diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 940c395b6..30e60a87a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1299,8 +1299,6 @@ github.com/muesli/cancelreader v0.2.2 h1:3I4Kt4BQjOR54NavqnDogx/MIoWBFa0StPA8ELU
 github.com/muesli/cancelreader v0.2.2/go.mod h1:3XuTXfFS2VjM+HTLZY9Ak0l6eUKfijIfMUZ4EgX0QYo=
 github.com/muesli/termenv v0.16.0 h1:S5AlUN9dENB57rsbnkPyfdGuWIlkmzJjbFf0Tf5FWUc=
 github.com/muesli/termenv v0.16.0/go.mod h1:ZRfOIKPFDYQoDFF4Olj7/QJbW60Ol/kL1pU3VfY/Cnk=
-github.com/mulgadc/predastore v1.10.0 h1:kMBI31HTYV0fxXYY+XiLgxO6rJd4WPPDXswDgJaK8HY=
-github.com/mulgadc/predastore v1.10.0/go.mod h1:j2DOdAOj/c42MRI6SkZrfh9KFbIyDDJLmf63SJ2yizw=
 github.com/mulgadc/predastore v1.11.0-dev h1:GMkwHWEANG9Oazf5Fxk8IATDNlNLcbJ15/tJ0JrdIeE=
 github.com/mulgadc/predastore v1.11.0-dev/go.mod h1:j2DOdAOj/c42MRI6SkZrfh9KFbIyDDJLmf63SJ2yizw=
 github.com/mulgadc/viperblock v1.10.0 h1:a8KKJ/qgeYsInlnOJ5S/o+HCfqTIklgzz/FpzdeXAEY=
diff --git a/spinifex/network/ovn/ovntest/server.go b/spinifex/network/ovn/ovntest/server.go
index 354ffce1f..67faf9350 100644
--- a/spinifex/network/ovn/ovntest/server.go
+++ b/spinifex/network/ovn/ovntest/server.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 	"github.com/ovn-kubernetes/libovsdb/database/inmemory"
 	"github.com/ovn-kubernetes/libovsdb/model"
 	"github.com/ovn-kubernetes/libovsdb/ovsdb"
@@ -62,10 +61,11 @@ func StartNB(t testing.TB) *NB {
 		t.Fatalf("model.NewDatabaseModel: %v", errs)
 	}
 
-	logger := logr.Discard()
-	db := inmemory.NewDatabase(map[string]model.ClientDBModel{"OVN_Northbound": clientModel}, &logger)
+	// nil logger: libovsdb falls back to logr.Discard internally, and dropping
+	// the explicit logr.Discard() keeps go-logr out of our direct imports.
+	db := inmemory.NewDatabase(map[string]model.ClientDBModel{"OVN_Northbound": clientModel}, nil)
 
-	srv, err := server.NewOvsdbServer(db, &logger, dbModel)
+	srv, err := server.NewOvsdbServer(db, nil, dbModel)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("server.NewOvsdbServer: %v", err)
 	}