diff --git a/hshassets/app_settings/__init__.py b/hshassets/app_settings/__init__.py
index 843d131dfc6e311f9e909449a7bd814624fc2c1b..73ec770a59b102525ac2a319f959ed45d1b09e92 100644
--- a/hshassets/app_settings/__init__.py
+++ b/hshassets/app_settings/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from .defaults import *
-from .logging import *
 from django import conf
 
 # merge defaults with customized user settings
diff --git a/hshassets/app_settings/logging.py b/hshassets/app_settings/logging.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 067fab6660737f7cb2b2bc89146711cbdb260392..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/hshassets/app_settings/logging.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-import logging.config
-
-
-LOGGING_CONFIG = None
-
-LOGGING = {
-    'version': 1,
-    'disable_existing_loggers': False,
-    'filters': {
-        'require_debug_false': {
-            '()': 'django.utils.log.RequireDebugFalse',
-        },
-        'require_debug_true': {
-            '()': 'django.utils.log.RequireDebugTrue',
-        },
-    },
-    'formatters': {
-        'with_timestamp': {
-            'format': '[%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(thread)d] %(message)s',
-            'datefmt': '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S',
-        },
-        'without_timestamp': {
-            'format': '%(name)s %(levelname)s:  %(message)s',
-        }
-    },
-    'handlers': {
-        'console': {
-            'level': 'INFO',
-            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
-            'formatter': 'with_timestamp'
-        },
-        'null': {
-            'class': 'logging.NullHandler',
-        },
-        'console_without_timestamp': {
-            'level': 'INFO',
-            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
-            'formatter': 'without_timestamp'
-        }
-    },
-    'loggers': {
-        '': {
-            'handlers': ['console'],
-            'level': 'INFO'
-        },
-        'django': {
-            'level': 'WARNING',
-            'handlers': ['console'],
-            'propagate': False,
-        },
-        'django.db': {
-            'level': 'INFO',
-            'handlers': ['console'],
-            'propagate': False,
-        },
-        'django.request': {
-            'handlers': ['console'],
-            'level': 'WARNING',
-            'propagate': False,
-        },
-        'django.server': {
-            'handlers': ['console'],
-            'level': 'WARNING',
-            'propagate': False,
-        },
-        'django.security': {
-            'handlers': ['console'],
-            'level': 'WARNING',
-            'propagate': False,
-        },
-        'django.template': {
-            'handlers': ['console'],
-            'level': 'INFO',
-            'propagate': False,
-        },
-        'hshassets': {
-            'handlers': ['console_without_timestamp', ],
-            'level': 'INFO',
-            'propagate': False,
-        },
-    }
-}
-
-logging.config.dictConfig(LOGGING)