diff --git a/cloudbaseinit/plugins/windows/winrmlistener.py b/cloudbaseinit/plugins/windows/winrmlistener.py
index 4dfc290e..9a2c8557 100644
--- a/cloudbaseinit/plugins/windows/winrmlistener.py
+++ b/cloudbaseinit/plugins/windows/winrmlistener.py
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ from cloudbaseinit.utils.windows import winrmconfig
 from cloudbaseinit.utils.windows import x509
 
 
-LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
 opts = [
     cfg.BoolOpt('winrm_enable_basic_auth', default=True,
                 help='Enables basic authentication for the WinRM '