diff --git a/changelog/68055.fixed.md b/changelog/68055.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..48f50d2e6dee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/68055.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+log_beacon - remove verbose minion log output
diff --git a/salt/beacons/log_beacon.py b/salt/beacons/log_beacon.py
index 52227cd09cb3..e551865c43ef 100644
--- a/salt/beacons/log_beacon.py
+++ b/salt/beacons/log_beacon.py
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ def __virtual__():
     if not salt.utils.platform.is_windows() and HAS_REGEX:
         return __virtualname__
     err_msg = "Not available for Windows systems or when regex library is missing."
-    log.error("Unable to load %s beacon: %s", __virtualname__, err_msg)
     return False, err_msg
 
 
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ def beacon(config):
         fp_.seek(loc)
 
         txt = fp_.read()
-        log.info("txt %s", txt)
+        log.trace("txt %s", txt)
 
         d = {}
         for tag in config.get("tags", {}):
diff --git a/tests/pytests/unit/beacons/test_log_beacon.py b/tests/pytests/unit/beacons/test_log_beacon.py
index 18184936d9d2..1a7ad5706b0f 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/unit/beacons/test_log_beacon.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/unit/beacons/test_log_beacon.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
     log beacon test cases
 """
 
+import logging
+
 import pytest
 
 import salt.beacons.log_beacon as log_beacon
@@ -38,22 +40,30 @@ def test_empty_config():
     assert ret == (False, "Configuration for log beacon must contain file option.")
 
 
-def test_log_match(stub_log_entry):
+def test_log_match(stub_log_entry, caplog):
     with patch("salt.utils.files.fopen", mock_open(read_data=stub_log_entry)):
-        config = [
-            {"file": "/var/log/auth.log", "tags": {"sshd": {"regex": ".*sshd.*"}}}
-        ]
-
-        ret = log_beacon.validate(config)
-        assert ret == (True, "Valid beacon configuration")
-
-        _expected_return = [
-            {
-                "error": "",
-                "match": "yes",
-                "raw": stub_log_entry.rstrip("\n"),
-                "tag": "sshd",
-            }
-        ]
-        ret = log_beacon.beacon(config)
-        assert ret == _expected_return
+        with caplog.at_level(logging.TRACE):
+            config = [
+                {"file": "/var/log/auth.log", "tags": {"sshd": {"regex": ".*sshd.*"}}}
+            ]
+
+            ret = log_beacon.validate(config)
+            assert ret == (True, "Valid beacon configuration")
+
+            _expected_return = [
+                {
+                    "error": "",
+                    "match": "yes",
+                    "raw": stub_log_entry.rstrip("\n"),
+                    "tag": "sshd",
+                }
+            ]
+
+            ret = log_beacon.beacon(config)
+            assert ret == _expected_return
+        for record in caplog.records:
+            if record.msg.startswith("txt"):
+                assert record.levelname == "TRACE"
+                break
+        else:
+            assert False, "expected one TRACE txt log"