diff --git a/crates/wzp-android/Cargo.toml b/crates/wzp-android/Cargo.toml
index b43995a..61769f0 100644
--- a/crates/wzp-android/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/wzp-android/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ wzp-crypto = { workspace = true }
 wzp-transport = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
-tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true, features = ["env-filter"] }
 bytes = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = "1"
@@ -28,7 +27,9 @@ libc = "0.2"
 jni = { version = "0.21", default-features = false }
 rand = { workspace = true }
 rustls = { version = "0.23", default-features = false, features = ["ring"] }
-tracing-android = "0.2"
+android_logger = "0.14"
+log = "0.4"
+tracing-log = "0.2"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 cc = "1"
diff --git a/crates/wzp-android/src/jni_bridge.rs b/crates/wzp-android/src/jni_bridge.rs
index 3ddc11e..d5f7485 100644
--- a/crates/wzp-android/src/jni_bridge.rs
+++ b/crates/wzp-android/src/jni_bridge.rs
@@ -35,24 +35,17 @@ static INIT_LOGGING: Once = Once::new();
 /// Safe to call multiple times — only the first call takes effect.
 fn init_logging() {
     INIT_LOGGING.call_once(|| {
-        // Wrap in catch_unwind — sharded_slab allocation inside
-        // tracing_subscriber::registry() can crash on some Android
-        // devices if scudo malloc fails during early initialization.
+        // Use android_logger directly — tracing_subscriber::registry() allocates
+        // a sharded_slab which causes SIGSEGV on Android 16 MTE devices.
+        // android_logger is lightweight and doesn't trigger scudo crashes.
         let _ = std::panic::catch_unwind(|| {
-            use tracing_subscriber::layer::SubscriberExt;
-            use tracing_subscriber::util::SubscriberInitExt;
-            use tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter;
-            if let Ok(layer) = tracing_android::layer("wzp_android") {
-                // Filter: INFO for our crates, WARN for everything else.
-                // The jni crate emits VERBOSE logs for every method lookup
-                // (~10 lines per JNI call, 100+ calls/sec) which floods logcat
-                // and causes the system to kill the app.
-                let filter = EnvFilter::new("warn,wzp_android=info,wzp_proto=info,wzp_transport=info,wzp_codec=info,wzp_fec=info,wzp_crypto=info");
-                let _ = tracing_subscriber::registry()
-                    .with(layer)
-                    .with(filter)
-                    .try_init();
-            }
+            android_logger::init_once(
+                android_logger::Config::default()
+                    .with_max_level(log::LevelFilter::Info)
+                    .with_tag("wzp"),
+            );
+            // Bridge tracing → log so our tracing::info! macros work
+            let _ = tracing_log::LogTracer::init();
         });
     });
 }