diff --git a/ceilometerclient/shell.py b/ceilometerclient/shell.py
index fa847ff4..1ff78893 100644
--- a/ceilometerclient/shell.py
+++ b/ceilometerclient/shell.py
@@ -226,10 +226,6 @@ class CeilometerShell(object):
                 level=logging.DEBUG)
 
             httplib2.debuglevel = 1
-        else:
-            logging.basicConfig(
-                format="%(levelname)s %(message)s",
-                level=logging.INFO)
 
     def main(self, argv):
         # Parse args once to find version