diff --git a/crates/turborepo-lib/src/run/cache.rs b/crates/turborepo-lib/src/run/cache.rs
index 4504206332f36..8e3eee1cc9a8c 100644
--- a/crates/turborepo-lib/src/run/cache.rs
+++ b/crates/turborepo-lib/src/run/cache.rs
@@ -196,10 +196,9 @@ impl TaskCache {
     pub fn output_writer<W: Write>(&self, writer: W) -> Result<LogWriter<W>, Error> {
         let mut log_writer = LogWriter::default();
 
-        // We always write a log file even if we do not cache it. This would
-        // allow users to "stream" specific logs from a single task if the TUI
-        // was being used.
-        log_writer.with_log_file(&self.log_file_path)?;
+        if !self.caching_disabled && !self.run_cache.writes_disabled {
+            log_writer.with_log_file(&self.log_file_path)?;
+        }
 
         match self.task_output_logs {
             OutputLogsMode::None | OutputLogsMode::HashOnly | OutputLogsMode::ErrorsOnly => {}
diff --git a/crates/turborepo-process/src/child.rs b/crates/turborepo-process/src/child.rs
index dcb9320cd2b23..43a0da2693bc0 100644
--- a/crates/turborepo-process/src/child.rs
+++ b/crates/turborepo-process/src/child.rs
@@ -582,18 +582,9 @@ impl Child {
 
         let writer_fut = async {
             let mut result = Ok(());
-            loop {
-                match tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_millis(200), byte_rx.recv()).await {
-                    Ok(Some(bytes)) => {
-                        result = stdout_pipe.write_all(&bytes);
-                    }
-                    Ok(None) => break,
-                    Err(_) => {
-                        // Flush the writer periodically if there hasn't been any new output
-                        result = stdout_pipe.flush();
-                    }
-                }
-                if result.is_err() {
+            while let Some(bytes) = byte_rx.recv().await {
+                if let Err(err) = stdout_pipe.write_all(&bytes) {
+                    result = Err(err);
                     break;
                 }
             }
diff --git a/crates/turborepo-ui/src/logs.rs b/crates/turborepo-ui/src/logs.rs
index a1f726f7eb288..6b7a4d7cfad67 100644
--- a/crates/turborepo-ui/src/logs.rs
+++ b/crates/turborepo-ui/src/logs.rs
@@ -38,9 +38,7 @@ impl<W: Write> LogWriter<W> {
             Error::CannotWriteLogs(err)
         })?;
 
-        // We keep the buffer smaller to ensure the log file does not too far behind the
-        // displayed logs.
-        self.log_file = Some(BufWriter::with_capacity(512, log_file));
+        self.log_file = Some(BufWriter::new(log_file));
 
         Ok(())
     }