diff --git a/opentelemetry-appender-tracing/src/layer.rs b/opentelemetry-appender-tracing/src/layer.rs
index ecea14f427..307a026ed1 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-appender-tracing/src/layer.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-appender-tracing/src/layer.rs
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ where
         log_record.set_target(meta.target().to_string());
         log_record.set_event_name(meta.name());
         log_record.set_severity_number(severity_of_level(meta.level()));
-        log_record.set_severity_text(severity_text_of_level(meta.level()).into());
+        log_record.set_severity_text(meta.level().as_str().into());
         let mut visitor = EventVisitor::new(&mut log_record);
         #[cfg(feature = "experimental_metadata_attributes")]
         visitor.visit_experimental_metadata(meta);
@@ -201,16 +201,6 @@ const fn severity_of_level(level: &Level) -> Severity {
     }
 }
 
-const fn severity_text_of_level(level: &Level) -> &'static str {
-    match *level {
-        Level::TRACE => "TRACE",
-        Level::DEBUG => "DEBUG",
-        Level::INFO => "INFO",
-        Level::WARN => "WARN",
-        Level::ERROR => "ERROR",
-    }
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use crate::layer;