diff --git a/BUILD.bazel b/BUILD.bazel
index 4b01d2814..7d8bb39c4 100644
--- a/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/BUILD.bazel
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ filegroup(
         "//pkg/client/listers/certmanager/v1alpha1:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/controller:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/issuer:all-srcs",
-        "//pkg/logs:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/scheduler:all-srcs",
         "//pkg/util:all-srcs",
         "//test/e2e:all-srcs",
diff --git a/cmd/controller/BUILD.bazel b/cmd/controller/BUILD.bazel
index 9e9190acb..296c10ceb 100644
--- a/cmd/controller/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/cmd/controller/BUILD.bazel
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/issuer/ca:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/issuer/selfsigned:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/issuer/vault:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/logs:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/util:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/gorilla/mux:go_default_library",
diff --git a/cmd/controller/main.go b/cmd/controller/main.go
index 06e4f255a..f4107369f 100644
--- a/cmd/controller/main.go
+++ b/cmd/controller/main.go
@@ -23,13 +23,9 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
-
-	"github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/pkg/logs"
 )
 
 func main() {
-	logs.InitLogs()
-	defer logs.FlushLogs()
 	stopCh := SetupSignalHandler()
 
 	cmd := NewCommandStartCertManagerController(os.Stdout, os.Stderr, stopCh)
diff --git a/pkg/logs/BUILD.bazel b/pkg/logs/BUILD.bazel
deleted file mode 100644
index a974bd549..000000000
--- a/pkg/logs/BUILD.bazel
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_library")
-
-go_library(
-    name = "go_default_library",
-    srcs = ["logs.go"],
-    importpath = "github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/pkg/logs",
-    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
-    deps = [
-        "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/github.com/spf13/pflag:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait:go_default_library",
-    ],
-)
-
-filegroup(
-    name = "package-srcs",
-    srcs = glob(["**"]),
-    tags = ["automanaged"],
-    visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
-)
-
-filegroup(
-    name = "all-srcs",
-    srcs = [":package-srcs"],
-    tags = ["automanaged"],
-    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
-)
diff --git a/pkg/logs/logs.go b/pkg/logs/logs.go
deleted file mode 100644
index fc5edf77c..000000000
--- a/pkg/logs/logs.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2018 The Jetstack cert-manager contributors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package logs
-
-import (
-	"flag"
-	"log"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/golang/glog"
-	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
-)
-
-var logFlushFreq = pflag.Duration("log-flush-frequency", 5*time.Second, "Maximum number of seconds between log flushes")
-
-// TODO(thockin): This is temporary until we agree on log dirs and put those into each cmd.
-func init() {
-	flag.Set("logtostderr", "true")
-}
-
-// GlogWriter serves as a bridge between the standard log package and the glog package.
-type GlogWriter struct{}
-
-// Write implements the io.Writer interface.
-func (writer GlogWriter) Write(data []byte) (n int, err error) {
-	glog.Info(string(data))
-	return len(data), nil
-}
-
-// InitLogs initializes logs the way we want for kubernetes.
-func InitLogs() {
-	log.SetOutput(GlogWriter{})
-	log.SetFlags(0)
-	// The default glog flush interval is 30 seconds, which is frighteningly long.
-	go wait.Until(glog.Flush, *logFlushFreq, wait.NeverStop)
-}
-
-// FlushLogs flushes logs immediately.
-func FlushLogs() {
-	glog.Flush()
-}
-
-// NewLogger creates a new log.Logger which sends logs to glog.Info.
-func NewLogger(prefix string) *log.Logger {
-	return log.New(GlogWriter{}, prefix, 0)
-}
diff --git a/test/e2e/BUILD.bazel b/test/e2e/BUILD.bazel
index 7c34f01d0..5ea59540c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/test/e2e/BUILD.bazel
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ go_library(
     tags = ["manual"],
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
-        "//pkg/logs:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/certificate:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/clusterissuer:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/framework:go_default_library",
diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e.go b/test/e2e/e2e.go
index 7f3377817..a420d7552 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e.go
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e.go
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
 
-	"github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/pkg/logs"
 	_ "github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/test/e2e/certificate"
 	_ "github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/test/e2e/clusterissuer"
 	"github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/test/e2e/framework"
@@ -43,9 +42,6 @@ const certManagerDeploymentNamespace = "cert-manager"
 // TestE2E checks configuration parameters (specified through flags) and then runs
 // E2E tests using the Ginkgo runner.
 func RunE2ETests(t *testing.T) {
-	logs.InitLogs()
-	defer logs.FlushLogs()
-
 	gomega.RegisterFailHandler(ginkgo.Fail)
 	// Disable skipped tests unless they are explicitly requested.
 	if config.GinkgoConfig.FocusString == "" && config.GinkgoConfig.SkipString == "" {