diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/bindings_utils.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/bindings_utils.hpp
index 9c8f9e0f2b..dd00b59ffd 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/bindings_utils.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/bindings_utils.hpp
@@ -335,23 +335,6 @@ namespace fs {
 //! @}  // core_utils
 }  // namespace cv::utils
 
-//! @cond IGNORED
-
-CV_WRAP static inline
-int setLogLevel(int level)
-{
-    // NB: Binding generators doesn't work with enums properly yet, so we define separate overload here
-    return cv::utils::logging::setLogLevel((cv::utils::logging::LogLevel)level);
-}
-
-CV_WRAP static inline
-int getLogLevel()
-{
-    return cv::utils::logging::getLogLevel();
-}
-
-//! @endcond IGNORED
-
 } // namespaces cv /  utils
 
 #endif // OPENCV_CORE_BINDINGS_UTILS_HPP
diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/utils/logger.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/utils/logger.hpp
index e5bf455125..c58b0ccf6a 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/utils/logger.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/utils/logger.hpp
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ namespace logging {
 /** Set global logging level
 @return previous logging level
 */
-CV_EXPORTS LogLevel setLogLevel(LogLevel logLevel);
+CV_EXPORTS_W LogLevel setLogLevel(LogLevel logLevel);
 /** Get global logging level */
-CV_EXPORTS LogLevel getLogLevel();
+CV_EXPORTS_W LogLevel getLogLevel();
 
 CV_EXPORTS void registerLogTag(cv::utils::logging::LogTag* plogtag);
 
diff --git a/modules/python/bindings/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/python/bindings/CMakeLists.txt
index c511b9bc80..d8753b1e2d 100644
--- a/modules/python/bindings/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/python/bindings/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ ocv_list_filterout(opencv_hdrs "modules/core/include/opencv2/core/fast_math.hpp"
 ocv_list_filterout(opencv_hdrs "modules/core/.*/cuda/")
 ocv_list_filterout(opencv_hdrs "modules/core/.*/hal/")
 ocv_list_filterout(opencv_hdrs "modules/core/.*/opencl/")
-ocv_list_filterout(opencv_hdrs "modules/.+/utils/.*")
+ocv_list_filterout(opencv_hdrs "modules/.+/utils/trace.hpp")
 ocv_list_filterout(opencv_hdrs "modules/.*\\\\.inl\\\\.h*")
 ocv_list_filterout(opencv_hdrs "modules/.*_inl\\\\.h*")
 ocv_list_filterout(opencv_hdrs "modules/.*\\\\.details\\\\.h*")