diff --git a/buildman/jobutil/buildreporter.py b/buildman/jobutil/buildreporter.py
index 09a74a565..0ff798eae 100644
--- a/buildman/jobutil/buildreporter.py
+++ b/buildman/jobutil/buildreporter.py
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
-import logging
 from trollius import From
 
 from util.cloudwatch import get_queue
 
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
 class BuildReporter(object):
   """
   Base class for reporting build statuses to a metrics service.