diff --git a/sanic/app.py b/sanic/app.py
index 20c02a5c..c585bf43 100644
--- a/sanic/app.py
+++ b/sanic/app.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from traceback import format_exc
 from urllib.parse import urlencode, urlunparse
 from ssl import create_default_context, Purpose
 
-from sanic.config import Config, LOGGING
+from sanic.config import Config
 from sanic.constants import HTTP_METHODS
 from sanic.exceptions import ServerError, URLBuildError, SanicException
 from sanic.handlers import ErrorHandler
@@ -28,18 +28,7 @@ class Sanic:
 
     def __init__(self, name=None, router=None, error_handler=None,
                  load_env=True, request_class=None,
-                 log_config=LOGGING, strict_slashes=False):
-        if log_config:
-            logging.config.dictConfig(log_config)
-        # Only set up a default log handler if the
-        # end-user application didn't set anything up.
-        if not logging.root.handlers and log.level == logging.NOTSET:
-            formatter = logging.Formatter(
-                "%(asctime)s: %(levelname)s: %(message)s")
-            handler = logging.StreamHandler()
-            handler.setFormatter(formatter)
-            log.addHandler(handler)
-            log.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+                 strict_slashes=False):
 
         # Get name from previous stack frame
         if name is None:
@@ -51,7 +40,6 @@ class Sanic:
         self.request_class = request_class
         self.error_handler = error_handler or ErrorHandler()
         self.config = Config(load_env=load_env)
-        self.log_config = log_config
         self.request_middleware = deque()
         self.response_middleware = deque()
         self.blueprints = {}
@@ -642,7 +630,7 @@ class Sanic:
     async def create_server(self, host=None, port=None, debug=False,
                             ssl=None, sock=None, protocol=None,
                             backlog=100, stop_event=None,
-                            log_config=LOGGING):
+                            log_config=None):
         """Asynchronous version of `run`.
 
         NOTE: This does not support multiprocessing and is not the preferred
diff --git a/sanic/config.py b/sanic/config.py
index 0c2cc701..716ec1a6 100644
--- a/sanic/config.py
+++ b/sanic/config.py
@@ -15,89 +15,6 @@ _address_dict = {
     'FreeBSD': '/var/run/log'
 }
 
-LOGGING = {
-    'version': 1,
-    'disable_existing_loggers': False,
-    'filters': {
-        'accessFilter': {
-            '()': DefaultFilter,
-            'param': [0, 10, 20]
-        },
-        'errorFilter': {
-            '()': DefaultFilter,
-            'param': [30, 40, 50]
-        }
-    },
-    'formatters': {
-        'simple': {
-            'format': '%(asctime)s - (%(name)s)[%(levelname)s]: %(message)s',
-            'datefmt': '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
-        },
-        'access': {
-            'format': '%(asctime)s - (%(name)s)[%(levelname)s][%(host)s]: ' +
-                      '%(request)s %(message)s %(status)d %(byte)d',
-            'datefmt': '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
-        }
-    },
-    'handlers': {
-        'internal': {
-            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
-            'filters': ['accessFilter'],
-            'formatter': 'simple',
-            'stream': sys.stderr
-        },
-        'accessStream': {
-            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
-            'filters': ['accessFilter'],
-            'formatter': 'access',
-            'stream': sys.stderr
-        },
-        'errorStream': {
-            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
-            'filters': ['errorFilter'],
-            'formatter': 'simple',
-            'stream': sys.stderr
-        },
-        # before you use accessSysLog, be sure that log levels
-        # 0, 10, 20 have been enabled in you syslog configuration
-        # otherwise you won't be able to see the output in syslog
-        # logging file.
-        'accessSysLog': {
-            'class': 'logging.handlers.SysLogHandler',
-            'address': _address_dict.get(platform.system(),
-                                         ('localhost', 514)),
-            'facility': syslog.LOG_DAEMON,
-            'filters': ['accessFilter'],
-            'formatter': 'access'
-        },
-        'errorSysLog': {
-            'class': 'logging.handlers.SysLogHandler',
-            'address': _address_dict.get(platform.system(),
-                                         ('localhost', 514)),
-            'facility': syslog.LOG_DAEMON,
-            'filters': ['errorFilter'],
-            'formatter': 'simple'
-        },
-    },
-    'loggers': {
-        'sanic': {
-            'level': 'INFO',
-            'handlers': ['internal', 'errorStream']
-        },
-        'network': {
-            'level': 'INFO',
-            'handlers': ['accessStream', 'errorStream']
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-# this happens when using container or systems without syslog
-# keep things in config would cause file not exists error
-_addr = LOGGING['handlers']['accessSysLog']['address']
-if type(_addr) is str and not os.path.exists(_addr):
-    LOGGING['handlers'].pop('accessSysLog')
-    LOGGING['handlers'].pop('errorSysLog')
-
 
 class Config(dict):
     def __init__(self, defaults=None, load_env=True, keep_alive=True):
diff --git a/sanic/log.py b/sanic/log.py
index 760ad1c6..a7933c0d 100644
--- a/sanic/log.py
+++ b/sanic/log.py
@@ -1,18 +1,5 @@
 import logging
 
 
-class DefaultFilter(logging.Filter):
-
-    def __init__(self, param=None):
-        self.param = param
-
-    def filter(self, record):
-        if self.param is None:
-            return True
-        if record.levelno in self.param:
-            return True
-        return False
-
-
 log = logging.getLogger('sanic')
 netlog = logging.getLogger('network')