diff --git a/distutils/_log.py b/distutils/_log.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..129cb18a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distutils/_log.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import logging
+
+
+log = logging.getLogger('distutils')
diff --git a/distutils/_msvccompiler.py b/distutils/_msvccompiler.py
index d25dec1c..8b4023c4 100644
--- a/distutils/_msvccompiler.py
+++ b/distutils/_msvccompiler.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     LinkError,
 )
 from .ccompiler import CCompiler, gen_lib_options
-from . import log
+from ._log import log
 from .util import get_platform
 
 from itertools import count
diff --git a/distutils/archive_util.py b/distutils/archive_util.py
index f9c4ed62..7f9e1e00 100644
--- a/distutils/archive_util.py
+++ b/distutils/archive_util.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from .errors import DistutilsExecError
 from .spawn import spawn
 from .dir_util import mkpath
-from . import log
+from ._log import log
 
 try:
     from pwd import getpwnam
diff --git a/distutils/bcppcompiler.py b/distutils/bcppcompiler.py
index 4aa1edf2..5d6b8653 100644
--- a/distutils/bcppcompiler.py
+++ b/distutils/bcppcompiler.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from .ccompiler import CCompiler, gen_preprocess_options
 from .file_util import write_file
 from .dep_util import newer
-from . import log
+from ._log import log
 
 
 warnings.warn(
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ def link(  # noqa: C901
         )
 
         if runtime_library_dirs:
-            log.warn(
+            log.warning(
                 "I don't know what to do with 'runtime_library_dirs': %s",
                 str(runtime_library_dirs),
             )
diff --git a/distutils/ccompiler.py b/distutils/ccompiler.py
index 1e79e8e4..64635311 100644
--- a/distutils/ccompiler.py
+++ b/distutils/ccompiler.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from .dir_util import mkpath
 from .dep_util import newer_group
 from .util import split_quoted, execute
-from . import log
+from ._log import log
 
 
 class CCompiler:
diff --git a/distutils/cmd.py b/distutils/cmd.py
index 0cf7dd02..918db853 100644
--- a/distutils/cmd.py
+++ b/distutils/cmd.py
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 import logging
 
 from .errors import DistutilsOptionError
-from . import util, dir_util, file_util, archive_util, dep_util, log
+from . import util, dir_util, file_util, archive_util, dep_util
+from ._log import log
 
 
 class Command:
@@ -157,14 +158,14 @@ def dump_options(self, header=None, indent=""):
 
         if header is None:
             header = "command options for '%s':" % self.get_command_name()
-        self.announce(indent + header, level=log.INFO)
+        self.announce(indent + header, level=logging.INFO)
         indent = indent + "  "
         for (option, _, _) in self.user_options:
             option = option.translate(longopt_xlate)
             if option[-1] == "=":
                 option = option[:-1]
             value = getattr(self, option)
-            self.announce(indent + "{} = {}".format(option, value), level=log.INFO)
+            self.announce(indent + "{} = {}".format(option, value), level=logging.INFO)
 
     def run(self):
         """A command's raison d'etre: carry out the action it exists to
@@ -332,7 +333,7 @@ def get_sub_commands(self):
     # -- External world manipulation -----------------------------------
 
     def warn(self, msg):
-        log.warn("warning: %s: %s\n", self.get_command_name(), msg)
+        log.warning("warning: %s: %s\n", self.get_command_name(), msg)
 
     def execute(self, func, args, msg=None, level=1):
         util.execute(func, args, msg, dry_run=self.dry_run)
diff --git a/distutils/command/bdist_dumb.py b/distutils/command/bdist_dumb.py
index 4afea28c..071da77e 100644
--- a/distutils/command/bdist_dumb.py
+++ b/distutils/command/bdist_dumb.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from ..dir_util import remove_tree, ensure_relative
 from ..errors import DistutilsPlatformError
 from ..sysconfig import get_python_version
-from distutils import log
+from distutils._log import log
 
 
 class bdist_dumb(Command):
diff --git a/distutils/command/bdist_rpm.py b/distutils/command/bdist_rpm.py
index 52431438..340527b0 100644
--- a/distutils/command/bdist_rpm.py
+++ b/distutils/command/bdist_rpm.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     DistutilsExecError,
 )
 from ..sysconfig import get_python_version
-from distutils import log
+from distutils._log import log
 
 
 class bdist_rpm(Command):
diff --git a/distutils/command/build_clib.py b/distutils/command/build_clib.py
index 442cd54a..f90c5664 100644
--- a/distutils/command/build_clib.py
+++ b/distutils/command/build_clib.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 from ..core import Command
 from ..errors import DistutilsSetupError
 from ..sysconfig import customize_compiler
-from distutils import log
+from distutils._log import log
 
 
 def show_compilers():
diff --git a/distutils/command/build_ext.py b/distutils/command/build_ext.py
index 3019c757..f4c0eccd 100644
--- a/distutils/command/build_ext.py
+++ b/distutils/command/build_ext.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 from ..dep_util import newer_group
 from ..extension import Extension
 from ..util import get_platform
-from distutils import log
+from distutils._log import log
 from . import py37compat
 
 from site import USER_BASE
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ def check_extensions_list(self, extensions):  # noqa: C901
 
             ext_name, build_info = ext
 
-            log.warn(
+            log.warning(
                 "old-style (ext_name, build_info) tuple found in "
                 "ext_modules for extension '%s' "
                 "-- please convert to Extension instance",
@@ -413,7 +413,9 @@ def check_extensions_list(self, extensions):  # noqa: C901
             # Medium-easy stuff: same syntax/semantics, different names.
             ext.runtime_library_dirs = build_info.get('rpath')
             if 'def_file' in build_info:
-                log.warn("'def_file' element of build info dict " "no longer supported")
+                log.warning(
+                    "'def_file' element of build info dict " "no longer supported"
+                )
 
             # Non-trivial stuff: 'macros' split into 'define_macros'
             # and 'undef_macros'.
@@ -597,7 +599,7 @@ def swig_sources(self, sources, extension):
         # the temp dir.
 
         if self.swig_cpp:
-            log.warn("--swig-cpp is deprecated - use --swig-opts=-c++")
+            log.warning("--swig-cpp is deprecated - use --swig-opts=-c++")
 
         if (
             self.swig_cpp
diff --git a/distutils/command/build_py.py b/distutils/command/build_py.py
index d3dfbf8b..9f783244 100644
--- a/distutils/command/build_py.py
+++ b/distutils/command/build_py.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from ..core import Command
 from ..errors import DistutilsOptionError, DistutilsFileError
 from ..util import convert_path
-from distutils import log
+from distutils._log import log
 
 
 class build_py(Command):
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ def check_package(self, package, package_dir):
 
     def check_module(self, module, module_file):
         if not os.path.isfile(module_file):
-            log.warn("file %s (for module %s) not found", module_file, module)
+            log.warning("file %s (for module %s) not found", module_file, module)
             return False
         else:
             return True
diff --git a/distutils/command/build_scripts.py b/distutils/command/build_scripts.py
index 728535da..87174f6b 100644
--- a/distutils/command/build_scripts.py
+++ b/distutils/command/build_scripts.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 from ..core import Command
 from ..dep_util import newer
 from ..util import convert_path
-from distutils import log
+from distutils._log import log
 import tokenize
 
 shebang_pattern = re.compile('^#!.*python[0-9.]*([ \t].*)?$')
diff --git a/distutils/command/clean.py b/distutils/command/clean.py
index d1b8a206..d6eb3eba 100644
--- a/distutils/command/clean.py
+++ b/distutils/command/clean.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import os
 from ..core import Command
 from ..dir_util import remove_tree
-from distutils import log
+from distutils._log import log
 
 
 class clean(Command):
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def run(self):
                 if os.path.exists(directory):
                     remove_tree(directory, dry_run=self.dry_run)
                 else:
-                    log.warn("'%s' does not exist -- can't clean it", directory)
+                    log.warning("'%s' does not exist -- can't clean it", directory)
 
         # just for the heck of it, try to remove the base build directory:
         # we might have emptied it right now, but if not we don't care
diff --git a/distutils/command/config.py b/distutils/command/config.py
index e7ae83f1..8bf0e489 100644
--- a/distutils/command/config.py
+++ b/distutils/command/config.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from ..core import Command
 from ..errors import DistutilsExecError
 from ..sysconfig import customize_compiler
-from distutils import log
+from distutils._log import log
 
 LANG_EXT = {"c": ".c", "c++": ".cxx"}
 
diff --git a/distutils/command/install.py b/distutils/command/install.py
index 9db4ad99..08d2f881 100644
--- a/distutils/command/install.py
+++ b/distutils/command/install.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import sysconfig
 import itertools
 
-from distutils import log
+from distutils._log import log
 from ..core import Command
 from ..debug import DEBUG
 from ..sysconfig import get_config_vars
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ def handle_extra_path(self):
             self.extra_path = self.distribution.extra_path
 
         if self.extra_path is not None:
-            log.warn(
+            log.warning(
                 "Distribution option extra_path is deprecated. "
                 "See issue27919 for details."
             )
diff --git a/distutils/command/install_egg_info.py b/distutils/command/install_egg_info.py
index ff9f0284..f3e8f344 100644
--- a/distutils/command/install_egg_info.py
+++ b/distutils/command/install_egg_info.py
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 import re
 
 from ..cmd import Command
-from distutils import log, dir_util
+from .. import dir_util
+from .._log import log
 
 
 class install_egg_info(Command):
diff --git a/distutils/command/install_scripts.py b/distutils/command/install_scripts.py
index d4d3e3f3..ec6ec5ac 100644
--- a/distutils/command/install_scripts.py
+++ b/distutils/command/install_scripts.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import os
 from ..core import Command
-from distutils import log
+from distutils._log import log
 from stat import ST_MODE
 
 
diff --git a/distutils/command/register.py b/distutils/command/register.py
index 1a62ee3f..55c1045e 100644
--- a/distutils/command/register.py
+++ b/distutils/command/register.py
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@
 
 import getpass
 import io
+import logging
 import urllib.parse
 import urllib.request
 from warnings import warn
 
 from ..core import PyPIRCCommand
-from distutils import log
+from distutils._log import log
 
 
 class register(PyPIRCCommand):
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ def send_metadata(self):  # noqa: C901
  3. have the server generate a new password for you (and email it to you), or
  4. quit
 Your selection [default 1]: ''',
-                log.INFO,
+                logging.INFO,
             )
             choice = input()
             if not choice:
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ def send_metadata(self):  # noqa: C901
             auth.add_password(self.realm, host, username, password)
             # send the info to the server and report the result
             code, result = self.post_to_server(self.build_post_data('submit'), auth)
-            self.announce('Server response ({}): {}'.format(code, result), log.INFO)
+            self.announce('Server response ({}): {}'.format(code, result), logging.INFO)
 
             # possibly save the login
             if code == 200:
@@ -188,11 +189,11 @@ def send_metadata(self):  # noqa: C901
                             'I can store your PyPI login so future '
                             'submissions will be faster.'
                         ),
-                        log.INFO,
+                        logging.INFO,
                     )
                     self.announce(
                         '(the login will be stored in %s)' % self._get_rc_file(),
-                        log.INFO,
+                        logging.INFO,
                     )
                     choice = 'X'
                     while choice.lower() not in 'yn':
@@ -265,7 +266,8 @@ def post_to_server(self, data, auth=None):  # noqa: C901
         '''Post a query to the server, and return a string response.'''
         if 'name' in data:
             self.announce(
-                'Registering {} to {}'.format(data['name'], self.repository), log.INFO
+                'Registering {} to {}'.format(data['name'], self.repository),
+                logging.INFO,
             )
         # Build up the MIME payload for the urllib2 POST data
         boundary = '--------------GHSKFJDLGDS7543FJKLFHRE75642756743254'
@@ -315,5 +317,5 @@ def post_to_server(self, data, auth=None):  # noqa: C901
             result = 200, 'OK'
         if self.show_response:
             msg = '\n'.join(('-' * 75, data, '-' * 75))
-            self.announce(msg, log.INFO)
+            self.announce(msg, logging.INFO)
         return result
diff --git a/distutils/command/sdist.py b/distutils/command/sdist.py
index 86e41e5f..5cfd4c14 100644
--- a/distutils/command/sdist.py
+++ b/distutils/command/sdist.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from distutils import archive_util
 from ..text_file import TextFile
 from ..filelist import FileList
-from distutils import log
+from distutils._log import log
 from ..util import convert_path
 from ..errors import DistutilsOptionError, DistutilsTemplateError
 
@@ -481,12 +481,12 @@ def make_release_tree(self, base_dir, files):
             msg = "copying files to %s..." % base_dir
 
         if not files:
-            log.warn("no files to distribute -- empty manifest?")
+            log.warning("no files to distribute -- empty manifest?")
         else:
             log.info(msg)
         for file in files:
             if not os.path.isfile(file):
-                log.warn("'%s' not a regular file -- skipping", file)
+                log.warning("'%s' not a regular file -- skipping", file)
             else:
                 dest = os.path.join(base_dir, file)
                 self.copy_file(file, dest, link=link)
diff --git a/distutils/command/upload.py b/distutils/command/upload.py
index 633273ee..16e15d8b 100644
--- a/distutils/command/upload.py
+++ b/distutils/command/upload.py
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 import os
 import io
 import hashlib
+import logging
 from base64 import standard_b64encode
 from urllib.request import urlopen, Request, HTTPError
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 from ..errors import DistutilsError, DistutilsOptionError
 from ..core import PyPIRCCommand
 from ..spawn import spawn
-from distutils import log
 
 
 # PyPI Warehouse supports MD5, SHA256, and Blake2 (blake2-256)
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ def upload_file(self, command, pyversion, filename):  # noqa: C901
         body = body.getvalue()
 
         msg = "Submitting {} to {}".format(filename, self.repository)
-        self.announce(msg, log.INFO)
+        self.announce(msg, logging.INFO)
 
         # build the Request
         headers = {
@@ -190,16 +190,18 @@ def upload_file(self, command, pyversion, filename):  # noqa: C901
             status = e.code
             reason = e.msg
         except OSError as e:
-            self.announce(str(e), log.ERROR)
+            self.announce(str(e), logging.ERROR)
             raise
 
         if status == 200:
-            self.announce('Server response ({}): {}'.format(status, reason), log.INFO)
+            self.announce(
+                'Server response ({}): {}'.format(status, reason), logging.INFO
+            )
             if self.show_response:
                 text = self._read_pypi_response(result)
                 msg = '\n'.join(('-' * 75, text, '-' * 75))
-                self.announce(msg, log.INFO)
+                self.announce(msg, logging.INFO)
         else:
             msg = 'Upload failed ({}): {}'.format(status, reason)
-            self.announce(msg, log.ERROR)
+            self.announce(msg, logging.ERROR)
             raise DistutilsError(msg)
diff --git a/distutils/dir_util.py b/distutils/dir_util.py
index 54f54103..80f77649 100644
--- a/distutils/dir_util.py
+++ b/distutils/dir_util.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import os
 import errno
 from .errors import DistutilsInternalError, DistutilsFileError
-from . import log
+from ._log import log
 
 # cache for by mkpath() -- in addition to cheapening redundant calls,
 # eliminates redundant "creating /foo/bar/baz" messages in dry-run mode
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ def remove_tree(directory, verbose=1, dry_run=0):
             if abspath in _path_created:
                 del _path_created[abspath]
         except OSError as exc:
-            log.warn("error removing %s: %s", directory, exc)
+            log.warning("error removing %s: %s", directory, exc)
 
 
 def ensure_relative(path):
diff --git a/distutils/dist.py b/distutils/dist.py
index d6677b62..f6dd50a0 100644
--- a/distutils/dist.py
+++ b/distutils/dist.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import re
 import pathlib
 import contextlib
+import logging
 from email import message_from_file
 
 try:
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@
 )
 from .fancy_getopt import FancyGetopt, translate_longopt
 from .util import check_environ, strtobool, rfc822_escape
-from . import log
+from ._log import log
 from .debug import DEBUG
 
 # Regex to define acceptable Distutils command names.  This is not *quite*
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ def _ensure_list(value, fieldname):
         typename = type(value).__name__
         msg = "Warning: '{fieldname}' should be a list, got type '{typename}'"
         msg = msg.format(**locals())
-        log.log(log.WARN, msg)
+        log.warning(msg)
         value = list(value)
     return value
 
@@ -465,7 +466,7 @@ def parse_command_line(self):
         parser.set_aliases({'licence': 'license'})
         args = parser.getopt(args=self.script_args, object=self)
         option_order = parser.get_option_order()
-        log.set_verbosity(self.verbose)
+        log.setLevel(logging.WARN - 10 * self.verbose)
 
         # for display options we return immediately
         if self.handle_display_options(option_order):
@@ -956,7 +957,7 @@ def reinitialize_command(self, command, reinit_subcommands=0):
 
     # -- Methods that operate on the Distribution ----------------------
 
-    def announce(self, msg, level=log.INFO):
+    def announce(self, msg, level=logging.INFO):
         log.log(level, msg)
 
     def run_commands(self):
diff --git a/distutils/file_util.py b/distutils/file_util.py
index bead68eb..1b7cd53b 100644
--- a/distutils/file_util.py
+++ b/distutils/file_util.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import os
 from .errors import DistutilsFileError
-from . import log
+from ._log import log
 
 # for generating verbose output in 'copy_file()'
 _copy_action = {None: 'copying', 'hard': 'hard linking', 'sym': 'symbolically linking'}
diff --git a/distutils/filelist.py b/distutils/filelist.py
index 619d6338..6dadf923 100644
--- a/distutils/filelist.py
+++ b/distutils/filelist.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 from .util import convert_path
 from .errors import DistutilsTemplateError, DistutilsInternalError
-from . import log
+from ._log import log
 
 
 class FileList:
@@ -120,13 +120,13 @@ def process_template_line(self, line):  # noqa: C901
             self.debug_print("include " + ' '.join(patterns))
             for pattern in patterns:
                 if not self.include_pattern(pattern, anchor=1):
-                    log.warn("warning: no files found matching '%s'", pattern)
+                    log.warning("warning: no files found matching '%s'", pattern)
 
         elif action == 'exclude':
             self.debug_print("exclude " + ' '.join(patterns))
             for pattern in patterns:
                 if not self.exclude_pattern(pattern, anchor=1):
-                    log.warn(
+                    log.warning(
                         (
                             "warning: no previously-included files "
                             "found matching '%s'"
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def process_template_line(self, line):  # noqa: C901
             self.debug_print("global-include " + ' '.join(patterns))
             for pattern in patterns:
                 if not self.include_pattern(pattern, anchor=0):
-                    log.warn(
+                    log.warning(
                         (
                             "warning: no files found matching '%s' "
                             "anywhere in distribution"
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ def process_template_line(self, line):  # noqa: C901
             self.debug_print("global-exclude " + ' '.join(patterns))
             for pattern in patterns:
                 if not self.exclude_pattern(pattern, anchor=0):
-                    log.warn(
+                    log.warning(
                         (
                             "warning: no previously-included files matching "
                             "'%s' found anywhere in distribution"
@@ -165,13 +165,13 @@ def process_template_line(self, line):  # noqa: C901
                     msg = (
                         "warning: no files found matching '%s' " "under directory '%s'"
                     )
-                    log.warn(msg, pattern, dir)
+                    log.warning(msg, pattern, dir)
 
         elif action == 'recursive-exclude':
             self.debug_print("recursive-exclude {} {}".format(dir, ' '.join(patterns)))
             for pattern in patterns:
                 if not self.exclude_pattern(pattern, prefix=dir):
-                    log.warn(
+                    log.warning(
                         (
                             "warning: no previously-included files matching "
                             "'%s' found under directory '%s'"
@@ -183,12 +183,12 @@ def process_template_line(self, line):  # noqa: C901
         elif action == 'graft':
             self.debug_print("graft " + dir_pattern)
             if not self.include_pattern(None, prefix=dir_pattern):
-                log.warn("warning: no directories found matching '%s'", dir_pattern)
+                log.warning("warning: no directories found matching '%s'", dir_pattern)
 
         elif action == 'prune':
             self.debug_print("prune " + dir_pattern)
             if not self.exclude_pattern(None, prefix=dir_pattern):
-                log.warn(
+                log.warning(
                     ("no previously-included directories found " "matching '%s'"),
                     dir_pattern,
                 )
diff --git a/distutils/log.py b/distutils/log.py
index d0365e68..bb789c30 100644
--- a/distutils/log.py
+++ b/distutils/log.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 import logging
 
+from ._log import log as _global_log
+
 
 DEBUG = logging.DEBUG
 INFO = logging.INFO
@@ -13,7 +15,6 @@
 ERROR = logging.ERROR
 FATAL = logging.FATAL
 
-_global_log = logging.getLogger('distutils')
 log = _global_log.log
 debug = _global_log.debug
 info = _global_log.info
diff --git a/distutils/msvc9compiler.py b/distutils/msvc9compiler.py
index e9f02c1a..a4714a55 100644
--- a/distutils/msvc9compiler.py
+++ b/distutils/msvc9compiler.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     LinkError,
 )
 from .ccompiler import CCompiler, gen_lib_options
-from . import log
+from ._log import log
 from .util import get_platform
 
 import winreg
diff --git a/distutils/msvccompiler.py b/distutils/msvccompiler.py
index d15499d7..59ebe99c 100644
--- a/distutils/msvccompiler.py
+++ b/distutils/msvccompiler.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     LinkError,
 )
 from .ccompiler import CCompiler, gen_lib_options
-from . import log
+from ._log import log
 
 _can_read_reg = False
 try:
diff --git a/distutils/spawn.py b/distutils/spawn.py
index 7ae36448..afefe525 100644
--- a/distutils/spawn.py
+++ b/distutils/spawn.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 from .errors import DistutilsExecError
 from .debug import DEBUG
-from . import log
+from ._log import log
 
 
 def spawn(cmd, search_path=1, verbose=0, dry_run=0, env=None):  # noqa: C901
diff --git a/distutils/tests/test_config_cmd.py b/distutils/tests/test_config_cmd.py
index 6d13c24f..e72a7c5f 100644
--- a/distutils/tests/test_config_cmd.py
+++ b/distutils/tests/test_config_cmd.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 from distutils.command.config import dump_file, config
 from distutils.tests import support
-from distutils import log
+from distutils._log import log
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
diff --git a/distutils/tests/test_log.py b/distutils/tests/test_log.py
index d346d07b..ec6a0c80 100644
--- a/distutils/tests/test_log.py
+++ b/distutils/tests/test_log.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import logging
 
-from distutils import log
+from distutils._log import log
 
 
 class TestLog:
diff --git a/distutils/unixccompiler.py b/distutils/unixccompiler.py
index 62e34ef5..4bf2e6a6 100644
--- a/distutils/unixccompiler.py
+++ b/distutils/unixccompiler.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 from .dep_util import newer
 from .ccompiler import CCompiler, gen_preprocess_options, gen_lib_options
 from .errors import DistutilsExecError, CompileError, LibError, LinkError
-from . import log
+from ._log import log
 from ._macos_compat import compiler_fixup
 
 # XXX Things not currently handled:
diff --git a/distutils/util.py b/distutils/util.py
index f1864176..8668b436 100644
--- a/distutils/util.py
+++ b/distutils/util.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from .errors import DistutilsPlatformError, DistutilsByteCompileError
 from .dep_util import newer
 from .spawn import spawn
-from . import log
+from ._log import log
 
 
 def get_host_platform():