diff --git a/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/rootHttpRouter/http/MiddlewareFactory.test.ts b/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/rootHttpRouter/http/MiddlewareFactory.test.ts
index c179ea4dba..9bc5d53960 100644
--- a/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/rootHttpRouter/http/MiddlewareFactory.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/rootHttpRouter/http/MiddlewareFactory.test.ts
@@ -27,32 +27,19 @@ import express from 'express';
 import createError from 'http-errors';
 import request from 'supertest';
 import { MiddlewareFactory } from './MiddlewareFactory';
-import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
+import { mockServices } from '@backstage/backend-test-utils';
 
 jest.useFakeTimers();
 jest.setSystemTime(new Date('2024-11-20T00:00:00Z'));
 
 describe('MiddlewareFactory', () => {
   describe('middleware.error', () => {
-    const childLogger = {
-      info: jest.fn(),
-      warn: jest.fn(),
-      error: jest.fn(),
-      debug: jest.fn(),
-      child: jest.fn(),
-    };
-
-    const logger = {
-      info: jest.fn(),
-      warn: jest.fn(),
-      error: jest.fn(),
-      debug: jest.fn(),
-      child: jest.fn(() => childLogger),
-    };
+    const childLogger = mockServices.logger.mock();
+    const logger = mockServices.logger.mock({ child: () => childLogger });
 
     const middleware = MiddlewareFactory.create({
       logger,
-      config: new ConfigReader({}),
+      config: mockServices.rootConfig.mock(),
     });
 
     beforeEach(() => {
@@ -198,9 +185,7 @@ describe('MiddlewareFactory', () => {
     it('should filter out internal errors', async () => {
       const app = express();
 
-      const grandChildLogger = {
-        error: jest.fn(),
-      };
+      const grandChildLogger = mockServices.logger.mock();
       childLogger.child.mockReturnValue(grandChildLogger);
 
       class DatabaseError extends Error {}
@@ -265,19 +250,19 @@ describe('MiddlewareFactory', () => {
 
       await request(app).get('/').expect(200);
 
-      expect(logger.child).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-        expect.objectContaining({
-          type: 'incomingRequest',
-          method: 'GET',
-          url: '/',
-          status: '200',
-        }),
-      );
-
-      expect(childLogger.info).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect(logger.info).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         expect.stringContaining(
           '[20/Nov/2024:00:00:00 +0000] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 11 "-" "-"',
         ),
+        {
+          type: 'incomingRequest',
+          date: '20/Nov/2024:00:00:00 +0000',
+          method: 'GET',
+          url: '/',
+          status: '200',
+          httpVersion: '1.1',
+          contentLength: '11',
+        },
       );
     });
 
@@ -292,21 +277,21 @@ describe('MiddlewareFactory', () => {
         .set('referrer', 'test-referrer')
         .expect(200);
 
-      expect(logger.child).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-        expect.objectContaining({
-          type: 'incomingRequest',
-          method: 'GET',
-          url: '/',
-          status: '200',
-          userAgent: 'test-agent',
-          referrer: 'test-referrer',
-        }),
-      );
-
-      expect(childLogger.info).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect(logger.info).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         expect.stringContaining(
           '[20/Nov/2024:00:00:00 +0000] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 11 "test-referrer" "test-agent"',
         ),
+        {
+          type: 'incomingRequest',
+          date: '20/Nov/2024:00:00:00 +0000',
+          method: 'GET',
+          url: '/',
+          status: '200',
+          httpVersion: '1.1',
+          userAgent: 'test-agent',
+          referrer: 'test-referrer',
+          contentLength: '11',
+        },
       );
     });
   });
diff --git a/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/rootHttpRouter/http/MiddlewareFactory.ts b/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/rootHttpRouter/http/MiddlewareFactory.ts
index 20959dcbe5..6376cc0cff 100644
--- a/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/rootHttpRouter/http/MiddlewareFactory.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/rootHttpRouter/http/MiddlewareFactory.ts
@@ -56,14 +56,14 @@ function getLogMeta(
   res: ServerResponse,
 ) {
   return {
-    date: tokens.date(req, res, 'clf') ?? '-',
-    method: tokens.method(req, res) ?? '-',
-    url: tokens.url(req, res) ?? '-',
-    httpVersion: tokens['http-version'](req, res) ?? '-',
-    status: tokens.status(req, res) ?? '-',
-    contentLength: tokens.res(req, res, 'content-length') ?? '-',
-    referrer: tokens.referrer(req, res) ?? '-',
-    userAgent: tokens.req(req, res, 'user-agent') ?? '-',
+    date: tokens.date(req, res, 'clf'),
+    method: tokens.method(req, res),
+    url: tokens.url(req, res),
+    httpVersion: tokens['http-version'](req, res),
+    status: tokens.status(req, res),
+    contentLength: tokens.res(req, res, 'content-length'),
+    referrer: tokens.referrer(req, res),
+    userAgent: tokens.req(req, res, 'user-agent'),
   };
 }
 
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ export class MiddlewareFactory {
    */
   logging(): RequestHandler {
     const logger = this.#logger;
-    let meta: Record<string, string> = {};
+    let meta: Record<string, string | undefined> = {};
     return morgan(
       (tokens: TokenIndexer, req: IncomingMessage, res: ServerResponse) => {
         meta = getLogMeta(tokens, req, res);
@@ -169,11 +169,12 @@ export class MiddlewareFactory {
       {
         stream: {
           write(message: string) {
-            const middlewareLogger = logger.child({
+            logger.info(message.trimEnd(), {
               type: 'incomingRequest',
-              ...meta,
+              ...Object.entries(meta).reduce((reduced, [key, value]) => {
+                return value ? { ...reduced, [key]: value } : reduced;
+              }, {}),
             });
-            middlewareLogger.info(message.trimEnd());
           },
         },
       },