diff --git a/bugwarrior/command.py b/bugwarrior/command.py
index e40424654..2ffa5a6f0 100644
--- a/bugwarrior/command.py
+++ b/bugwarrior/command.py
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 import os
 
-from twiggy import log
 from lockfile import LockTimeout
 from lockfile.pidlockfile import PIDLockFile
 
-import twiggy
 import getpass
 import keyring
 import click
@@ -16,6 +14,9 @@
     synchronize,
 )
 
+import logging
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 # We overwrite 'list' further down.
 lst = list
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ def pull(dry_run, flavor, interactive, debug):
 
     Relies on configuration in bugwarriorrc
     """
-    twiggy.quickSetup()
+
     try:
         main_section = _get_section_name(flavor)
 
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ def pull(dry_run, flavor, interactive, debug):
         finally:
             lockfile.release()
     except LockTimeout:
-        log.name('command').critical(
+        log.critical(
             'Your taskrc repository is currently locked. '
             'Remove the file at %s if you are sure no other '
             'bugwarrior processes are currently running.' % (
@@ -64,9 +65,9 @@ def pull(dry_run, flavor, interactive, debug):
             )
         )
     except RuntimeError as e:
-        log.name('command').critical("Aborted (%s)" % e)
+        log.critical("Aborted (%s)" % e)
     except:
-        log.name('command').trace('error').critical('oh noes')
+        log.exception('oh noes')
 
 
 @click.group()
diff --git a/bugwarrior/config.py b/bugwarrior/config.py
index b61b3f639..c122eb12d 100644
--- a/bugwarrior/config.py
+++ b/bugwarrior/config.py
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 import sys
 
 import six
-import twiggy
-from twiggy import log
-from twiggy.levels import name2level
 from xdg import BaseDirectory
 
+import logging
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 def asbool(some_value):
     """ Cast config values to boolean. """
@@ -90,16 +90,16 @@ def load_example_rc():
 error_template = """
 *************************************************
 * There was a problem with your bugwarriorrc    *
-*   {msg}
+*   {error_msg}
 * Here's an example template to help:           *
 *************************************************
 {example}"""
 
 
-def die(msg):
-    log.options(suppress_newlines=False).critical(
+def die(error_msg):
+    log.critical(
         error_template,
-        msg=msg,
+        error_msg=error_msg,
         example=load_example_rc(),
     )
     sys.exit(1)
@@ -109,11 +109,22 @@ def validate_config(config, main_section):
     if not config.has_section(main_section):
         die("No [%s] section found." % main_section)
 
-    twiggy.quickSetup(
-        name2level(config.get(main_section, 'log.level')),
-        config.get(main_section, 'log.file')
+    logging.basicConfig(
+        level=getattr(logging, config.get(main_section, 'log.level')),
+        filename=config.get(main_section, 'log.file'),
     )
 
+    # In general, its nice to log "everything", but some of the loggers from
+    # our dependencies are very very spammy.  Here, we silence most of their
+    # noise:
+    spammers = [
+        'bugzilla.base',
+        'bugzilla.bug',
+        'requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool',
+    ]
+    for spammer in spammers:
+        logging.getLogger(spammer).setLevel(logging.WARN)
+
     if not config.has_option(main_section, 'targets'):
         die("No targets= item in [%s] found." % main_section)
 
@@ -141,7 +152,7 @@ def validate_config(config, main_section):
 
 
 def load_config(main_section, interactive=False):
-    config = ConfigParser({'log.level': "DEBUG", 'log.file': None})
+    config = ConfigParser({'log.level': "INFO", 'log.file': None})
     path = None
     first_path = BaseDirectory.load_first_config('bugwarrior')
     if first_path is not None:
diff --git a/bugwarrior/db.py b/bugwarrior/db.py
index 3ba0c4338..98fe43f71 100644
--- a/bugwarrior/db.py
+++ b/bugwarrior/db.py
@@ -8,13 +8,15 @@
 import requests
 import dogpile.cache
 import six
-from twiggy import log
 from taskw import TaskWarriorShellout
 from taskw.exceptions import TaskwarriorError
 
 from bugwarrior.config import asbool, get_taskrc_path
 from bugwarrior.notifications import send_notification
 
+import logging
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 MARKUP = "(bw)"
 
@@ -66,17 +68,6 @@ def get_normalized_annotation(annotation):
     )
 
 
-def sanitize(string):
-    """ Sanitize a string for logging with twiggy.
-
-    It is obnoxious that we have to do this ourselves, but twiggy doesn't like
-    strings with non-ascii characters or with curly braces in them.
-    """
-    if not isinstance(string, six.string_types):
-        return string
-    return six.text_type(string.replace('{', '{{').replace('}', '}}'))
-
-
 def get_annotation_hamming_distance(left, right):
     left = get_normalized_annotation(left)
     right = get_normalized_annotation(right)
@@ -256,19 +247,12 @@ def merge_left(field, local_task, remote_issue, hamming=False):
                 found = True
                 break
         if not found:
-            log.name('db').debug(
-                "%s not found in %r" % (remote, local_field)
-            )
+            log.debug("%s not found in %r" % (remote, local_field))
             local_task[field].append(remote)
             new_count += 1
     if new_count > 0:
-        log.name('db').debug(
-            'Added %s new values to %s (total: %s)' % (
-                new_count,
-                field,
-                len(local_task[field]),
-            )
-        )
+        log.debug('Added %s new values to %s (total: %s)' % (
+            new_count, field, len(local_task[field]),))
 
 
 def run_hooks(conf, name):
@@ -283,7 +267,7 @@ def run_hooks(conf, name):
                     msg = 'Non-zero exit code %d on hook %s' % (
                         exit_code, hook
                     )
-                    log.name('hooks:%s' % name).error(msg)
+                    log.error(msg)
                     raise RuntimeError(msg)
 
 
@@ -300,7 +284,7 @@ def _bool_option(section, option, default):
     uda_list = build_uda_config_overrides(services)
 
     if uda_list:
-        log.name('bugwarrior').info(
+        log.info(
             'Service-defined UDAs exist: you can optionally use the '
             '`bugwarrior-uda` command to export a list of UDAs you can '
             'add to your ~/.taskrc file.'
@@ -366,20 +350,16 @@ def _bool_option(section, option, default):
                 issue_updates['closed'].remove(existing_uuid)
 
         except MultipleMatches as e:
-            log.name('db').error("Multiple matches: {0}", six.text_type(e))
-            log.name('db').trace(e)
+            log.exception("Multiple matches: %s", six.text_type(e))
         except NotFound:
             issue_updates['new'].append(dict(issue))
 
     notreally = ' (not really)' if dry_run else ''
     # Add new issues
-    log.name('db').info("Adding {0} tasks", len(issue_updates['new']))
+    log.info("Adding %i tasks", len(issue_updates['new']))
     for issue in issue_updates['new']:
-        log.name('db').info(
-            "Adding task {0}{1}",
-            issue['description'].encode("utf-8"),
-            notreally
-        )
+        log.info("Adding task %s%s",
+            issue['description'].encode("utf-8"), notreally)
         if dry_run:
             continue
         if notify:
@@ -388,10 +368,9 @@ def _bool_option(section, option, default):
         try:
             tw.task_add(**issue)
         except TaskwarriorError as e:
-            log.name('db').error("Unable to add task: %s" % e.stderr)
-            log.name('db').trace(e)
+            log.exception("Unable to add task: %s" % e.stderr)
 
-    log.name('db').info("Updating {0} tasks", len(issue_updates['changed']))
+    log.info("Updating %i tasks", len(issue_updates['changed']))
     for issue in issue_updates['changed']:
         changes = '; '.join([
             '{field}: {f} -> {t}'.format(
@@ -401,8 +380,8 @@ def _bool_option(section, option, default):
             )
             for field, ch in six.iteritems(issue.get_changes(keep=True))
         ])
-        log.name('db').info(
-            "Updating task {0}, {1}; {2}{3}",
+        log.info(
+            "Updating task %s, %s; %s%s",
             six.text_type(issue['uuid']).encode("utf-8"),
             issue['description'].encode("utf-8"),
             changes,
@@ -414,14 +393,13 @@ def _bool_option(section, option, default):
         try:
             tw.task_update(issue)
         except TaskwarriorError as e:
-            log.name('db').error("Unable to modify task: %s" % e.stderr)
-            log.name('db').trace(e)
+            log.exception("Unable to modify task: %s" % e.stderr)
 
-    log.name('db').info("Closing {0} tasks", len(issue_updates['closed']))
+    log.info("Closing %i tasks", len(issue_updates['closed']))
     for issue in issue_updates['closed']:
         _, task_info = tw.get_task(uuid=issue)
-        log.name('db').info(
-            "Completing task {0} {1}{2}",
+        log.info(
+            "Completing task %s %s%s",
             issue,
             task_info.get('description', '').encode('utf-8'),
             notreally
@@ -435,8 +413,7 @@ def _bool_option(section, option, default):
         try:
             tw.task_done(uuid=issue)
         except TaskwarriorError as e:
-            log.name('db').error("Unable to close task: %s" % e.stderr)
-            log.name('db').trace(e)
+            log.exception("Unable to close task: %s" % e.stderr)
 
     # Send notifications
     if notify:
diff --git a/bugwarrior/services/__init__.py b/bugwarrior/services/__init__.py
index 7743da8d7..768f0c3d0 100644
--- a/bugwarrior/services/__init__.py
+++ b/bugwarrior/services/__init__.py
@@ -11,13 +11,15 @@
 from jinja2 import Template
 import pytz
 import six
-from twiggy import log
 
 from taskw.task import Task
 
 from bugwarrior.config import asbool, die, get_service_password
 from bugwarrior.db import MARKUP, URLShortener
 
+import logging
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 # Sentinels for process completion status
 SERVICE_FINISHED_OK = 0
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ def __init__(self, config, main_section, target):
         if config.has_option(self.target, 'default_priority'):
             self.default_priority = config.get(self.target, 'default_priority')
 
-        log.name(target).info("Working on [{0}]", self.target)
+        log.info("Working on [%s]", self.target)
 
     def get_templates(self):
         """ Get any defined templates for configuration values.
@@ -514,34 +516,28 @@ def _aggregate_issues(conf, main_section, target, queue, service_name):
             queue.put(issue)
             issue_count += 1
     except SystemExit as e:
-        log.name(target).critical(str(e))
+        log.critical(str(e))
         queue.put((SERVICE_FINISHED_ERROR, (target, e)))
     except BaseException as e:
-        log.name(target).trace('error').critical(
-            "Worker for [%s] failed: %s" % (target, e)
-        )
-        queue.put(
-            (SERVICE_FINISHED_ERROR, (target, e))
-        )
+        log.exception("Worker for [%s] failed: %s" % (target, e))
+        queue.put((SERVICE_FINISHED_ERROR, (target, e)))
     else:
-        queue.put(
-            (SERVICE_FINISHED_OK, (target, issue_count, ))
-        )
+        queue.put((SERVICE_FINISHED_OK, (target, issue_count, )))
     finally:
         duration = time.time() - start
-        log.name(target).info("Done with [%s] in %fs" % (target, duration))
+        log.info("Done with [%s] in %fs" % (target, duration))
 
 
 def aggregate_issues(conf, main_section, debug):
     """ Return all issues from every target. """
-    log.name('bugwarrior').info("Starting to aggregate remote issues.")
+    log.info("Starting to aggregate remote issues.")
 
     # Create and call service objects for every target in the config
     targets = [t.strip() for t in conf.get(main_section, 'targets').split(',')]
 
     queue = multiprocessing.Queue()
 
-    log.name('bugwarrior').info("Spawning %i workers." % len(targets))
+    log.info("Spawning %i workers." % len(targets))
     processes = []
 
     if debug:
@@ -575,7 +571,7 @@ def aggregate_issues(conf, main_section, debug):
             completion_type, args = issue
             if completion_type == SERVICE_FINISHED_ERROR:
                 target, e = args
-                log.name('bugwarrior').info("Terminating workers")
+                log.info("Terminating workers")
                 for process in processes:
                     process.terminate()
                 raise RuntimeError(
@@ -584,4 +580,4 @@ def aggregate_issues(conf, main_section, debug):
             continue
         yield issue
 
-    log.name('bugwarrior').info("Done aggregating remote issues.")
+    log.info("Done aggregating remote issues.")
diff --git a/bugwarrior/services/activecollab.py b/bugwarrior/services/activecollab.py
index bb089a73c..a614e07d3 100644
--- a/bugwarrior/services/activecollab.py
+++ b/bugwarrior/services/activecollab.py
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import re
 
 import pypandoc
-from twiggy import log
 from pyac.library import activeCollab
 from bugwarrior.services import IssueService, Issue
 from bugwarrior.config import die
 
+import logging
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class ActiveCollabClient(object):
     def __init__(self, url, key, user_id):
@@ -242,8 +244,8 @@ def issues(self):
                             subtask['task_id'] = task['task_id']
                             subtask['milestone'] = task['milestone']
                             issues.append(subtask)
-        log.name(self.target).debug(" Found {0} total", task_count)
-        log.name(self.target).debug(" Pruned down to {0}", len(issues))
+        log.debug(" Found %i total", task_count)
+        log.debug(" Pruned down to %i", len(issues))
         for issue in issues:
             issue_obj = self.get_issue_for_record(issue)
             extra = {
diff --git a/bugwarrior/services/activecollab2.py b/bugwarrior/services/activecollab2.py
index 7dc69012c..3efcba2a5 100644
--- a/bugwarrior/services/activecollab2.py
+++ b/bugwarrior/services/activecollab2.py
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
 
 import six
 import requests
-from twiggy import log
 
 from bugwarrior.services import IssueService, Issue, ServiceClient
 from bugwarrior.config import die
 
+import logging
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class ActiveCollab2Client(ServiceClient):
     def __init__(self, url, key, user_id, projects, target):
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ def get_issue_generator(self, user_id, project_id, project_name):
             assigned_task = self.get_task_dict(project_id, key, task)
 
             if assigned_task:
-                log.name(self.target).debug(
+                log.debug(
                     " Adding '" + assigned_task['description'] +
                     "' to task list.")
                 yield assigned_task
@@ -207,7 +209,7 @@ def issues(self):
         projects = self.projects
         for project in projects:
             for project_id, project_name in project.iteritems():
-                log.name(self.target).debug(
+                log.debug(
                     " Getting tasks for #" + project_id +
                     " " + project_name + '"')
                 issue_generators.append(
@@ -216,8 +218,7 @@ def issues(self):
                     )
                 )
 
-        log.name(self.target).debug(
-            " Elapsed Time: %s" % (time.time() - start))
+        log.debug(" Elapsed Time: %s" % (time.time() - start))
 
         for record in itertools.chain(*issue_generators):
             yield self.get_issue_for_record(record)
diff --git a/bugwarrior/services/bitbucket.py b/bugwarrior/services/bitbucket.py
index d8e3e9054..283e50587 100644
--- a/bugwarrior/services/bitbucket.py
+++ b/bugwarrior/services/bitbucket.py
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import requests
-from twiggy import log
 
 from bugwarrior import data
 from bugwarrior.services import IssueService, Issue, ServiceClient
 from bugwarrior.config import asbool, die
 
+import logging
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 class BitbucketIssue(Issue):
     TITLE = 'bitbuckettitle'
@@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ def issues(self):
         ])
 
         issues = sum([self.fetch_issues(repo) for repo in repo_tags], [])
-        log.name(self.target).debug(" Found {0} total.", len(issues))
+        log.debug(" Found %i total.", len(issues))
 
         closed = ['resolved', 'duplicate', 'wontfix', 'invalid', 'closed']
         try:
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ def issues(self):
         except KeyError:  # Undocumented API change.
             issues = filter(lambda tup: tup[1]['state'] not in closed, issues)
         issues = filter(self.include, issues)
-        log.name(self.target).debug(" Pruned down to {0}", len(issues))
+        log.debug(" Pruned down to %i", len(issues))
 
         for tag, issue in issues:
             issue_obj = self.get_issue_for_record(issue)
@@ -239,13 +240,13 @@ def issues(self):
         if not self.filter_merge_requests:
             pull_requests = sum(
                 [self.fetch_pull_requests(repo) for repo in repo_tags], [])
-            log.name(self.target).debug(" Found {0} total.", len(pull_requests))
+            log.debug(" Found %i total.", len(pull_requests))
 
             closed = ['rejected', 'fulfilled']
             not_resolved = lambda tup: tup[1]['state'] not in closed
             pull_requests = filter(not_resolved, pull_requests)
             pull_requests = filter(self.include, pull_requests)
-            log.name(self.target).debug(" Pruned down to {0}", len(pull_requests))
+            log.debug(" Pruned down to %i", len(pull_requests))
 
             for tag, issue in pull_requests:
                 issue_obj = self.get_issue_for_record(issue)
diff --git a/bugwarrior/services/bz.py b/bugwarrior/services/bz.py
index 8f316cf54..5cbca85c0 100644
--- a/bugwarrior/services/bz.py
+++ b/bugwarrior/services/bz.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import bugzilla
-from twiggy import log
 
 import time
 import pytz
@@ -9,6 +8,9 @@
 from bugwarrior.config import die, asbool
 from bugwarrior.services import IssueService, Issue
 
+import logging
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class BugzillaIssue(Issue):
     URL = 'bugzillaurl'
@@ -113,7 +115,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kw):
             'include_needinfos', False, to_type=lambda x: x == "True")
         self.open_statuses = self.config_get_default(
             'open_statuses', _open_statuses, to_type=lambda x: x.split(','))
-        log.name(self.target).debug(" filtering on statuses: {0}", self.open_statuses)
+        log.debug(" filtering on statuses: %r", self.open_statuses)
 
         # So more modern bugzilla's require that we specify
         # query_format=advanced along with the xmlrpc request.
@@ -235,7 +237,7 @@ def issues(self):
         ]
 
         issues = [(self.target, bug) for bug in bugs]
-        log.name(self.target).debug(" Found {0} total.", len(issues))
+        log.debug(" Found %i total.", len(issues))
 
         # Build a url for each issue
         base_url = "https://%s/show_bug.cgi?id=" % (self.base_uri)
diff --git a/bugwarrior/services/github.py b/bugwarrior/services/github.py
index 617b7cd43..42c7e3208 100644
--- a/bugwarrior/services/github.py
+++ b/bugwarrior/services/github.py
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
 
 import requests
 from jinja2 import Template
-from twiggy import log
 
 from bugwarrior.config import asbool, die
 from bugwarrior.services import IssueService, Issue, ServiceClient
 
+import logging
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class GithubClient(ServiceClient):
     def __init__(self, auth):
@@ -284,7 +286,7 @@ def get_involved_issues(self, user):
             url = issue['html_url']
             tag = re.match('.*github\\.com/(.*)/(issues|pull)/[^/]*$', url)
             if tag is None:
-                log.name(self.target).critical(" Unrecognized issue URL: {0}.", url)
+                log.critical(" Unrecognized issue URL: %s.", url)
                 continue
             issues[url] = (tag.group(1), issue)
         return issues
@@ -313,7 +315,7 @@ def annotations(self, tag, issue, issue_obj):
         annotations = []
         if self.annotation_comments:
             comments = self._comments(tag, issue['number'])
-            log.name(self.target).debug(" got comments for {0}", issue['html_url'])
+            log.debug(" got comments for %s", issue['html_url'])
             annotations = ((
                 c['user']['login'],
                 c['body'],
@@ -373,9 +375,9 @@ def issues(self):
                 )
         if self.config_get_default('include_user_issues', True, asbool):
             issues.update(self.get_directly_assigned_issues())
-        log.name(self.target).debug(" Found {0} issues.", len(issues))
+        log.debug(" Found %i issues.", len(issues))
         issues = filter(self.include, issues.values())
-        log.name(self.target).debug(" Pruned down to {0} issues.", len(issues))
+        log.debug(" Pruned down to %i issues.", len(issues))
 
         for tag, issue in issues:
             # Stuff this value into the upstream dict for:
diff --git a/bugwarrior/services/gitlab.py b/bugwarrior/services/gitlab.py
index 4974b64ce..0911ee32b 100644
--- a/bugwarrior/services/gitlab.py
+++ b/bugwarrior/services/gitlab.py
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@
 import six
 
 from jinja2 import Template
-from twiggy import log
 
 from bugwarrior.config import asbool, die
 from bugwarrior.services import IssueService, Issue, ServiceClient
 
+import logging
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class GitlabIssue(Issue):
     TITLE = 'gitlabtitle'
@@ -354,9 +356,9 @@ def issues(self):
             issues.update(
                 self.get_repo_issues(rid)
             )
-        log.name(self.target).debug(" Found {0} issues.", len(issues))
+        log.debug(" Found %i issues.", len(issues))
         issues = filter(self.include, issues.values())
-        log.name(self.target).debug(" Pruned down to {0} issues.", len(issues))
+        log.debug(" Pruned down to %i issues.", len(issues))
 
         for rid, issue in issues:
             repo = repo_map[rid]
@@ -380,9 +382,9 @@ def issues(self):
                 merge_requests.update(
                     self.get_repo_merge_requests(rid)
                 )
-            log.name(self.target).debug(" Found {0} merge requests.", len(merge_requests))
+            log.debug(" Found %i merge requests.", len(merge_requests))
             merge_requests = filter(self.include, merge_requests.values())
-            log.name(self.target).debug(" Pruned down to {0} merge requests.", len(merge_requests))
+            log.debug(" Pruned down to %i merge requests.", len(merge_requests))
 
             for rid, issue in merge_requests:
                 repo = repo_map[rid]
diff --git a/bugwarrior/services/mplan.py b/bugwarrior/services/mplan.py
index da58c388e..1ac2648a5 100644
--- a/bugwarrior/services/mplan.py
+++ b/bugwarrior/services/mplan.py
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import megaplan
-from twiggy import log
 
 from bugwarrior.config import die
 from bugwarrior.services import IssueService, Issue
 
+import logging
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class MegaplanIssue(Issue):
     URL = 'megaplanurl'
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ def validate_config(cls, config, target):
 
     def issues(self):
         issues = self.client.get_actual_tasks()
-        log.name(self.target).debug(" Found {0} total.", len(issues))
+        log.debug(" Found %i total.", len(issues))
 
         for issue in issues:
             yield self.get_issue_for_record(issue)
diff --git a/bugwarrior/services/pagure.py b/bugwarrior/services/pagure.py
index 1e4c8d499..117be0056 100644
--- a/bugwarrior/services/pagure.py
+++ b/bugwarrior/services/pagure.py
@@ -6,11 +6,14 @@
 import requests
 
 from jinja2 import Template
-from twiggy import log
 
 from bugwarrior.config import asbool, die
 from bugwarrior.services import IssueService, Issue
 
+import logging
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
 class PagureIssue(Issue):
     TITLE = 'paguretitle'
     DATE_CREATED = 'paguredatecreated'
@@ -204,9 +207,9 @@ def issues(self):
             issues.extend(self.get_issues(repo, ('issues', 'issues')))
             issues.extend(self.get_issues(repo, ('pull-requests', 'requests')))
 
-        log.name(self.target).debug(" Found {0} issues.", len(issues))
+        log.debug(" Found %i issues.", len(issues))
         issues = filter(self.include, issues)
-        log.name(self.target).debug(" Pruned down to {0} issues.", len(issues))
+        log.debug(" Pruned down to %i issues.", len(issues))
 
         for repo, issue in issues:
             # Stuff this value into the upstream dict for:
diff --git a/bugwarrior/services/phab.py b/bugwarrior/services/phab.py
index 8f0b4132f..bd6f87c7e 100644
--- a/bugwarrior/services/phab.py
+++ b/bugwarrior/services/phab.py
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 import six
-from twiggy import log
 
 from bugwarrior.services import IssueService, Issue
 
 # This comes from PyPI
 import phabricator
 
+import logging
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
 class PhabricatorIssue(Issue):
     TITLE = 'phabricatortitle'
     URL = 'phabricatorurl'
@@ -92,7 +95,7 @@ def issues(self):
             issues = self.api.maniphest.query(status='status-open')
             issues = list(issues.iteritems())
 
-        log.name(self.target).info("Found %i issues" % len(issues))
+        log.info("Found %i issues" % len(issues))
 
         for phid, issue in issues:
 
@@ -135,7 +138,7 @@ def issues(self):
         diffs = self.api.differential.query(status='status-open')
         diffs = list(diffs)
 
-        log.name(self.target).info("Found %i differentials" % len(diffs))
+        log.info("Found %i differentials" % len(diffs))
 
         for diff in list(diffs):
 
diff --git a/bugwarrior/services/redmine.py b/bugwarrior/services/redmine.py
index 76d0aebc6..cbc078009 100644
--- a/bugwarrior/services/redmine.py
+++ b/bugwarrior/services/redmine.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import six
 import requests
-from twiggy import log
 
 from bugwarrior.config import die
 from bugwarrior.services import Issue, IssueService, ServiceClient
 
+import logging
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class RedMineClient(ServiceClient):
     def __init__(self, url, key, auth):
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@ def validate_config(cls, config, target):
 
     def issues(self):
         issues = self.client.find_issues(self.user_id)
-        log.name(self.target).debug(" Found {0} total.", len(issues))
+        log.debug(" Found %i total.", len(issues))
 
         for issue in issues:
             yield self.get_issue_for_record(issue)
diff --git a/bugwarrior/services/teamlab.py b/bugwarrior/services/teamlab.py
index 9be1df5af..c12584a67 100644
--- a/bugwarrior/services/teamlab.py
+++ b/bugwarrior/services/teamlab.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import six
 import requests
-from twiggy import log
 
 from bugwarrior.config import die
 from bugwarrior.services import Issue, IssueService, ServiceClient
 
+import logging
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class TeamLabClient(ServiceClient):
     def __init__(self, hostname, verbose=False):
@@ -138,13 +140,11 @@ def validate_config(cls, config, target):
 
     def issues(self):
         issues = self.client.get_task_list()
-        log.name(self.target).debug(
-            " Remote has {0} total issues.", len(issues))
+        log.debug(" Remote has %i total issues.", len(issues))
 
         # Filter out closed tasks.
         issues = filter(lambda i: i["status"] == 1, issues)
-        log.name(self.target).debug(
-            " Remote has {0} active issues.", len(issues))
+        log.debug(" Remote has %i active issues.", len(issues))
 
         for issue in issues:
             yield self.get_issue_for_record(issue)
diff --git a/bugwarrior/services/trac.py b/bugwarrior/services/trac.py
index 5a096c3f1..3bad8a917 100644
--- a/bugwarrior/services/trac.py
+++ b/bugwarrior/services/trac.py
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
 import csv
 import cStringIO as StringIO
 import requests
-from twiggy import log
 import urllib
 
 from bugwarrior.config import die
 from bugwarrior.services import Issue, IssueService
 
+import logging
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class TracIssue(Issue):
     SUMMARY = 'tracsummary'
@@ -153,10 +155,10 @@ def issues(self):
                 issues[i][1]['url'] = "%s/ticket/%s" % (base_url, tickets[i]['id'])
                 issues[i][1]['number'] = int(tickets[i]['id'])
 
-        log.name(self.target).debug(" Found {0} total.", len(issues))
+        log.debug(" Found %i total.", len(issues))
 
         issues = filter(self.include, issues)
-        log.name(self.target).debug(" Pruned down to {0}", len(issues))
+        log.debug(" Pruned down to %i", len(issues))
 
         for project, issue in issues:
             issue_obj = self.get_issue_for_record(issue)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2fb1dda98..dadaa0da4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
       include_package_data=True,
       zip_safe=False,
       install_requires=[
-          "twiggy",
           "requests",
           "offtrac",
           "python-bugzilla",