diff --git a/build/handlers.go b/build/handlers.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ffbdd70a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/handlers.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package build
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/btcsuite/btclog/v2"
+)
+
+// NewDefaultLogHandlers returns the standard console logger and rotating log
+// writer handlers that we generally want to use. It also applies the various
+// config options to the loggers.
+func NewDefaultLogHandlers(cfg *LogConfig, rotator *RotatingLogWriter) (
+	btclog.Handler, btclog.Handler) {
+
+	consoleLogHandler := btclog.NewDefaultHandler(
+		os.Stdout, cfg.Console.HandlerOptions()...,
+	)
+	logFileHandler := btclog.NewDefaultHandler(
+		rotator, cfg.File.HandlerOptions()...,
+	)
+
+	return consoleLogHandler, logFileHandler
+}
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index d0b72216a..a427e4c7d 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -1404,15 +1404,13 @@ func ValidateConfig(cfg Config, interceptor signal.Interceptor, fileParser,
 		lncfg.NormalizeNetwork(cfg.ActiveNetParams.Name),
 	)
 
-	var logCfg = cfg.LogConfig
-	consoleLogHandler := btclog.NewDefaultHandler(
-		os.Stdout, logCfg.Console.HandlerOptions()...,
+	var (
+		logCfg                            = cfg.LogConfig
+		logHandlers                       []btclog.Handler
+		consoleLogHandler, logFileHandler = build.NewDefaultLogHandlers(
+			logCfg, cfg.LogRotator,
+		)
 	)
-	logFileHandler := btclog.NewDefaultHandler(
-		cfg.LogRotator, logCfg.File.HandlerOptions()...,
-	)
-
-	var logHandlers []btclog.Handler
 	maybeAddLogger := func(cmdOptionDisable bool, handler btclog.Handler) {
 		if !cmdOptionDisable {
 			logHandlers = append(logHandlers, handler)