diff --git a/commands/root.go b/commands/root.go
index 7df8c4b7..c5f03097 100644
--- a/commands/root.go
+++ b/commands/root.go
@@ -28,12 +28,24 @@ func NewRootCmd(name string, isPlugin bool, dockerCli command.Cli) *cobra.Comman
 		}
 	}
 
-	logrus.AddHook(logutil.NewFilter(
+	logrus.AddHook(logutil.NewFilter([]logrus.Level{
+		logrus.DebugLevel,
+	},
 		"serving grpc connection",
 		"stopping session",
 		"using default config store",
 	))
 
+	// filter out useless commandConn.CloseWrite warning message that can occur
+	// when listing builder instances with "buildx ls" for those that are
+	// unreachable: "commandConn.CloseWrite: commandconn: failed to wait: signal: killed"
+	// https://github.com/docker/cli/blob/3fb4fb83dfb5db0c0753a8316f21aea54dab32c5/cli/connhelper/commandconn/commandconn.go#L203-L214
+	logrus.AddHook(logutil.NewFilter([]logrus.Level{
+		logrus.WarnLevel,
+	},
+		"commandConn.CloseWrite:",
+	))
+
 	addCommands(cmd, dockerCli)
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/util/logutil/filter.go b/util/logutil/filter.go
index 2e8f91d9..2e054f6e 100644
--- a/util/logutil/filter.go
+++ b/util/logutil/filter.go
@@ -7,22 +7,24 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
-func NewFilter(filters ...string) logrus.Hook {
+func NewFilter(levels []logrus.Level, filters ...string) logrus.Hook {
 	dl := logrus.New()
 	dl.SetOutput(ioutil.Discard)
 	return &logsFilter{
+		levels:        levels,
 		filters:       filters,
 		discardLogger: dl,
 	}
 }
 
 type logsFilter struct {
+	levels        []logrus.Level
 	filters       []string
 	discardLogger *logrus.Logger
 }
 
 func (d *logsFilter) Levels() []logrus.Level {
-	return []logrus.Level{logrus.DebugLevel}
+	return d.levels
 }
 
 func (d *logsFilter) Fire(entry *logrus.Entry) error {