diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 5fb8b704..5eaab667 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@
   when running in Posit Workbench, when available. This allows deploying to
   Connect servers without the need to store long-lived credentials.
 
+* Removed support for log streaming from shinyapps.io due to loss of support
+  for this feature on the shinyapps.io platform (`showLogs(streaming = TRUE)`).
+  If this feature is important to your workflow, please file an issue and we
+  will consider reintroduction of log streaming via rsconnect in Connect Cloud.
+  (#1292)
+
 # rsconnect 1.7.0
 
 * Added support for deploying from `manifest.json` files created by
diff --git a/R/applications.R b/R/applications.R
index 6a9d67b8..c9453fdb 100644
--- a/R/applications.R
+++ b/R/applications.R
@@ -213,40 +213,6 @@ applicationTask <- function(taskDef, appName, accountDetails, quiet) {
   invisible(NULL)
 }
 
-# streams application logs from ShinyApps
-streamApplicationLogs <- function(authInfo, applicationId, entries, skip) {
-  # build the URL
-  url <- paste0(
-    serverInfo("shinyapps.io")$url,
-    "/applications/",
-    applicationId,
-    "/logs?",
-    "count=",
-    entries,
-    "&tail=1"
-  )
-  parsed <- parseHttpUrl(url)
-
-  handle <- createCurlHandle("GET")
-  curl::handle_setheaders(
-    handle,
-    .list = signatureHeaders(authInfo, "GET", parsed$path, NULL)
-  )
-
-  # begin the stream
-  curl::curl_fetch_stream(
-    url = url,
-    fun = function(data) {
-      if (skip > 0) {
-        skip <<- skip - 1
-      } else {
-        cat(rawToChar(data))
-      }
-    },
-    handle = handle
-  )
-}
-
 #' Application Logs
 #'
 #' @description
@@ -267,9 +233,9 @@ streamApplicationLogs <- function(authInfo, applicationId, entries, skip) {
 #' @param server Server name. Required only if you use the same account name on
 #'   multiple servers.
 #' @param entries The number of log entries to show. Defaults to 50 entries.
-#' @param streaming Whether to stream the logs. If `TRUE`, then the
-#'   function does not return; instead, log entries are written to the console
-#'   as they are made, until R is interrupted. Defaults to `FALSE`.
+#' @param streaming Deprecated. Streaming logs is not currently supported
+#'   as the ShinyApps.io backend no longer supports this feature. If `TRUE`,
+#'   an error will be thrown. Defaults to `FALSE`.
 #'
 #' @note These functions only work
 #'   for applications deployed to ShinyApps.io.
@@ -296,42 +262,23 @@ showLogs <- function(
 
   checkShinyappsServer(deployment$server)
 
+  if (streaming) {
+    cli::cli_abort(
+      c(
+        "Streaming logs is not currently supported.",
+        i = "The ShinyApps.io backend no longer supports the streaming API.",
+        i = "Use {.arg streaming = FALSE} (the default) to retrieve recent log entries."
+      )
+    )
+  }
+
   accountDetails <- accountInfo(deployment$account, deployment$server)
   client <- clientForAccount(accountDetails)
   application <- getAppByName(client, accountDetails, deployment$name)
 
-  if (streaming) {
-    # streaming; poll for the entries directly
-    skip <- 0
-    repeat {
-      tryCatch(
-        {
-          streamApplicationLogs(accountDetails, application$id, entries, skip)
-          # after the first fetch, we've seen all recent entries, so show
-          # only new entries. unfortunately /logs/ doesn't support getting 0
-          # entries, so get one and don't log it.
-          entries <- 1
-          skip <- 1
-        },
-        error = function(e) {
-          # if the server times out, ignore the error; otherwise, let it
-          # bubble through
-          if (
-            !identical(
-              e$message,
-              "transfer closed with outstanding read data remaining"
-            )
-          ) {
-            stop(e)
-          }
-        }
-      )
-    }
-  } else {
-    # if not streaming, poll for the entries directly
-    logs <- client$getLogs(application$id, entries)
-    cat(logs)
-  }
+  # Poll for the entries directly
+  logs <- client$getLogs(application$id, entries)
+  cat(logs)
 }
 
 #' @rdname showLogs
diff --git a/man/showLogs.Rd b/man/showLogs.Rd
index 300eaaeb..1f43be1a 100644
--- a/man/showLogs.Rd
+++ b/man/showLogs.Rd
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ multiple servers.}
 
 \item{entries}{The number of log entries to show. Defaults to 50 entries.}
 
-\item{streaming}{Whether to stream the logs. If \code{TRUE}, then the
-function does not return; instead, log entries are written to the console
-as they are made, until R is interrupted. Defaults to \code{FALSE}.}
+\item{streaming}{Deprecated. Streaming logs is not currently supported
+as the ShinyApps.io backend no longer supports this feature. If \code{TRUE},
+an error will be thrown. Defaults to \code{FALSE}.}
 }
 \value{
 \code{getLogs()} returns a data frame containing the logged lines.