diff --git a/ebook_converter/utils/logging.py b/ebook_converter/utils/logging.py
index 0cf2d54..306c0d6 100644
--- a/ebook_converter/utils/logging.py
+++ b/ebook_converter/utils/logging.py
@@ -1,23 +1,8 @@
 """
 A simplified logging system
 """
-import functools
-import io
-import os
-import sys
-import traceback
-
-# how about making it really simplified?
 import logging
 
-from ebook_converter import constants_old
-
-
-DEBUG = 0
-INFO = 1
-WARN = 2
-ERROR = 3
-
 
 class CustomFormatter(logging.Formatter):
     """Logging Formatter to add colors and count warning / errors"""
@@ -84,7 +69,7 @@ class Logger:
             # need only one handler
             return
 
-        console_handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stderr)
+        console_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
         console_handler.set_name("console")
         console_formatter = CustomFormatter()
         console_handler.setFormatter(console_formatter)
@@ -92,164 +77,6 @@ class Logger:
         self._log.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 
 
-BLACK, RED, GREEN, YELLOW, BLUE, MAGENTA, CYAN, WHITE = range(8)
-
-#The background is set with 40 plus the number of the color, and the foreground with 30
-
-#These are the sequences need to get colored ouput
-RESET_SEQ = "\033[0m"
-COLOR_SEQ = "\033[1;%dm"
-BOLD_SEQ = "\033[1m"
-
-def formatter_message(message, use_color = True):
-    if use_color:
-        message = message.replace("$RESET", RESET_SEQ).replace("$BOLD",
-                                                               BOLD_SEQ)
-    else:
-        message = message.replace("$RESET", "").replace("$BOLD", "")
-    return message
-
-class ColoredFormatter(logging.Formatter):
-    COLORS = {'WARNING': YELLOW,
-              'INFO': WHITE,
-              'DEBUG': BLUE,
-              'CRITICAL': YELLOW,
-              'ERROR': RED}
-
-    def __init__(self, msg, use_color=True):
-        logging.Formatter.__init__(self, msg)
-        self.use_color = use_color
-
-    def format(self, record):
-        levelname = record.levelname
-        if self.use_color and levelname in self.COLORS:
-            levelname_color = COLOR_SEQ % (30 + self.COLORS[levelname]) + \
-                    levelname + RESET_SEQ
-            record.levelname = levelname_color
-        return logging.Formatter.format(self, record)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-class Stream(object):
-
-    def __init__(self, stream=None):
-        if stream is None:
-            stream = io.BytesIO()
-        self.stream = getattr(stream, 'buffer', stream)
-        # self._prints = partial(prints, safe_encode=True, file=stream)
-
-    def flush(self):
-        self.stream.flush()
-
-    def prints(self, level, *args, **kwargs):
-        raise NotImplementedError()
-
-
-class ANSIStream(Stream):
-
-    def __init__(self, stream=sys.stdout):
-        Stream.__init__(self, stream)
-        self.color = {
-            DEBUG: 'green',
-            INFO: None,
-            WARN: 'yellow',
-            ERROR: 'red',
-        }
-
-    def prints(self, level, *args, **kwargs):
-        fobj = kwargs.get('file', sys.stdout)
-        sep = kwargs.get('sep', ' ')
-        enc = ('utf-8' if os.getenv('CALIBRE_WORKER')
-               else constants_old.preferred_encoding)
-        if isinstance(sep, bytes):
-            sep = sep.decode(enc)
-        end = kwargs.get('end', '\n')
-        if isinstance(end, bytes):
-            end = end.decode(enc)
-        count = 0
-        for i, arg in enumerate(args):
-            if isinstance(arg, bytes):
-                arg = arg.decode(enc)
-            arg = repr(arg)
-            try:
-                fobj.write(arg)
-                count += len(arg)
-            except Exception:
-                arg = repr(arg)
-                fobj.write(arg)
-                count += len(arg)
-            if i != len(args)-1:
-                fobj.write(sep)
-                count += len(sep)
-            count += len(end)
-
-    def flush(self):
-        self.stream.flush()
-
-
-class Log(object):
-
-    DEBUG = DEBUG
-    INFO = INFO
-    WARN = WARN
-    ERROR = ERROR
-
-    def __init__(self, level=INFO):
-        self.filter_level = level
-        default_output = ANSIStream()
-        self.outputs = [default_output]
-
-        self.debug = functools.partial(self.print_with_flush, DEBUG)
-        self.info = functools.partial(self.print_with_flush, INFO)
-        self.warn = self.warning = functools.partial(self.print_with_flush,
-                                                     WARN)
-        self.error = functools.partial(self.print_with_flush, ERROR)
-
-    def prints(self, level, *args, **kwargs):
-        if level < self.filter_level:
-            return
-        for output in self.outputs:
-            output.prints(level, *args, **kwargs)
-
-    def print_with_flush(self, level, *args, **kwargs):
-        if level < self.filter_level:
-            return
-        for output in self.outputs:
-            output.prints(level, *args, **kwargs)
-        self.flush()
-
-    def exception(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        limit = kwargs.pop('limit', None)
-        self.print_with_flush(ERROR, *args, **kwargs)
-        self.print_with_flush(DEBUG, traceback.format_exc(limit))
-
-    def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.info(*args, **kwargs)
-
-    def __enter__(self):
-        self.orig_filter_level = self.filter_level
-        self.filter_level = self.ERROR + 100
-
-    def __exit__(self, *args):
-        self.filter_level = self.orig_filter_level
-
-    def flush(self):
-        for o in self.outputs:
-            if hasattr(o, 'flush'):
-                o.flush()
-
-    def close(self):
-        for o in self.outputs:
-            if hasattr(o, 'close'):
-                o.close()
-
-
 default_log = Logger('ebook-converter')()
 # TODO(gryf): remove this after providing value from cmd line/config
 default_log.set_verbose(2, 0)