diff --git a/nova/availability_zones.py b/nova/availability_zones.py
index a491c9ad7..98e7f6e44 100644
--- a/nova/availability_zones.py
+++ b/nova/availability_zones.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 from oslo.config import cfg
 
 from nova import db
-from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
 
 availability_zone_opts = [
     cfg.StrOpt('internal_service_availability_zone',
@@ -32,8 +31,6 @@ availability_zone_opts = [
 CONF = cfg.CONF
 CONF.register_opts(availability_zone_opts)
 
-LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
 
 def set_availability_zones(context, services):
     # Makes sure services isn't a sqlalchemy object
diff --git a/nova/scheduler/filters/__init__.py b/nova/scheduler/filters/__init__.py
index 720c2807a..1359913e1 100644
--- a/nova/scheduler/filters/__init__.py
+++ b/nova/scheduler/filters/__init__.py
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ Scheduler host filters
 """
 
 from nova import filters
-from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
-
-LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class BaseHostFilter(filters.BaseFilter):
diff --git a/nova/scheduler/weights/__init__.py b/nova/scheduler/weights/__init__.py
index 321bb42b8..e3c7a07e8 100644
--- a/nova/scheduler/weights/__init__.py
+++ b/nova/scheduler/weights/__init__.py
@@ -19,10 +19,8 @@ Scheduler host weights
 
 from oslo.config import cfg
 
-from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
 from nova import weights
 
-LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 CONF = cfg.CONF
 
 
diff --git a/nova/test.py b/nova/test.py
index ac529534d..cc2466ff3 100644
--- a/nova/test.py
+++ b/nova/test.py
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ CONF.import_opt('sqlite_db', 'nova.openstack.common.db.sqlalchemy.session')
 CONF.set_override('use_stderr', False)
 
 logging.setup('nova')
-LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 _DB_CACHE = None
 
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_imagecache.py b/nova/tests/test_imagecache.py
index b225a2116..02cc7337a 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_imagecache.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_imagecache.py
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ CONF = cfg.CONF
 CONF.import_opt('compute_manager', 'nova.service')
 CONF.import_opt('host', 'nova.netconf')
 
-LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
 
 class ImageCacheManagerTestCase(test.TestCase):
 
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_instance_types.py b/nova/tests/test_instance_types.py
index 147ab25f7..5c8b4be14 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_instance_types.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_instance_types.py
@@ -23,11 +23,8 @@ from nova import db
 from nova.db.sqlalchemy import models
 from nova import exception
 from nova.openstack.common.db.sqlalchemy import session as sql_session
-from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
 from nova import test
 
-LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
 
 class InstanceTypeTestCase(test.TestCase):
     """Test cases for instance type code."""
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_libvirt.py b/nova/tests/test_libvirt.py
index 1413eb98c..e26c25ff1 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_libvirt.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_libvirt.py
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ from nova import exception
 from nova.openstack.common import fileutils
 from nova.openstack.common import importutils
 from nova.openstack.common import jsonutils
-from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
 from nova.openstack.common import uuidutils
 from nova import test
 from nova.tests import fake_libvirt_utils
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@ CONF.import_opt('compute_manager', 'nova.service')
 CONF.import_opt('host', 'nova.netconf')
 CONF.import_opt('my_ip', 'nova.netconf')
 CONF.import_opt('base_dir_name', 'nova.virt.libvirt.imagecache')
-LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 _fake_network_info = fake_network.fake_get_instance_nw_info
 _fake_stub_out_get_nw_info = fake_network.stub_out_nw_api_get_instance_nw_info
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_powervm.py b/nova/tests/test_powervm.py
index 0ba9dce9a..572c0f946 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_powervm.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_powervm.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ from nova.compute import instance_types
 from nova.compute import power_state
 from nova.compute import task_states
 from nova.network import model as network_model
-from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
 from nova.tests import fake_network_cache_model
 from nova.tests.image import fake
 from nova.virt import images
@@ -39,8 +38,6 @@ from nova.virt.powervm import exception
 from nova.virt.powervm import lpar
 from nova.virt.powervm import operator
 
-LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
 
 def fake_lpar(instance_name):
     return lpar.LPAR(name=instance_name,