diff --git a/src/modules/logger/logger.cpp b/src/modules/logger/logger.cpp
index 4c7038c5bc..91f414fc27 100644
--- a/src/modules/logger/logger.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/logger/logger.cpp
@@ -475,8 +475,11 @@ bool Logger::copy_if_updated_multi(LoggerSubscription &sub, int multi_instance,
 
 void Logger::add_default_topics()
 {
-	add_topic("vehicle_attitude", 10);
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD_SITL
 	add_topic("vehicle_attitude_groundtruth", 10);
+#endif
+
+	add_topic("vehicle_attitude", 10);
 	add_topic("actuator_outputs", 50);
 	add_topic("telemetry_status", 50);
 	add_topic("vehicle_command");