diff --git a/changelog/4942.trivial.rst b/changelog/4942.trivial.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87dba6b8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/4942.trivial.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+``logging.raiseExceptions`` is not set to ``False`` anymore.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/capture.py b/src/_pytest/capture.py
index 0e8a693e8..95d6e363e 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/capture.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/capture.py
@@ -56,13 +56,6 @@ def pytest_load_initial_conftests(early_config, parser, args):
     # make sure that capturemanager is properly reset at final shutdown
     early_config.add_cleanup(capman.stop_global_capturing)
 
-    # make sure logging does not raise exceptions at the end
-    def silence_logging_at_shutdown():
-        if "logging" in sys.modules:
-            sys.modules["logging"].raiseExceptions = False
-
-    early_config.add_cleanup(silence_logging_at_shutdown)
-
     # finally trigger conftest loading but while capturing (issue93)
     capman.start_global_capturing()
     outcome = yield