diff --git a/packages/stryker-api/logging.ts b/packages/stryker-api/logging.ts
index 106e0852d0..2a5f0aae51 100644
--- a/packages/stryker-api/logging.ts
+++ b/packages/stryker-api/logging.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-export { default as LoggerFactory } from './src/logging/LoggerFactory';
 export { default as Logger } from './src/logging/Logger';
 export { default as LoggerFactoryMethod } from './src/logging/LoggerFactoryMethod';
-export { default as getLogger } from './src/logging/getLogger';
diff --git a/packages/stryker-api/src/logging/LoggerFactory.ts b/packages/stryker-api/src/logging/LoggerFactory.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 54e08c4b9a..0000000000
--- a/packages/stryker-api/src/logging/LoggerFactory.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-import LoggerFactoryMethod from './LoggerFactoryMethod';
-import Logger from './Logger';
-
-const noopLogger: Logger = {
-  isTraceEnabled(): boolean { return false; },
-  isDebugEnabled(): boolean { return false; },
-  isInfoEnabled(): boolean { return false; },
-  isWarnEnabled(): boolean { return false; },
-  isErrorEnabled(): boolean { return false; },
-  isFatalEnabled(): boolean { return false; },
-  trace(): void { },
-  debug(): void { },
-  info(): void { },
-  warn(): void { },
-  error(): void { },
-  fatal(): void { }
-};
-
-let logImplementation: LoggerFactoryMethod = () => noopLogger;
-
-export default class LoggerFactory {
-
-  public static setLogImplementation(implementation: LoggerFactoryMethod) {
-    logImplementation = implementation;
-  }
-
-  public static getLogger: LoggerFactoryMethod = (categoryName?: string) => {
-    process.emitWarning(`DEPRECATED call to \`getLogger('${categoryName}')\` is deprecated. Stryker plugins should use dependency injection to let loggers be injected`);
-    return logImplementation(categoryName);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/stryker-api/src/logging/getLogger.ts b/packages/stryker-api/src/logging/getLogger.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d8bedde89..0000000000
--- a/packages/stryker-api/src/logging/getLogger.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import LoggerFactory from './LoggerFactory';
-import LoggerFactoryMethod from './LoggerFactoryMethod';
-
-const getLogger: LoggerFactoryMethod = LoggerFactory.getLogger;
-
-export default getLogger;
diff --git a/packages/stryker-javascript-mutator/test/helpers/LogMock.ts b/packages/stryker-javascript-mutator/test/helpers/LogMock.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 0cc86658b6..0000000000
--- a/packages/stryker-javascript-mutator/test/helpers/LogMock.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-import { Logger } from 'stryker-api/logging';
-import { SinonStub } from 'sinon';
-
-export default class LogMock implements Mock<Logger> {
-  public setLevel: SinonStub = sandbox.stub();
-  public isLevelEnabled = sandbox.stub();
-  public isTraceEnabled = sandbox.stub();
-  public isDebugEnabled = sandbox.stub();
-  public isInfoEnabled = sandbox.stub();
-  public isWarnEnabled = sandbox.stub();
-  public isErrorEnabled = sandbox.stub();
-  public isFatalEnabled = sandbox.stub();
-  public trace = sandbox.stub();
-  public debug = sandbox.stub();
-  public info = sandbox.stub();
-  public warn = sandbox.stub();
-  public error = sandbox.stub();
-  public fatal = sandbox.stub();
-}
diff --git a/packages/stryker-javascript-mutator/test/helpers/initSinon.ts b/packages/stryker-javascript-mutator/test/helpers/initSinon.ts
index d671b5f8cb..3f17ab7b90 100644
--- a/packages/stryker-javascript-mutator/test/helpers/initSinon.ts
+++ b/packages/stryker-javascript-mutator/test/helpers/initSinon.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 import * as sinon from 'sinon';
-import * as logging from 'stryker-api/logging';
-import LogMock from './LogMock';
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   global.sandbox = sinon.createSandbox();
-  global.logMock = new LogMock();
-  global.sandbox.stub(logging, 'getLogger').returns(global.logMock);
 });
 
 afterEach(() => {
diff --git a/packages/stryker/src/logging/LogConfigurator.ts b/packages/stryker/src/logging/LogConfigurator.ts
index f036164c04..fc17a3a2d7 100644
--- a/packages/stryker/src/logging/LogConfigurator.ts
+++ b/packages/stryker/src/logging/LogConfigurator.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import * as log4js from 'log4js';
-import { LoggerFactory } from 'stryker-api/logging';
 import { LogLevel } from 'stryker-api/core';
 import { minLevel } from './logUtils';
 import LoggingClientContext from './LoggingClientContext';
@@ -74,17 +73,12 @@ export default class LogConfigurator {
     };
   }
 
-  private static setImplementation(): void {
-    LoggerFactory.setLogImplementation(log4js.getLogger);
-  }
-
   /**
    * Configure logging for the master process. Either call this method or `configureChildProcess` before any `getLogger` calls.
    * @param consoleLogLevel The log level to configure for the console
    * @param fileLogLevel The log level to configure for the "stryker.log" file
    */
   public static configureMainProcess(consoleLogLevel: LogLevel = LogLevel.Information, fileLogLevel: LogLevel = LogLevel.Off, allowConsoleColors: boolean = true) {
-    this.setImplementation();
     const appenders = this.createMainProcessAppenders(consoleLogLevel, fileLogLevel, allowConsoleColors);
     log4js.configure(this.createLog4jsConfig(minLevel(consoleLogLevel, fileLogLevel), appenders));
   }
@@ -99,7 +93,6 @@ export default class LogConfigurator {
    * @returns the context
    */
   public static async configureLoggingServer(consoleLogLevel: LogLevel, fileLogLevel: LogLevel, allowConsoleColors: boolean): Promise<LoggingClientContext> {
-    this.setImplementation();
     const loggerPort = await getFreePort();
 
     // Include the appenders for the main Stryker process, as log4js has only one single `configure` method.
@@ -127,7 +120,6 @@ export default class LogConfigurator {
    * @param context the logging client context used to configure the logging client
    */
   public static configureChildProcess(context: LoggingClientContext) {
-    this.setImplementation();
     const clientAppender: log4js.MultiprocessAppender = { type: 'multiprocess', mode: 'worker', loggerPort: context.port };
     const appenders: AppendersConfiguration = { [AppenderName.All]: clientAppender };
     log4js.configure(this.createLog4jsConfig(context.level, appenders));