diff --git a/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/configmap.md b/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/configmap.md
index 272d1821d..f8a984c0b 100755
--- a/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/configmap.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/configmap.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ The following table shows a configuration option's name, type, and the default v
 |[keep-alive-requests](#keep-alive-requests)|int|100|
 |[large-client-header-buffers](#large-client-header-buffers)|string|"4 8k"|
 |[log-format-escape-json](#log-format-escape-json)|bool|"false"|
-|[log-format-upstream](#log-format-upstream)|string|`$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" $status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" "$http_user_agent" $request_length $request_time [$proxy_upstream_name] $upstream_addr $upstream_response_length $upstream_response_time $upstream_status $req_id`|
+|[log-format-upstream](#log-format-upstream)|string|`$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" $status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" "$http_user_agent" $request_length $request_time [$proxy_upstream_name] [$proxy_alternative_upstream_name] $upstream_addr $upstream_response_length $upstream_response_time $upstream_status $req_id`|
 |[log-format-stream](#log-format-stream)|string|`[$time_local] $protocol $status $bytes_sent $bytes_received $session_time`|
 |[enable-multi-accept](#enable-multi-accept)|bool|"true"|
 |[max-worker-connections](#max-worker-connections)|int|16384|
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/custom-template.md b/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/custom-template.md
index 95f13bda9..0cbb540c4 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/custom-template.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/custom-template.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 The NGINX template is located in the file `/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl`.
 
-Using a [Volume](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/volumes/) it is possible to use a custom template. 
+Using a [Volume](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/volumes/) it is possible to use a custom template.
 This includes using a [Configmap](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/volumes/#example-pod-with-a-secret-a-downward-api-and-a-configmap) as source of the template
 
 ```yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ TODO:
 - buildAuthLocation:
 - buildAuthResponseHeaders:
 - buildResolvers:
-- buildLogFormatUpstream:
 - buildDenyVariable:
 - buildUpstreamName:
 - buildForwardedFor:
diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/config/config.go b/internal/ingress/controller/config/config.go
index 846735d42..2a322f9ec 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/controller/config/config.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package config
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
@@ -779,17 +778,6 @@ func NewDefault() Configuration {
 	return cfg
 }
 
-// BuildLogFormatUpstream format the log_format upstream using
-// proxy_protocol_addr as remote client address if UseProxyProtocol
-// is enabled.
-func (cfg Configuration) BuildLogFormatUpstream() string {
-	if cfg.LogFormatUpstream == logFormatUpstream {
-		return fmt.Sprintf(cfg.LogFormatUpstream, "$remote_addr")
-	}
-
-	return cfg.LogFormatUpstream
-}
-
 // TemplateConfig contains the nginx configuration to render the file nginx.conf
 type TemplateConfig struct {
 	ProxySetHeaders          map[string]string
diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/config/config_test.go b/internal/ingress/controller/config/config_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b27922fe7..000000000
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/config/config_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package config
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestBuildLogFormatUpstream(t *testing.T) {
-
-	testCases := []struct {
-		useProxyProtocol bool // use proxy protocol
-		curLogFormat     string
-		expected         string
-	}{
-		{true, "my-log-format", "my-log-format"},
-		{false, "john-log-format", "john-log-format"},
-	}
-
-	for _, testCase := range testCases {
-		cfg := NewDefault()
-		cfg.UseProxyProtocol = testCase.useProxyProtocol
-		cfg.LogFormatUpstream = testCase.curLogFormat
-		result := cfg.BuildLogFormatUpstream()
-		if result != testCase.expected {
-			t.Errorf(" expected %v but return %v", testCase.expected, result)
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/template/template.go b/internal/ingress/controller/template/template.go
index 7d8593de0..57966572a 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/template/template.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/controller/template/template.go
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ var (
 		"buildUpstreamName":               buildUpstreamName,
 		"isLocationInLocationList":        isLocationInLocationList,
 		"isLocationAllowed":               isLocationAllowed,
-		"buildLogFormatUpstream":          buildLogFormatUpstream,
 		"buildDenyVariable":               buildDenyVariable,
 		"getenv":                          os.Getenv,
 		"contains":                        strings.Contains,
@@ -462,16 +461,6 @@ func buildAuthResponseHeaders(headers []string) []string {
 	return res
 }
 
-func buildLogFormatUpstream(input interface{}) string {
-	cfg, ok := input.(config.Configuration)
-	if !ok {
-		klog.Errorf("expected a 'config.Configuration' type but %T was returned", input)
-		return ""
-	}
-
-	return cfg.BuildLogFormatUpstream()
-}
-
 // buildProxyPass produces the proxy pass string, if the ingress has redirects
 // (specified through the nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target annotation)
 // If the annotation nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/add-base-url:"true" is specified it will
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl b/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
index 0dd97b75a..9018fe8ce 100755
--- a/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ http {
     # $ingress_name
     # $service_name
     # $service_port
-    log_format upstreaminfo {{ if $cfg.LogFormatEscapeJSON }}escape=json {{ end }}'{{ buildLogFormatUpstream $cfg }}';
+    log_format upstreaminfo {{ if $cfg.LogFormatEscapeJSON }}escape=json {{ end }}'{{ $cfg.LogFormatUpstream }}';
 
     {{/* map urls that should not appear in access.log */}}
     {{/* http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_log_module.html#access_log */}}