diff --git a/control-plane/roles/gardener/README.md b/control-plane/roles/gardener/README.md
index 4e433dcd6..f843fb478 100644
--- a/control-plane/roles/gardener/README.md
+++ b/control-plane/roles/gardener/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Check out the Gardener project for further documentation on [gardener.cloud](htt
 | gardener_kube_api_server_kubeconfig                    |           | The kubeconfig for the Gardener Kubernetes API (virtual garden apiserver)                                                                                                                                   |
 | gardener_kube_apiserver_kubeconfig_path                |           | The acts on multiple Kubernetes APIs, this is where it puts the kubeconfig of the Gardener Kubernetes API                                                                                                   |
 | gardener_local_tmp_dir                                 |           | The acts on multiple Kubernetes APIs, this is a local folder in the deployment container to store the kubeconfigs (ephemeral)                                                                               |
-| gardener_logging_enabled | | Specifies whether the logging Gardener logging stack should be activated in the Gardenlet |
+| gardener_logging_enabled                               |           | Specifies whether the logging Gardener logging stack should be activated in the Gardenlet                                                                                                                   |
 
 ### Virtual Garden
 
diff --git a/control-plane/roles/gardener/defaults/main/gardener.yaml b/control-plane/roles/gardener/defaults/main/gardener.yaml
index b062f5f66..eac992ff9 100644
--- a/control-plane/roles/gardener/defaults/main/gardener.yaml
+++ b/control-plane/roles/gardener/defaults/main/gardener.yaml
@@ -110,3 +110,5 @@ gardener_shooted_seed_rollout_delay_minutes:
 gardener_kube_api_server_kubeconfig: "{{ 'garden-kube-apiserver' | kubeconfig_from_cert(gardener_kube_api_server_ca, gardener_kube_api_server_client_cert, gardener_kube_api_server_client_key, prepend_https=true) }}"
 gardener_kube_apiserver_kubeconfig_path: "{{ gardener_local_tmp_dir }}/garden-kube-apiserver-kubeconfig"
 gardener_local_tmp_dir: "{{ playbook_dir }}/.ansible/tmp"
+
+gardener_logging_enabled: false