diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kopiabackup/kopiabackup.go b/pkg/drivers/kopiabackup/kopiabackup.go
index f2df60f61..390814a8c 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kopiabackup/kopiabackup.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kopiabackup/kopiabackup.go
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ func jobFor(
 		"/data",
 	}, " ")
 
+	// Read the config map from the job option and then add the debug level log if required
 	cmd = utils.CheckAndAddKopiaDebugModeEnabled(cmd, jobOption)
 
 	if jobOption.Compression != "" {
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/options.go b/pkg/drivers/options.go
index 2cd338679..b888a661e 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/options.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/options.go
@@ -396,14 +396,6 @@ func WithVolumeBackupDeleteName(name string) JobOption {
 	}
 }
 
-// WithKopiaDebugMode is job parameter
-func WithKopiaDebugMode(debugMode bool) JobOption {
-	return func(opts *JobOpts) error {
-		opts.KopiaDebugMode = debugMode
-		return nil
-	}
-}
-
 // WithVolumeBackupDeleteNamespace is job parameter.
 func WithVolumeBackupDeleteNamespace(ns string) JobOption {
 	return func(opts *JobOpts) error {
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/utils/utils.go b/pkg/drivers/utils/utils.go
index 5ef21f69b..33aa2fc92 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/utils/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/utils/utils.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package utils
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	storkapi "github.com/libopenstorage/stork/pkg/apis/stork/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/libopenstorage/stork/pkg/k8sutils"
 	"github.com/portworx/kdmp/pkg/drivers"
-	kdmpops "github.com/portworx/kdmp/pkg/util/ops"
 	"github.com/portworx/kdmp/pkg/version"
 	"github.com/portworx/sched-ops/k8s/apps"
 	"github.com/portworx/sched-ops/k8s/core"
@@ -67,6 +65,8 @@ const (
 	PvcBoundFailedMsg = "pvc not bounded"
 	// KopiaDebugModeEnabled - debug level log messages are enabled for kopia
 	KopiaDebugModeEnabled = "kopia-debug-mode"
+	// KopiaExecutorDebugModeCMKey - key present in the config maps, which enables debug log level in kopia
+	KopiaExecutorDebugModeCMKey = "KDMP_KOPIAEXECUTOR_ENABLE_DEBUG_MODE"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -881,36 +881,14 @@ func IsJobPodMountFailed(job *batchv1.Job, namespace string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-func IsKopiaDebugModeAnnotationsEnabled(jobOption drivers.JobOpts) bool {
-	// Check for kopia delete and maintenance operations. Since, the debug is passed from job options
-	// and not from Data Export CR.
-	if jobOption.KopiaDebugMode {
-		return true
-	}
-
-	dataExportCR, err := kdmpops.Instance().GetDataExport(context.Background(), jobOption.DataExportName, jobOption.Namespace)
-	if err != nil {
-		logrus.Tracef("error reading data export job: %v", err)
-		return false
-	}
-
-	if _, ok := dataExportCR.Annotations[KopiaDebugModeEnabled]; ok {
-		logrus.Infof("annotation %v found in the data export CR.", KopiaDebugModeEnabled)
-		return true
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
 func CheckAndAddKopiaDebugModeEnabled(cmd string, jobOption drivers.JobOpts) string {
-	if IsKopiaDebugModeAnnotationsEnabled(jobOption) {
-		cmd = AddKopiaDebugModeCommand(cmd)
+	// check for the particular key-value pair
+	isKeyPresent := GetConfigValue(jobOption.JobConfigMap, jobOption.JobConfigMapNs, KopiaExecutorDebugModeCMKey)
+	if isKeyPresent == "true" {
+		splitCmd := strings.Split(cmd, " ")
+		splitCmd = append(splitCmd, "--log-level", "debug")
+		cmd = strings.Join(splitCmd, " ")
 	}
 	return cmd
 }
 
-func AddKopiaDebugModeCommand(cmd string) string {
-	splitCmd := strings.Split(cmd, " ")
-	splitCmd = append(splitCmd, "--log-level", "debug")
-	cmd = strings.Join(splitCmd, " ")
-	return cmd
-}