diff --git a/docs/usage/configuration-options.md b/docs/usage/configuration-options.md
index 106f469b387adb..bf9a2d5bc3ad71 100644
--- a/docs/usage/configuration-options.md
+++ b/docs/usage/configuration-options.md
@@ -2250,6 +2250,10 @@ Be careful with remapping `warn` or `error` messages to lower log levels, as it
     {
       "matchMessage": "Package lookup error",
       "newLogLevel": "warn"
+    },
+    {
+      "matchMessage": "/^Please upgrade the version of Node.js/",
+      "newLogLevel": "info"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/docs/usage/self-hosted-experimental.md b/docs/usage/self-hosted-experimental.md
index b1800d4b6af51b..4d60c03205559e 100644
--- a/docs/usage/self-hosted-experimental.md
+++ b/docs/usage/self-hosted-experimental.md
@@ -82,10 +82,6 @@ Default value: `250` (milliseconds).
 If set to any value, Renovate will use a "hard" `process.exit()` once all work is done, even if a sub-process is otherwise delaying Node.js from exiting.
 See [issue 8660](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/issues/8660) for background on why this was created.
 
-## `RENOVATE_X_IGNORE_NODE_WARN`
-
-Suppress the default warning when a deprecated version of Node.js is used to run Renovate.
-
 ## `RENOVATE_X_IGNORE_RE2`
 
 Skip initializing `RE2` for regular expressions and instead use Node-native `RegExp` instead.
diff --git a/lib/workers/global/index.ts b/lib/workers/global/index.ts
index 1585cf5c23c544..fe7ecf904c2073 100644
--- a/lib/workers/global/index.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/global/index.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ function checkEnv(): void {
   const range = pkg.engines!.node!;
   const rangeNext = pkg['engines-next']?.node;
   if (process.release?.name !== 'node' || !process.versions?.node) {
-    logger[process.env.RENOVATE_X_IGNORE_NODE_WARN ? 'info' : 'warn'](
+    logger.warn(
       { release: process.release, versions: process.versions },
       'Unknown node environment detected.',
     );
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ function checkEnv(): void {
     rangeNext &&
     !semver.satisfies(process.versions?.node, rangeNext)
   ) {
-    logger[process.env.RENOVATE_X_IGNORE_NODE_WARN ? 'info' : 'warn'](
+    logger.warn(
       { versions: process.versions },
       `Please upgrade the version of Node.js used to run Renovate to satisfy "${rangeNext}". Support for your current version will be removed in Renovate's next major release.`,
     );
@@ -173,12 +173,12 @@ export async function start(): Promise<number> {
 
       await validatePresets(config);
 
+      setGlobalLogLevelRemaps(config.logLevelRemap);
+
       checkEnv();
 
       // validate secrets. Will throw and abort if invalid
       validateConfigSecrets(config);
-
-      setGlobalLogLevelRemaps(config.logLevelRemap);
     });
 
     // autodiscover repositories (needs to come after platform initialization)
diff --git a/tools/docker/Dockerfile b/tools/docker/Dockerfile
index a154f70d88fcc3..4f27505193011c 100644
--- a/tools/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate"
 
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
 
-ENV RENOVATE_X_IGNORE_NODE_WARN=true
-
 COPY tools/docker/bin/ /usr/local/bin/
 CMD ["renovate"]