diff --git a/sanic/app.py b/sanic/app.py
index 63700e9d..4211eb1d 100644
--- a/sanic/app.py
+++ b/sanic/app.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ from sanic.config import Config
 from sanic.constants import HTTP_METHODS
 from sanic.exceptions import ServerError, URLBuildError, SanicException
 from sanic.handlers import ErrorHandler
-from sanic.log import log
 from sanic.response import HTTPResponse
 from sanic.router import Router
 from sanic.server import serve, serve_multiple, HttpProtocol
@@ -21,6 +20,9 @@ from sanic.testing import TestClient
 from sanic.views import CompositionView
 
 
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
 class Sanic:
 
     def __init__(self, name=None, router=None, error_handler=None):
diff --git a/sanic/handlers.py b/sanic/handlers.py
index d5a5d0dd..40888caa 100644
--- a/sanic/handlers.py
+++ b/sanic/handlers.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import sys
+import logging
 from traceback import format_exc, extract_tb
 
 from sanic.exceptions import (
@@ -10,9 +11,10 @@ from sanic.exceptions import (
     TRACEBACK_LINE_HTML,
     TRACEBACK_STYLE,
     TRACEBACK_WRAPPER_HTML)
-from sanic.log import log
 from sanic.response import text, html
 
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class ErrorHandler:
     handlers = None
diff --git a/sanic/request.py b/sanic/request.py
index bca0cf27..cc78ec92 100644
--- a/sanic/request.py
+++ b/sanic/request.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import logging
 from cgi import parse_header
 from collections import namedtuple
 from http.cookies import SimpleCookie
@@ -10,9 +11,9 @@ except ImportError:
     from json import loads as json_loads
 
 from sanic.exceptions import InvalidUsage
-from sanic.log import log
 
 
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 DEFAULT_HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE = "application/octet-stream"
 # HTTP/1.1: https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec7.html#sec7.2.1
 # > If the media type remains unknown, the recipient SHOULD treat it
diff --git a/sanic/server.py b/sanic/server.py
index 83bda3fc..c15cbc94 100644
--- a/sanic/server.py
+++ b/sanic/server.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import asyncio
 import os
+import logging
 import traceback
 import warnings
 from functools import partial
@@ -19,11 +20,11 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     async_loop = asyncio
 
-from sanic.log import log
 from sanic.request import Request
 from sanic.exceptions import (
     RequestTimeout, PayloadTooLarge, InvalidUsage, ServerError)
 
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 current_time = None
 
 
diff --git a/sanic/testing.py b/sanic/testing.py
index 387424b0..73eb4376 100644
--- a/sanic/testing.py
+++ b/sanic/testing.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-from sanic.log import log
+import logging
 
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 HOST = '127.0.0.1'
 PORT = 42101