRecord_mt(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,c, l, f, args)   ;} } while (0)
 /* macro used to dump a buffer or a message as in openair2/RRC/LTE/RRC_eNB.c, replaces LOG_F macro */
 #    define LOG_DUMPMSG(c, f, b, s, x...) do {  if(g_log->dump_mask & f) log_dump(c, b, s, LOG_DUMP_CHAR, x)  ;}   while (0)  /* */
@@ -433,14 +433,13 @@ int32_t write_file_matlab(const char *fname, const char *vname, void *data, int
 #    define LOG_M(file, vector, data, len, dec, format) do { write_file_matlab(file, vector, data, len, dec, format, 0);} while(0)/* */
 /* define variable only used in LOG macro's */
 #    define LOG_VAR(A,B) A B
-#  else /* T_TRACER: remove all debugging and tracing messages, except errors */
-
-#    define LOG_E(c, x...) do { if( g_log->log_component[c].level >= OAILOG_ERR    ) logRecord_mt(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,c, OAILOG_ERR, x)     ;}  while (0)
-#    define LOG_W(c, x...) do { if( g_log->log_component[c].level >= OAILOG_WARNING) logRecord_mt(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,c, OAILOG_WARNING, x) ;}  while (0)
+#  else /* T_TRACER */
+#    define LOG_E(c, x...) do { if( g_log->log_component[c].level >= OAILOG_ERR     ) logRecord_mt(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,c, OAILOG_ERR, x)     ;}  while (0)
+#    define LOG_W(c, x...) do { if( g_log->log_component[c].level >= OAILOG_WARNING ) logRecord_mt(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,c, OAILOG_WARNING, x) ;}  while (0)
 #    define LOG_A(c, x...) do { if( g_log->log_component[c].level >= OAILOG_ANALYSIS) logRecord_mt(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,c, OAILOG_ANALYSIS, x);}  while (0)
-#    define LOG_I(c, x...) do { if( g_log->log_component[c].level >= OAILOG_INFO   ) logRecord_mt(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,c, OAILOG_INFO, x)    ;}  while (0)
-#    define LOG_D(c, x...) do { if( g_log->log_component[c].level >= OAILOG_DEBUG  ) logRecord_mt(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,c, OAILOG_DEBUG, x)   ;}  while (0)
-#    define LOG_T(c, x...) do { if( g_log->log_component[c].level >= OAILOG_TRACE  ) logRecord_mt(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,c, OAILOG_TRACE, x)   ;}  while (0)
+#    define LOG_I(c, x...) do { if( g_log->log_component[c].level >= OAILOG_INFO    ) logRecord_mt(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,c, OAILOG_INFO, x)    ;}  while (0)
+#    define LOG_D(c, x...) do { if( g_log->log_component[c].level >= OAILOG_DEBUG   ) logRecord_mt(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,c, OAILOG_DEBUG, x)   ;}  while (0)
+#    define LOG_T(c, x...) do { if( g_log->log_component[c].level >= OAILOG_TRACE   ) logRecord_mt(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,c, OAILOG_TRACE, x)   ;}  while (0)
 #    define VLOG(c,l, f, args) do { if( g_log->log_component[c].level >= l  ) vlogRecord_mt(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,c, l, f, args)   ; } while (0)
 
 #    define nfapi_log(FILE, FNC, LN, COMP, LVL, FMT...)