diff --git a/contrib/ipaextractor.py b/contrib/ipaextractor.py
index 5f1dcbef..5dbc666d 100644
--- a/contrib/ipaextractor.py
+++ b/contrib/ipaextractor.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def rec2des(rec, zonename):
                 rectypes.append(k)
             else:
                 LOG.info(_LI("Skipping unknown record type "
-                             "%(type)s in %(name)s") %
+                             "%(type)s in %(name)s"),
                          {'type': k, 'name': name})
 
     desrecs = []
@@ -182,14 +182,14 @@ def syncipaservers2des(servers, designatereq, designateurl):
     # first - add servers from ipa not already in designate
     for server in servers:
         if server in dservers:
-            LOG.info(_LI("Skipping ipa server %s already in designate")
-                     % server)
+            LOG.info(_LI("Skipping ipa server %s already in designate"),
+                     server)
         else:
             desreq = {"name": server}
             resp = designatereq.post(srvurl, data=json.dumps(desreq))
             LOG.debug("Response: %s" % pprint.pformat(resp.json()))
             if resp.status_code == 200:
-                LOG.info(_LI("Added server %s to designate") % server)
+                LOG.info(_LI("Added server %s to designate"), server)
             else:
                 raise AddServerError("Unable to add %s: %s" %
                                      (server, pprint.pformat(resp.json())))
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ def syncipaservers2des(servers, designatereq, designateurl):
         if server not in servers:
             delresp = designatereq.delete(srvurl + "/" + sid)
             if delresp.status_code == 200:
-                LOG.info(_LI("Deleted server %s") % server)
+                LOG.info(_LI("Deleted server %s"), server)
             else:
                 raise DeleteServerError("Unable to delete %s: %s" %
                                         (server,
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ def main():
     exc = None
     fakezoneid = None
     if resp.status_code == 200:
-        LOG.info(_LI("Added domain %s") % domname)
+        LOG.info(_LI("Added domain %s"), domname)
         fakezoneid = resp.json()['id']
         delresp = designatereq.delete(domainurl + "/" + fakezoneid)
         if delresp.status_code != 200:
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ def main():
         desreq = zone2des(zonerec)
         resp = designatereq.post(domainurl, data=json.dumps(desreq))
         if resp.status_code == 200:
-            LOG.info(_LI("Added domain %s") % desreq['name'])
+            LOG.info(_LI("Added domain %s"), desreq['name'])
         else:
             raise AddDomainError("Unable to add domain %s: %s" %
                                  (desreq['name'], pprint.pformat(resp.json())))
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ def main():
                 resp = designatereq.post(recurl, data=json.dumps(desreq))
                 if resp.status_code == 200:
                     LOG.info(_LI("Added record %(record)s "
-                                 "for domain %(domain)s") %
+                                 "for domain %(domain)s"),
                              {'record': desreq['name'], 'domain': zonename})
                 else:
                     raise AddRecordError("Could not add record %s: %s" %
diff --git a/contrib/records_mass_create.py b/contrib/records_mass_create.py
index 3d2dc0b4..7cdf1ca9 100644
--- a/contrib/records_mass_create.py
+++ b/contrib/records_mass_create.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     domain = client.domains.get(cfg.CONF.domain_id)
 
-    msg = "Creating %s records" % cfg.CONF.records
+    msg = "Creating %s records", cfg.CONF.records
     LOG.info(msg)
     for i in range(0, cfg.CONF.records):
         name = '%s.%s' % (str(uuid.uuid4()), domain.name)
diff --git a/contrib/tempest/config.py b/contrib/tempest/config.py
index 3ebd3cdb..d4df0d7e 100644
--- a/contrib/tempest/config.py
+++ b/contrib/tempest/config.py
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ class TempestConfigPrivate(object):
         cfg.CONF([], project='tempest', default_config_files=config_files)
         logging.setup('tempest')
         LOG = logging.getLogger('tempest')
-        # LOG.info("Using tempest config file %s" % path)
+        # LOG.info("Using tempest config file %s", path)
         register_opts()
         self._set_attrs()
         if parse_conf:
diff --git a/contrib/zoneextractor.py b/contrib/zoneextractor.py
index f9e03215..d30f5fd7 100644
--- a/contrib/zoneextractor.py
+++ b/contrib/zoneextractor.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class Extractor:
                                                      allow_include=True)
                 except dns.zone.UnknownOrigin:
                     LOG.info(_LI('%(zonefile)s is missing $ORIGIN, '
-                                 'inserting %(name)s') %
+                                 'inserting %(name)s'),
                              {'zonefile': zonefile, 'name': name})
                     zone_object = dns.zone.from_file(zonefile,
                                                      allow_include=True,
diff --git a/designate/agent/handler.py b/designate/agent/handler.py
index afe7ebba..d3510c56 100644
--- a/designate/agent/handler.py
+++ b/designate/agent/handler.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class RequestHandler(object):
             master = {'host': raw_server[0], 'port': int(raw_server[1])}
             self.masters.append(master)
 
-        LOG.info(_LI("Agent masters: %(masters)s") %
+        LOG.info(_LI("Agent masters: %(masters)s"),
                  {'masters': self.masters})
 
         self.allow_notify = CONF['service:agent'].allow_notify
diff --git a/designate/api/middleware.py b/designate/api/middleware.py
index d7a73296..0509ada4 100644
--- a/designate/api/middleware.py
+++ b/designate/api/middleware.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def auth_pipeline_factory(loader, global_conf, **local_conf):
     """
     pipeline = local_conf[cfg.CONF['service:api'].auth_strategy]
     pipeline = pipeline.split()
-    LOG.info(_LI('Getting auth pipeline: %s') % pipeline[:-1])
+    LOG.info(_LI('Getting auth pipeline: %s'), pipeline[:-1])
     filters = [loader.get_filter(n) for n in pipeline[:-1]]
     app = loader.get_app(pipeline[-1])
     filters.reverse()
diff --git a/designate/api/service.py b/designate/api/service.py
index 2140fe1a..eca2ec4a 100644
--- a/designate/api/service.py
+++ b/designate/api/service.py
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@ class Service(service.WSGIService, service.Service):
             msg = 'Unable to determine appropriate api-paste-config file'
             raise exceptions.ConfigurationError(msg)
 
-        LOG.info(_LI('Using api-paste-config found at: %s') % config_paths[0])
+        LOG.info(_LI('Using api-paste-config found at: %s'), config_paths[0])
 
         return deploy.loadapp("config:%s" % config_paths[0], name='osapi_dns')
diff --git a/designate/dnsutils.py b/designate/dnsutils.py
index 5c65165a..ad587197 100644
--- a/designate/dnsutils.py
+++ b/designate/dnsutils.py
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ def do_axfr(zone_name, servers, timeout=None, source=None):
         to = eventlet.Timeout(timeout)
         log_info = {'name': zone_name, 'host': srv}
         try:
-            LOG.info(_LI("Doing AXFR for %(name)s from %(host)s") % log_info)
+            LOG.info(_LI("Doing AXFR for %(name)s from %(host)s"), log_info)
 
             xfr = dns.query.xfr(srv['host'], zone_name, relativize=False,
                                 timeout=1, port=srv['port'], source=source)
diff --git a/designate/objects/adapters/base.py b/designate/objects/adapters/base.py
index 7935657c..ceb5bbce 100644
--- a/designate/objects/adapters/base.py
+++ b/designate/objects/adapters/base.py
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class DesignateAdapter(object):
 
         except exceptions.InvalidObject:
             LOG.info(_LI("InvalidObject creating %(name)s with "
-                         "values %(values)r") %
+                         "values %(values)r"),
                      {"name": output_object.obj_name(), "values": values})
             raise
 
diff --git a/designate/policy.py b/designate/policy.py
index af992151..da9c6143 100644
--- a/designate/policy.py
+++ b/designate/policy.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def init(default_rule=None):
         msg = 'Unable to determine appropriate policy json file'
         raise exceptions.ConfigurationError(msg)
 
-    LOG.info(_LI('Using policy_file found at: %s') % policy_files[0])
+    LOG.info(_LI('Using policy_file found at: %s'), policy_files[0])
 
     with open(policy_files[0]) as fh:
         policy_string = fh.read()
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ def check(rule, ctxt, target=None, do_raise=True, exc=exceptions.Forbidden):
 
         if result:
             LOG.info(_("Policy check succeeded for rule '%(rule)s' "
-                       "on target %(target)s") %
+                       "on target %(target)s"),
                      {'rule': rule, 'target': repr(target)}, extra=extra)
         else:
             LOG.info(_("Policy check failed for rule '%(rule)s' "
-                       "on target %(target)s") %
+                       "on target %(target)s"),
                      {'rule': rule, 'target': repr(target)}, extra=extra)
diff --git a/designate/pool_manager/rpcapi.py b/designate/pool_manager/rpcapi.py
index 6982d041..3df17051 100644
--- a/designate/pool_manager/rpcapi.py
+++ b/designate/pool_manager/rpcapi.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class PoolManagerAPI(object):
 
     def create_zone(self, context, zone):
         LOG.info(_LI("create_zone: Calling pool manager for %(zone)s, "
-                     "serial:%(serial)s") %
+                     "serial:%(serial)s"),
                  {'zone': zone.name, 'serial': zone.serial})
 
         # Modifying the topic so it is pool manager instance specific.
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class PoolManagerAPI(object):
 
     def delete_zone(self, context, zone):
         LOG.info(_LI("delete_zone: Calling pool manager for %(zone)s, "
-                     "serial:%(serial)s") %
+                     "serial:%(serial)s"),
                  {'zone': zone.name, 'serial': zone.serial})
 
         # Modifying the topic so it is pool manager instance specific.
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class PoolManagerAPI(object):
 
     def update_zone(self, context, zone):
         LOG.info(_LI("update_zone: Calling pool manager for %(zone)s, "
-                     "serial:%(serial)s") %
+                     "serial:%(serial)s"),
                  {'zone': zone.name, 'serial': zone.serial})
 
         # Modifying the topic so it is pool manager instance specific.
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class PoolManagerAPI(object):
                       actual_serial):
         LOG.info(_LI("update_status: Calling pool manager for %(zone)s : "
                      "%(action)s : %(status)s : %(serial)s on nameserver "
-                     "'%(host)s:%(port)s'") %
+                     "'%(host)s:%(port)s'"),
                  {'zone': zone.name, 'action': zone.action,
                   'status': status, 'serial': actual_serial,
                   'host': nameserver.host, 'port': nameserver.port})
diff --git a/designate/pool_manager/service.py b/designate/pool_manager/service.py
index 2086625d..14845745 100644
--- a/designate/pool_manager/service.py
+++ b/designate/pool_manager/service.py
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ class Service(service.RPCService, coordination.CoordinationMixin,
         topic = super(Service, self)._rpc_topic
 
         topic = '%s.%s' % (topic, CONF['service:pool_manager'].pool_id)
-        LOG.info(_LI('Using topic %(topic)s for this pool manager instance.')
-                 % {'topic': topic})
+        LOG.info(_LI('Using topic %(topic)s for this pool manager instance.'),
+                 {'topic': topic})
 
         return topic
 
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ class Service(service.RPCService, coordination.CoordinationMixin,
             return False
 
     def _update_zone_on_also_notify(self, context, also_notify, zone):
-        LOG.info(_LI('Updating zone %(zone)s on also_notify %(server)s.') %
+        LOG.info(_LI('Updating zone %(zone)s on also_notify %(server)s.'),
                  {'zone': zone.name,
                   'server': self._get_destination(also_notify)})
 
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ class Service(service.RPCService, coordination.CoordinationMixin,
             if consensus_serial != 0 and cache_serial <= consensus_serial \
                     and zone.status != 'ACTIVE':
                 LOG.info(_LI('For zone %(zone)s '
-                             'the consensus serial is %(consensus_serial)s.') %
+                             'the consensus serial is %(consensus_serial)s.'),
                          {'zone': zone.name,
                           'consensus_serial': consensus_serial})
                 self.central_api.update_status(
diff --git a/designate/service.py b/designate/service.py
index eecb91c2..490cf66f 100644
--- a/designate/service.py
+++ b/designate/service.py
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ class Service(service.Service):
     def start(self):
         super(Service, self).start()
 
-        LOG.info(_('Starting %(name)s service (version: %(version)s)') %
+        LOG.info(_('Starting %(name)s service (version: %(version)s)'),
                  {'name': self.service_name,
                   'version': version.version_info.version_string()})
 
     def stop(self):
-        LOG.info(_('Stopping %(name)s service') % {'name': self.service_name})
+        LOG.info(_('Stopping %(name)s service'), {'name': self.service_name})
 
         super(Service, self).stop()
 
diff --git a/designate/zone_manager/service.py b/designate/zone_manager/service.py
index 9dffc19f..ba03bb5e 100644
--- a/designate/zone_manager/service.py
+++ b/designate/zone_manager/service.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class Service(service.RPCService, coordination.CoordinationMixin,
             self.tg.add_timer(interval, task)
 
     def _rebalance(self, my_partitions, members, event):
-        LOG.info(_LI("Received rebalance event %s") % event)
+        LOG.info(_LI("Received rebalance event %s"), event)
         self.partition_range = my_partitions
 
     # Begin RPC Implementation
diff --git a/designate/zone_manager/tasks.py b/designate/zone_manager/tasks.py
index a4dc5fdf..18c2852f 100644
--- a/designate/zone_manager/tasks.py
+++ b/designate/zone_manager/tasks.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class DeletedZonePurgeTask(PeriodicTask):
         """
         pstart, pend = self._my_range()
         msg = _LI("Performing deleted zone purging for %(start)s to %(end)s")
-        LOG.info(msg % {"start": pstart, "end": pend})
+        LOG.info(msg, {"start": pstart, "end": pend})
 
         delta = datetime.timedelta(seconds=self.options.time_threshold)
         time_threshold = timeutils.utcnow() - delta
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class PeriodicExistsTask(PeriodicTask):
     def __call__(self):
         pstart, pend = self._my_range()
         msg = _LI("Emitting zone exist events for %(start)s to %(end)s")
-        LOG.info(msg % {"start": pstart, "end": pend})
+        LOG.info(msg, {"start": pstart, "end": pend})
 
         ctxt = context.DesignateContext.get_admin_context()
         ctxt.all_tenants = True
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ class PeriodicSecondaryRefreshTask(PeriodicTask):
     def __call__(self):
         pstart, pend = self._my_range()
         msg = _LI("Refreshing zones between for %(start)s to %(end)s")
-        LOG.info(msg % {"start": pstart, "end": pend})
+        LOG.info(msg, {"start": pstart, "end": pend})
 
         ctxt = context.DesignateContext.get_admin_context()
         ctxt.all_tenants = True