diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/DocsSynchronizer.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/DocsSynchronizer.ts
index 87c174f8ac..9f3f92fbb0 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/DocsSynchronizer.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/DocsSynchronizer.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ export class DocsSynchronizer {
   }: {
     publisher: PublisherBase;
     logger: winston.Logger;
+    buildLogger: winston.Logger;
     config: Config;
     scmIntegrations: ScmIntegrationRegistry;
     cache: TechDocsCache | undefined;
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.ts
index e37f01909a..36a095f813 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import {
 import express, { Response } from 'express';
 import Router from 'express-promise-router';
 import { Knex } from 'knex';
-import { Logger } from 'winston';
+import { createLogger, Logger } from 'winston';
 import { ScmIntegrations } from '@backstage/integration';
 import { DocsSynchronizer, DocsSynchronizerSyncOpts } from './DocsSynchronizer';
 import { createCacheMiddleware, TechDocsCache } from '../cache';
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export type OutOfTheBoxDeploymentOptions = {
   config: Config;
   cache: PluginCacheManager;
   docsBuildStrategy?: DocsBuildStrategy;
-  buildLogger: Logger;
+  buildLogger?: Logger;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ export type RecommendedDeploymentOptions = {
   config: Config;
   cache: PluginCacheManager;
   docsBuildStrategy?: DocsBuildStrategy;
+  buildLogger?: Logger;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -108,6 +109,11 @@ export async function createRouter(
   const catalogClient = new CatalogClient({ discoveryApi: discovery });
   const docsBuildStrategy =
     options.docsBuildStrategy ?? DefaultDocsBuildStrategy.fromConfig(config);
+  const buildLogger =
+    options.buildLogger ??
+    createLogger({
+      silent: true,
+    });
 
   // Entities are cached to optimize the /static/docs request path, which can be called many times
   // when loading a single techdocs page.