diff --git a/internal/logger/jsonl_logger.go b/internal/logger/jsonl_logger.go
index 03097d66..4308089e 100644
--- a/internal/logger/jsonl_logger.go
+++ b/internal/logger/jsonl_logger.go
@@ -63,14 +63,6 @@ func (jl *JSONLLogger) Close() error {
 	return closeLogFile(jl.logFile, &jl.mu, "JSONL")
 }
 
-// sanitizePayload sanitizes a payload by applying regex patterns to the entire string
-// It takes raw bytes, applies regex sanitization in one pass, and returns sanitized bytes
-// This function is deprecated and will be removed in a future version.
-// Use sanitize.SanitizeJSON() directly instead.
-func sanitizePayload(payloadBytes []byte) json.RawMessage {
-	return sanitize.SanitizeJSON(payloadBytes)
-}
-
 // LogMessage logs an RPC message to the JSONL file
 func (jl *JSONLLogger) LogMessage(entry *JSONLRPCMessage) error {
 	jl.mu.Lock()
@@ -113,7 +105,7 @@ func LogRPCMessageJSONL(direction RPCMessageDirection, messageType RPCMessageTyp
 		Type:      string(messageType),
 		ServerID:  serverID,
 		Method:    method,
-		Payload:   sanitizePayload(payloadBytes),
+		Payload:   sanitize.SanitizeJSON(payloadBytes),
 	}
 
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/logger/jsonl_logger_test.go b/internal/logger/jsonl_logger_test.go
index e9fa0bf2..6ae8f2b9 100644
--- a/internal/logger/jsonl_logger_test.go
+++ b/internal/logger/jsonl_logger_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/githubnext/gh-aw-mcpg/internal/logger/sanitize"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
@@ -170,9 +171,9 @@ func TestSanitizePayload(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			result := sanitizePayload([]byte(tt.input))
+			result := sanitize.SanitizeJSON([]byte(tt.input))
 
-			require.NotNil(t, result, "sanitizePayload returned nil")
+			require.NotNil(t, result, "sanitize.SanitizeJSON returned nil")
 
 			// The result is already a sanitized string
 			sanitizedStr := string(result)
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ func TestSanitizePayloadWithNestedStructures(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}`
 
-	result := sanitizePayload([]byte(input))
+	result := sanitize.SanitizeJSON([]byte(input))
 
 	// The result is already a sanitized string
 	sanitizedStr := string(result)
@@ -398,7 +399,7 @@ func TestSanitizePayloadCompactsJSON(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}`
 
-	result := sanitizePayload([]byte(multilineJSON))
+	result := sanitize.SanitizeJSON([]byte(multilineJSON))
 
 	// The result should not contain newlines
 	resultStr := string(result)
diff --git a/internal/logger/markdown_logger.go b/internal/logger/markdown_logger.go
index 8c849020..9831c6ce 100644
--- a/internal/logger/markdown_logger.go
+++ b/internal/logger/markdown_logger.go
@@ -82,13 +82,6 @@ func (ml *MarkdownLogger) Close() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// sanitizeSecrets replaces potential secrets with [REDACTED]
-// This function is deprecated and will be removed in a future version.
-// Use sanitize.SanitizeString() directly instead.
-func sanitizeSecrets(message string) string {
-	return sanitize.SanitizeString(message)
-}
-
 // getEmojiForLevel returns the appropriate emoji for the log level
 func getEmojiForLevel(level LogLevel) string {
 	switch level {
@@ -122,7 +115,7 @@ func (ml *MarkdownLogger) Log(level LogLevel, category, format string, args ...i
 	message := fmt.Sprintf(format, args...)
 
 	// Sanitize potential secrets
-	message = sanitizeSecrets(message)
+	message = sanitize.SanitizeString(message)
 
 	emoji := getEmojiForLevel(level)