diff --git a/node/Multicaster.cpp b/node/Multicaster.cpp
index 44a8d86a8..7da2b14c3 100644
--- a/node/Multicaster.cpp
+++ b/node/Multicaster.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 #include "CMWC4096.hpp"
 #include "C25519.hpp"
 #include "CertificateOfMembership.hpp"
-#include "Logger.hpp"
 
 namespace ZeroTier {
 
diff --git a/node/Node.cpp b/node/Node.cpp
index 4699e1b4e..236372f26 100644
--- a/node/Node.cpp
+++ b/node/Node.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 #include "Topology.hpp"
 #include "Buffer.hpp"
 #include "Packet.hpp"
-#include "Logger.hpp"
 #include "Address.hpp"
 #include "Identity.hpp"
 #include "SelfAwareness.hpp"
@@ -107,7 +106,6 @@ Node::Node(
 		delete RR->mc;
 		delete RR->sw;
 		delete RR->prng;
-		delete RR->log;
 		delete RR;
 		throw;
 	}
@@ -138,7 +136,6 @@ Node::~Node()
 	delete RR->mc;
 	delete RR->sw;
 	delete RR->prng;
-	delete RR->log;
 	delete RR;
 }
 
diff --git a/node/OutboundMulticast.cpp b/node/OutboundMulticast.cpp
index a939082c1..80dd661c9 100644
--- a/node/OutboundMulticast.cpp
+++ b/node/OutboundMulticast.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #include "Network.hpp"
 #include "CertificateOfMembership.hpp"
 #include "Node.hpp"
-#include "Logger.hpp"
 
 namespace ZeroTier {
 
diff --git a/node/Peer.hpp b/node/Peer.hpp
index b65dc270e..c4de75e60 100644
--- a/node/Peer.hpp
+++ b/node/Peer.hpp
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 #include "Address.hpp"
 #include "Utils.hpp"
 #include "Identity.hpp"
-#include "Logger.hpp"
 #include "InetAddress.hpp"
 #include "Packet.hpp"
 #include "SharedPtr.hpp"
diff --git a/node/RuntimeEnvironment.hpp b/node/RuntimeEnvironment.hpp
index 1ca483ef1..ada51381e 100644
--- a/node/RuntimeEnvironment.hpp
+++ b/node/RuntimeEnvironment.hpp
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 namespace ZeroTier {
 
 class NodeConfig;
-class Logger;
 class Switch;
 class Topology;
 class CMWC4096;
@@ -48,15 +47,6 @@ class SelfAwareness;
 
 /**
  * Holds global state for an instance of ZeroTier::Node
- * 
- * I do not believe in mutable static variables, period, or in global static
- * instances of objects that don't basically represent constants. It makes
- * unit testing, embedding, threading, and other things hard and is poor
- * practice.
- * 
- * So we put everything that we would want to be global, like Logger, here
- * and we give everybody this as _r. The Node creates and initializes this
- * on startup and deletes things on shutdown.
  */
 class RuntimeEnvironment
 {
@@ -65,7 +55,6 @@ public:
 		node(n),
 		identity(),
 		netconfMaster((NetworkConfigMaster *)0),
-		log((Logger *)0),
 		prng((CMWC4096 *)0),
 		sw((Switch *)0),
 		mc((Multicaster *)0),
@@ -92,7 +81,6 @@ public:
 	 * These are constant and never null after startup unless indicated.
 	 */
 
-	Logger *log; // null if logging is disabled
 	CMWC4096 *prng;
 	Switch *sw;
 	Multicaster *mc;
diff --git a/node/Switch.hpp b/node/Switch.hpp
index 7cc0bbb61..aec7f0460 100644
--- a/node/Switch.hpp
+++ b/node/Switch.hpp
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
 namespace ZeroTier {
 
 class RuntimeEnvironment;
-class Logger;
 class Peer;
 
 /**