diff --git a/bin/heat-keystone-setup-domain b/bin/heat-keystone-setup-domain
index 5210a635a8..dc502fc519 100755
--- a/bin/heat-keystone-setup-domain
+++ b/bin/heat-keystone-setup-domain
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-import logging
 import os
 import sys
 
 import keystoneclient.exceptions as kc_exception
 from keystoneclient.v3 import client
 from oslo_config import cfg
+from oslo_log import log as logging
 
 from heat import version
 
diff --git a/heat/common/config.py b/heat/common/config.py
index da7483f541..15b5af51a2 100644
--- a/heat/common/config.py
+++ b/heat/common/config.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 """Routines for configuring Heat."""
-import logging as sys_logging
 import os
 
 from eventlet.green import socket
@@ -438,7 +437,7 @@ def load_paste_app(app_name=None):
         # Log the options used when starting if we're in debug mode...
         if cfg.CONF.debug:
             cfg.CONF.log_opt_values(logging.getLogger(app_name),
-                                    sys_logging.DEBUG)
+                                    logging.DEBUG)
 
         return app
     except (LookupError, ImportError) as e:
diff --git a/heat/common/wsgi.py b/heat/common/wsgi.py
index 9816020203..1bc004eba3 100644
--- a/heat/common/wsgi.py
+++ b/heat/common/wsgi.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 import abc
 import errno
-import logging as std_logging
 import os
 import signal
 import sys
@@ -256,7 +255,7 @@ def get_socket(conf, default_port):
 class WritableLogger(object):
     """A thin wrapper that responds to `write` and logs."""
 
-    def __init__(self, LOG, level=std_logging.DEBUG):
+    def __init__(self, LOG, level=logging.DEBUG):
         self.LOG = LOG
         self.level = level
 
diff --git a/heat/engine/clients/os/cinder.py b/heat/engine/clients/os/cinder.py
index 95ce32250d..a1f2b0da63 100644
--- a/heat/engine/clients/os/cinder.py
+++ b/heat/engine/clients/os/cinder.py
@@ -11,11 +11,10 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-import logging
-
 from cinderclient import client as cc
 from cinderclient import exceptions
 from keystoneclient import exceptions as ks_exceptions
+from oslo_log import log as logging
 
 from heat.common import exception
 from heat.common.i18n import _
diff --git a/heat/engine/clients/os/nova.py b/heat/engine/clients/os/nova.py
index 2bc42f81b2..ba74a67c76 100644
--- a/heat/engine/clients/os/nova.py
+++ b/heat/engine/clients/os/nova.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import collections
 import email
 from email.mime import multipart
 from email.mime import text
-import logging
 import os
 import pkgutil
 import string
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@ import string
 from novaclient import client as nc
 from novaclient import exceptions
 from oslo_config import cfg
+from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslo_serialization import jsonutils
 from oslo_utils import uuidutils
 import six
diff --git a/heat/tests/common.py b/heat/tests/common.py
index 6889e2368b..cdbf28ce91 100644
--- a/heat/tests/common.py
+++ b/heat/tests/common.py
@@ -11,14 +11,13 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-
-import logging
 import os
 import sys
 
 import fixtures
 import mox
 from oslo_config import cfg
+from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslotest import mockpatch
 import testscenarios
 import testtools
@@ -60,7 +59,8 @@ class FakeLogMixin(object):
         self.LOG = self.useFixture(
             fixtures.FakeLogger(level=default_level, format=_LOG_FORMAT))
         base_list = set([nlog.split('.')[0]
-                         for nlog in logging.Logger.manager.loggerDict])
+                         for nlog in logging.logging.Logger.manager.loggerDict]
+                        )
         for base in base_list:
             if base in TEST_DEFAULT_LOGLEVELS:
                 self.useFixture(fixtures.FakeLogger(
diff --git a/heat/tests/test_stack_delete.py b/heat/tests/test_stack_delete.py
index a70741ab5e..944e4e06b7 100644
--- a/heat/tests/test_stack_delete.py
+++ b/heat/tests/test_stack_delete.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 import copy
 import fixtures
-import logging
+from oslo_log import log as logging
 import time
 
 from keystoneclient import exceptions as kc_exceptions