diff --git a/i18n/extract.py b/i18n/extract.py
index 2cb4ebe118..c517de3b51 100755
--- a/i18n/extract.py
+++ b/i18n/extract.py
@@ -15,11 +15,10 @@ See https://edx-wiki.atlassian.net/wiki/display/ENG/PO+File+workflow
  
 """
 
-import os
+import os, sys, logging
 from datetime import datetime
 from polib import pofile
 
-from logger import get_logger
 from config import BASE_DIR, LOCALE_DIR, CONFIGURATION
 from execute import execute, create_dir_if_necessary, remove_file
 
@@ -34,7 +33,8 @@ BABEL_OUT = BASE_DIR.relpathto(CONFIGURATION.source_messages_dir.joinpath('mako.
 SOURCE_WARN = 'This English source file is machine-generated. Do not check it into github'
 
 def main ():
-    log = get_logger(__name__)
+    log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+    logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stdout, level=logging.INFO)
     create_dir_if_necessary(LOCALE_DIR)
     source_msgs_dir = CONFIGURATION.source_messages_dir
 
diff --git a/i18n/generate.py b/i18n/generate.py
index 1deb1beeae..48470796a2 100755
--- a/i18n/generate.py
+++ b/i18n/generate.py
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@
  languages to generate.
 """
 
-import os
+import os, sys, logging
 from polib import pofile
 
-from logger import get_logger
 from config import BASE_DIR, CONFIGURATION
 from execute import execute, remove_file
 
@@ -72,7 +71,8 @@ def validate_files(dir, files_to_merge):
             raise Exception("I18N: Cannot generate because file not found: {0}".format(pathname))
 
 def main ():
-    log = get_logger(__name__)
+    log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+    logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stdout, level=logging.INFO)
 
     for locale in CONFIGURATION.locales:
         merge(locale)
diff --git a/i18n/logger.py b/i18n/logger.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 20d767a032..0000000000
--- a/i18n/logger.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-import logging
-
-def get_logger(name):
-    """
-    Returns a default logger.
-    logging.basicConfig does not render to the console
-    """
-    log = logging.getLogger()
-    log.setLevel(logging.INFO)
-    log_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
-    log_handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(message)s'))
-    log.addHandler(log_handler)
-    return log
diff --git a/i18n/tests/test_validate.py b/i18n/tests/test_validate.py
index 6bb7164a50..67057a30e7 100644
--- a/i18n/tests/test_validate.py
+++ b/i18n/tests/test_validate.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-import os
+import os, sys, logging
 from unittest import TestCase
 from nose.plugins.skip import SkipTest
 
-from logger import get_logger
 from config import LOCALE_DIR
 from execute import call
         
@@ -10,10 +9,11 @@ def test_po_files(root=LOCALE_DIR):
     """
     This is a generator. It yields all of the .po files under root, and tests each one.
     """
-    log = get_logger(__name__)
+    log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+    logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stdout, level=logging.INFO)
+    
     for (dirpath, dirnames, filenames) in os.walk(root):
         for name in filenames:
-            print name
             (base, ext) = os.path.splitext(name)
             if ext.lower() == '.po':
                 yield validate_po_file, os.path.join(dirpath, name), log