diff --git a/src/native/clr/host/os-bridge.cc b/src/native/clr/host/os-bridge.cc
index 797316a9f7d..0037a7549f5 100644
--- a/src/native/clr/host/os-bridge.cc
+++ b/src/native/clr/host/os-bridge.cc
@@ -9,6 +9,18 @@
 
 using namespace xamarin::android;
 
+namespace {
+	constexpr auto should_log_message_to_logcat (bool file_logging_enabled, bool logcat_enabled) noexcept -> bool
+	{
+		return !file_logging_enabled || logcat_enabled;
+	}
+
+	static_assert (should_log_message_to_logcat (false, false));
+	static_assert (should_log_message_to_logcat (false, true));
+	static_assert (!should_log_message_to_logcat (true, false));
+	static_assert (should_log_message_to_logcat (true, true));
+}
+
 void OSBridge::initialize_on_onload (JavaVM *vm, JNIEnv *env) noexcept
 {
 	abort_if_invalid_pointer_argument (env, "env");
@@ -164,9 +176,11 @@ void OSBridge::_monodroid_gref_logf (const char *format, ...) noexcept
 [[gnu::always_inline, gnu::flatten]]
 void OSBridge::log_it (LogCategories category, std::string_view const& line, FILE *to, const char *const from, bool logcat_enabled) noexcept
 {
-	log_writef (category, LogLevel::Info, "%.*s", static_cast<int>(line.length ()), line.data ());
+	if (should_log_message_to_logcat (to != nullptr, logcat_enabled)) {
+		log_writef (category, LogLevel::Info, "%.*s", static_cast<int>(line.length ()), line.data ());
+	}
 
-	// We skip logcat here when logging to file is enabled because _write_stack_trace will output to logcat as well, if enabled
+	// Without a file, only full reference logging (gref+/lref+) writes the stack trace to logcat.
 	if (to == nullptr) {
 		if (logcat_enabled) {
 			_write_stack_trace (nullptr, from, category);