Maybe use something like the update in duct-web-module-hack below to remove the ig/ref to :duct.middleware.web/log-requests from your root handler's :middleware?

(defn read-config
  "Read the duct config"
  []
  (duct/read-config (io/resource "config.edn") readers))

(defn duct-web-module-hack
  "remove these configurations because they contain references to integrant components that we don't actually want to
  use. this is a hack."
  [config]
  (update config :duct.handler/root dissoc :router :middleware))

(defn prep
  "Convenience fn to prep our app's config"
  [& [profiles]]
  (-> (read-config)
      (duct/prep-config profiles)
      duct-web-module-hack))

@val_waeselynck Add

:duct.middleware.web/log-requests 
  {:logger nil}