diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/config_templates/airflow_local_settings.py b/airflow-core/src/airflow/config_templates/airflow_local_settings.py
index 7072d2dd6ea88..e30e68fb17984 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/config_templates/airflow_local_settings.py
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/config_templates/airflow_local_settings.py
@@ -248,19 +248,25 @@ def _default_conn_name_from(mod_path, hook_name):
         )
 
     elif remote_base_log_folder.startswith("stackdriver://"):
+        from airflow.providers.google.cloud.log.stackdriver_task_handler import StackdriverRemoteLogIO
+
         key_path = conf.get_mandatory_value("logging", "GOOGLE_KEY_PATH", fallback=None)
         # stackdriver:///airflow-tasks => airflow-tasks
         log_name = urlsplit(remote_base_log_folder).path[1:]
-        STACKDRIVER_REMOTE_HANDLERS = {
-            "task": {
-                "class": "airflow.providers.google.cloud.log.stackdriver_task_handler.StackdriverTaskHandler",
-                "formatter": "airflow",
-                "gcp_log_name": log_name,
-                "gcp_key_path": key_path,
-            }
-        }
 
-        DEFAULT_LOGGING_CONFIG["handlers"].update(STACKDRIVER_REMOTE_HANDLERS)
+        REMOTE_TASK_LOG = StackdriverRemoteLogIO(
+            **cast(
+                "dict[str, Any]",
+                {
+                    "base_log_folder": BASE_LOG_FOLDER,
+                    "gcp_log_name": log_name,
+                    "gcp_key_path": key_path,
+                    "delete_local_copy": delete_local_copy,
+                }
+                | _io_kwargs,
+            )
+        )
+
     elif remote_base_log_folder.startswith("oss://"):
         from airflow.providers.alibaba.cloud.log.oss_task_handler import OSSRemoteLogIO