diff --git a/monasca_setup/detection/plugins/http_check.py b/monasca_setup/detection/plugins/http_check.py
index 3e1f6367..47606e9e 100644
--- a/monasca_setup/detection/plugins/http_check.py
+++ b/monasca_setup/detection/plugins/http_check.py
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 # (C) Copyright 2015-2016 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Company LP
 
 import ast
-import logging
 
 import monasca_setup.agent_config
 import monasca_setup.detection
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
 
 class HttpCheck(monasca_setup.detection.ArgsPlugin):
     """Setup an http_check according to the passed in args.
diff --git a/monasca_setup/detection/utils.py b/monasca_setup/detection/utils.py
index c5342430..b52e8037 100644
--- a/monasca_setup/detection/utils.py
+++ b/monasca_setup/detection/utils.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 """ Util functions to assist in detection.
 """
-import logging
 import subprocess
 from subprocess import CalledProcessError
 from subprocess import PIPE
@@ -11,9 +10,6 @@ from subprocess import Popen
 from monasca_agent.common.psutil_wrapper import psutil
 from monasca_setup import agent_config
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
 # check_output was introduced in python 2.7, function added
 # to accommodate python 2.6
 try:
diff --git a/tests_to_fix/test_cacti.py b/tests_to_fix/test_cacti.py
index 70eb3bf0..aad402dc 100644
--- a/tests_to_fix/test_cacti.py
+++ b/tests_to_fix/test_cacti.py
@@ -2,11 +2,8 @@ from common import get_check
 
 import unittest
 import os
-import logging
 import shutil
 
-log = logging.getLogger()
-
 CONFIG = """
 init_config:
 
diff --git a/tests_to_fix/test_postfix.py b/tests_to_fix/test_postfix.py
index 2b81b063..cf4e6695 100644
--- a/tests_to_fix/test_postfix.py
+++ b/tests_to_fix/test_postfix.py
@@ -5,13 +5,9 @@ import unittest
 import os
 import binascii
 import re
-import logging
 import shutil
 from nose.plugins.skip import SkipTest
 
-log = logging.getLogger()
-
-
 class TestPostfix(unittest.TestCase):
     #
     # you can execute this dd-agent unit test via python's nose tool