diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a9f80375..16e262a3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ chrono = "0.3"
 clap = "2.19.3"
 error-chain = "0.8.1"
 nickel = "0.9.0"
-slog = "1.4.0"
-slog-scope = "0.2.2"
-slog-term = "1.3.4"
 time = "0.1.35"
 
 [dependencies.rusqlite]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index c9686a86..76762777 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate error_chain;
 
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate slog;
-
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate slog_scope;
-
 extern crate rusqlite;
 
 extern crate edn;
@@ -38,7 +32,6 @@ pub mod conn;
 pub mod query;
 
 pub fn get_name() -> String {
-    info!("Called into mentat library"; "fn" => "get_name");
     return String::from("mentat");
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index a0fc6447..ca1e2e02 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -13,16 +13,9 @@ extern crate clap;
 
 use nickel::{Nickel, HttpRouter};
 
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate slog;
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate slog_scope;
-extern crate slog_term;
-
 extern crate mentat;
 
 use clap::{App, Arg, SubCommand, AppSettings};
-use slog::DrainExt;
 
 use std::u16;
 use std::str::FromStr;
@@ -59,23 +52,6 @@ fn main() {
                      matches.value_of("port").unwrap());
         }
 
-        // Set up logging.
-        let log_level = if debug {
-            slog::Level::Debug
-        } else {
-            slog::Level::Warning
-        };
-        let term_logger = slog_term::streamer().build().fuse();
-        let log = slog::Logger::root(slog::LevelFilter::new(term_logger, log_level),
-                                     o!("version" => env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")));
-        slog_scope::set_global_logger(log);
-
-        info!("Serving database"; "database" => matches.value_of("database").unwrap(),
-                                  "port" => port,
-                                  "debug mode" => debug);
-
-        error!("Calling a function: {}", mentat::get_name());
-
         let mut server = Nickel::new();
         server.get("/", middleware!("This doesn't do anything yet"));
         server.listen(("127.0.0.1", port)).expect("Failed to launch server");