diff --git a/.changeset/red-dots-sleep.md b/.changeset/red-dots-sleep.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0accac9734
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/red-dots-sleep.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend': patch
+---
+
+Switching off duplicated timestamp in case of logging via task logger in a custom action
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts
index 298ea16484..c434d9802b 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ const createStepLogger = ({
     level: process.env.LOG_LEVEL || 'info',
     format: winston.format.combine(
       winston.format.colorize(),
-      winston.format.timestamp(),
       winston.format.simple(),
     ),
     defaultMeta: {},