diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/controller.go b/internal/ingress/controller/controller.go
index 33c54af9c..c50d615d0 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/controller.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/controller/controller.go
@@ -910,6 +910,7 @@ func (n *NGINXController) createServers(data []*extensions.Ingress,
 					defLoc.Ingress = ing
 
 					// we need to use the ingress annotations
+					defLoc.Logs = anns.Logs
 					defLoc.BasicDigestAuth = anns.BasicDigestAuth
 					defLoc.ClientBodyBufferSize = anns.ClientBodyBufferSize
 					defLoc.ConfigurationSnippet = anns.ConfigurationSnippet
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl b/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
index fa1fa49f3..7cae84113 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/template/nginx.tmpl
@@ -541,6 +541,7 @@ http {
 
         {{ if $all.DynamicConfigurationEnabled }}
         location /configuration {
+            access_log off;
             {{ if $cfg.EnableOpentracing }}
             opentracing off;
             {{ end }}
diff --git a/test/e2e/lua/dynamic_configuration.go b/test/e2e/lua/dynamic_configuration.go
index 60d686584..17bad12de 100644
--- a/test/e2e/lua/dynamic_configuration.go
+++ b/test/e2e/lua/dynamic_configuration.go
@@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ var _ = framework.IngressNginxDescribe("Dynamic Configuration", func() {
 			Expect(log).ToNot(BeEmpty())
 
 			By("POSTing new backends to Lua endpoint")
-			Expect(restOfLogs).To(ContainSubstring("a client request body is buffered to a temporary file"))
+			// NOTE(elvinefendi) now that we disabled access log for this endpoint we have to find a different way to assert this
+			// or maybe delete this test completely and just rely on unit testing of Lua middleware?
+			//Expect(restOfLogs).To(ContainSubstring("a client request body is buffered to a temporary file"))
 			Expect(restOfLogs).ToNot(ContainSubstring("dynamic-configuration: unable to read valid request body"))
 		})