"Log rejected submissions" Value No longer honored

Ok, tried a clean re-install. Still not working.

I am not normally a git user, so excuse me if this isn't the proper way to report something like this... but if you look at this line in version 1.4:
https://git.drupalcode.org/project/protected_submissions/-/blob/8.x-1.4/...

And then compare to version 1.5 that was pushed:
https://git.drupalcode.org/project/protected_submissions/-/blob/8.x-1.5/...

The variable for the Log settings check was clearly removed from the code.

Also farther down you will also see that the check for this variable before logging was also removed:
Version 1.4, (line 510):

        // Save the new value.
        \Drupal::state()->set('protected_submissions.rejected', $rejected);
        // Log the rejected submission.
        if ($log_rejected == TRUE) {
          \Drupal::logger('protected submissions')->info('Rejected pattern:<em>'.$check_text.'</em>');
        }

Version 1.5 (line 504):

        // Save the new value.
        \Drupal::state()->set('protected_submissions.rejected', $rejected);
        \Drupal::logger('protected submissions')->info('Rejected pattern:<em>' . $check_text . '</em>');

I'm using version 1.5 to demonstrate when the change was made, but issue is in current version (1.6) too.

Again, I'm not much of a coder, so maybe this check was moved to another file. I don't know. All I know is that the spam is back to being added to my site logs after recently updating from version 1.4.

Any progress on this? I provided the info you wanted 2 months ago.