diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index adecad0..05d9286 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Express 5 + TypeScript backend generated from `nholtware/service-template-expres
 - `GET /healthz` liveness, always 200 once listening
 - `GET /readyz` readiness: Postgres `SELECT 1` and Redis `PING` for whichever of `DATABASE_URL` / `REDIS_URL` are set; 503 + JSON reason otherwise
 - `GET /` service name, version (git sha), pod, a `service_info` row, Redis hit counter
-- `GET /log-demo?msg=...` logs `{ demo: true, text }` with message `log-demo` (logging-pipeline demo; delete when you don't need it)
 
 ## Local dev
 
@@ -21,20 +20,6 @@ Env is validated at boot (`src/lib/config.ts`): `PORT`, `SERVICE_NAME` (required
 Migrations: SQL files in `migrations/`, applied with `npm run migrate`.
 Logs: one JSON object per line on stdout (`level,time,msg,service,version`, plus `req.*`/`res.statusCode`/`responseTime` per request).
 
-## Seeing your logs
-
-Every container's stdout is shipped to Elasticsearch by Fluent Bit; nothing to configure per service.
-
-1. Open Kibana: http://kibana.192.168.1.83.nip.io, user `elastic`, password from
-   `kubectl get secret -n logging logging-es-elastic-user -o jsonpath='{.data.elastic}' | base64 -d`.
-2. **Discover**, data view `kube-*` (the default).
-3. Query with KQL, e.g. `service:"${REPO_NAME}" and demo:true`, or `service:"${REPO_NAME}" and level:"error"`.
-
-Any field you pass to the logger becomes a queryable field:
-`req.log.info({ orderId }, "order placed")` → KQL `orderId:123`. The message string always
-overrides a `msg` key in the object, so don't name a field `msg`. Lines show up within ~10 s;
-retention is 14 days.
-
 ## Using this template
 
 1. **Generate** a repo from this template in Forgejo (public). The repo name is substituted into `package.json`, this README, `.env.example`, and the first migration (CI derives the app name from the repo name itself).
diff --git a/src/app.test.ts b/src/app.test.ts
index 2cddb5e..54e64a0 100644
--- a/src/app.test.ts
+++ b/src/app.test.ts
@@ -67,26 +67,3 @@ describe("routes", () => {
     expect(b.headers["x-request-id"]).toMatch(/^[0-9a-f-]{36}$/);
   });
 });
-
-describe("log-demo", () => {
-  it("logs one JSON line with demo fields and the request id", async () => {
-    const lines: Record<string, unknown>[] = [];
-    const captured = pino(
-      { base: { service: "test-svc" } },
-      { write: (l: string) => lines.push(JSON.parse(l)) },
-    );
-    const app = createApp({ config: parseConfig(base), logger: captured });
-    const res = await request(app)
-      .get("/log-demo?msg=hello")
-      .set("X-Request-Id", "rid-demo");
-    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
-    expect(res.body).toMatchObject({ logged: true, text: "hello" });
-    const line = lines.find((l) => l.msg === "log-demo");
-    expect(line).toMatchObject({
-      service: "test-svc",
-      demo: true,
-      text: "hello",
-      req: { id: "rid-demo" },
-    });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index ba2d677..dd409b3 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import type { Config } from "./lib/config.js";
 import type { Db } from "./lib/db.js";
 import type { Cache } from "./lib/redis.js";
 import { healthRouter } from "./routes/health.js";
-import { logDemoRouter } from "./routes/log-demo.js";
 import { rootRouter } from "./routes/root.js";
 
 export interface Deps {
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@ export function createApp({ config, logger, db, cache }: Deps) {
 
   app.use(healthRouter({ db, cache }));
   app.use(rootRouter({ config, db, cache }));
-  app.use(logDemoRouter());
 
   // Express identifies error handlers by arity; keep all four args.
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
diff --git a/src/routes/log-demo.ts b/src/routes/log-demo.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 02356de..0000000
--- a/src/routes/log-demo.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-import { Router } from "express";
-
-// Developer-story demo for the logging pipeline: every field in the first
-// argument to req.log.* becomes a queryable field in Kibana (data view kube-*).
-// The message string always wins over a `msg` key in the object, so the
-// caller's text goes in `text`.
-export function logDemoRouter(): Router {
-  const router = Router();
-
-  router.get("/log-demo", (req, res) => {
-    const text = typeof req.query.msg === "string" ? req.query.msg : "";
-    req.log.info({ demo: true, text }, "log-demo");
-    res.json({ logged: true, text, requestId: req.id });
-  });
-
-  return router;
-}