diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-4128 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-4128
index 7d331b6b3..4612b2366 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-4128
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-4128
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ on hosts with many CPU cores.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4128
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4485
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4531
diff --git a/cmd/restic/main.go b/cmd/restic/main.go
index 8b5e64f44..2159fb14f 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/main.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/main.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	godebug "runtime/debug"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	_ "go.uber.org/automaxprocs"
+	"go.uber.org/automaxprocs/maxprocs"
 
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/debug"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/errors"
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/restic"
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// don't import `go.uber.org/automaxprocs` to disable the log output
+	_, _ = maxprocs.Set()
+}
+
 // cmdRoot is the base command when no other command has been specified.
 var cmdRoot = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "restic",