diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index de1a78bf4fa..7a8cd8bc2c8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ ethcore = { path = "ethcore" }
 ethcore-bytes = { path = "util/bytes" }
 ethcore-io = { path = "util/io" }
 ethcore-light = { path = "ethcore/light" }
-ethcore-logger = { path = "logger" }
+ethcore-logger = "1.12.0"
 ethcore-miner = { path = "miner" }
 ethcore-network = { path = "util/network" }
 ethcore-private-tx = { path = "ethcore/private-tx" }
diff --git a/ethcore/Cargo.toml b/ethcore/Cargo.toml
index 71c84a293f9..1683d678971 100644
--- a/ethcore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ethcore/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ patricia-trie = { path = "../util/patricia_trie" }
 ethcore-crypto = { path = "crypto" }
 error-chain = { version = "0.11", default-features = false }
 ethcore-io = { path = "../util/io" }
-ethcore-logger = { path = "../logger" }
+ethcore-logger = "1.12.0"
 ethcore-miner = { path = "../miner" }
 ethcore-stratum = { path = "./stratum" }
 ethcore-transaction = { path = "./transaction" }
diff --git a/ethcore/private-tx/Cargo.toml b/ethcore/private-tx/Cargo.toml
index 0fa11aec84b..06bd2abe63a 100644
--- a/ethcore/private-tx/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ethcore/private-tx/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ethcore = { path = ".." }
 ethcore-bytes = { path = "../../util/bytes" }
 ethcore-crypto = { path = "../crypto" }
 ethcore-io = { path = "../../util/io" }
-ethcore-logger = { path = "../../logger" }
+ethcore-logger = "1.12.0"
 ethcore-miner = { path = "../../miner" }
 ethcore-transaction = { path = "../transaction" }
 ethereum-types = "0.3"
diff --git a/ethcore/stratum/Cargo.toml b/ethcore/stratum/Cargo.toml
index bf967df504a..cee5fab36ec 100644
--- a/ethcore/stratum/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ethcore/stratum/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ parking_lot = "0.5"
 env_logger = "0.4"
 tokio-core = "0.1"
 tokio-io = "0.1"
-ethcore-logger = { path = "../../logger" }
+ethcore-logger = "1.12.0"
diff --git a/ethcore/wasm/Cargo.toml b/ethcore/wasm/Cargo.toml
index a0362955d1d..373d0de8522 100644
--- a/ethcore/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ethcore/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ parity-wasm = "0.27"
 libc = "0.2"
 pwasm-utils = "0.1"
 vm = { path = "../vm" }
-ethcore-logger = { path = "../../logger" }
+ethcore-logger = "1.12.0"
 wasmi = { version = "0.2" }
diff --git a/ethcore/wasm/run/Cargo.toml b/ethcore/wasm/run/Cargo.toml
index 514849f2afa..3c149ae4e85 100644
--- a/ethcore/wasm/run/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ethcore/wasm/run/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ethjson = { path = "../../../json" }
 vm = { path = "../../vm" }
 wasm = { path = "../" }
 clap = "2.24"
-ethcore-logger = { path = "../../../logger" }
+ethcore-logger = "1.12.0"
 rustc-hex = "1"
 
 [features]
diff --git a/logger/Cargo.toml b/logger/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index a1f793769c5..00000000000
--- a/logger/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-description = "Log implementation for Parity"
-name = "ethcore-logger"
-version = "1.12.0"
-license = "GPL-3.0"
-authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
-
-[dependencies]
-log = "0.3"
-env_logger = "0.4"
-atty = "0.2"
-lazy_static = "1.0"
-regex = "0.2"
-time = "0.1"
-parking_lot = "0.5"
-arrayvec = "0.4"
-ansi_term = "0.10"
diff --git a/logger/src/lib.rs b/logger/src/lib.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 863075a0e52..00000000000
--- a/logger/src/lib.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,166 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2015-2017 Parity Technologies (UK) Ltd.
-// This file is part of Parity.
-
-// Parity is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-// (at your option) any later version.
-
-// Parity is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-// GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-// along with Parity.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-//! Logger for parity executables
-
-extern crate ansi_term;
-extern crate arrayvec;
-extern crate atty;
-extern crate env_logger;
-extern crate log as rlog;
-extern crate parking_lot;
-extern crate regex;
-extern crate time;
-
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate lazy_static;
-
-mod rotating;
-
-use std::{env, thread, fs};
-use std::sync::{Weak, Arc};
-use std::io::Write;
-use env_logger::LogBuilder;
-use regex::Regex;
-use ansi_term::Colour;
-use parking_lot::Mutex;
-
-pub use rotating::{RotatingLogger, init_log};
-
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone)]
-pub struct Config {
-	pub mode: Option<String>,
-	pub color: bool,
-	pub file: Option<String>,
-}
-
-impl Default for Config {
-	fn default() -> Self {
-		Config {
-			mode: None,
-			color: !cfg!(windows),
-			file: None,
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-lazy_static! {
-	static ref ROTATING_LOGGER : Mutex<Weak<RotatingLogger>> = Mutex::new(Default::default());
-}
-
-/// Sets up the logger
-pub fn setup_log(config: &Config) -> Result<Arc<RotatingLogger>, String> {
-	use rlog::*;
-
-	let mut levels = String::new();
-	let mut builder = LogBuilder::new();
-	// Disable info logging by default for some modules:
-	builder.filter(Some("ws"), LogLevelFilter::Warn);
-	builder.filter(Some("reqwest"), LogLevelFilter::Warn);
-	builder.filter(Some("hyper"), LogLevelFilter::Warn);
-	builder.filter(Some("rustls"), LogLevelFilter::Warn);
-	// Enable info for others.
-	builder.filter(None, LogLevelFilter::Info);
-
-	if let Ok(lvl) = env::var("RUST_LOG") {
-		levels.push_str(&lvl);
-		levels.push_str(",");
-		builder.parse(&lvl);
-	}
-
-	if let Some(ref s) = config.mode {
-		levels.push_str(s);
-		builder.parse(s);
-	}
-
-	let isatty = atty::is(atty::Stream::Stderr);
-	let enable_color = config.color && isatty;
-	let logs = Arc::new(RotatingLogger::new(levels));
-	let logger = logs.clone();
-	let mut open_options = fs::OpenOptions::new();
-
-	let maybe_file = match config.file.as_ref() {
-		Some(f) => Some(open_options
-			.append(true).create(true).open(f)
-			.map_err(|_| format!("Cannot write to log file given: {}", f))?),
-		None => None,
-	};
-
-	let format = move |record: &LogRecord| {
-		let timestamp = time::strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z", &time::now()).unwrap();
-
-		let with_color = if max_log_level() <= LogLevelFilter::Info {
-			format!("{} {}", Colour::Black.bold().paint(timestamp), record.args())
-		} else {
-			let name = thread::current().name().map_or_else(Default::default, |x| format!("{}", Colour::Blue.bold().paint(x)));
-			format!("{} {} {} {}  {}", Colour::Black.bold().paint(timestamp), name, record.level(), record.target(), record.args())
-		};
-
-		let removed_color = kill_color(with_color.as_ref());
-
-		let ret = match enable_color {
-			true => with_color,
-			false => removed_color.clone(),
-		};
-
-		if let Some(mut file) = maybe_file.as_ref() {
-			// ignore errors - there's nothing we can do
-			let _ = file.write_all(removed_color.as_bytes());
-			let _ = file.write_all(b"\n");
-		}
-		logger.append(removed_color);
-		if !isatty && record.level() <= LogLevel::Info && atty::is(atty::Stream::Stdout) {
-			// duplicate INFO/WARN output to console
-			println!("{}", ret);
-		}
-
-		ret
-    };
-
-	builder.format(format);
-	builder.init()
-		.and_then(|_| {
-			*ROTATING_LOGGER.lock() = Arc::downgrade(&logs);
-			Ok(logs)
-		})
-		// couldn't create new logger - try to fall back on previous logger.
-		.or_else(|err| match ROTATING_LOGGER.lock().upgrade() {
-			Some(l) => Ok(l),
-			// no previous logger. fatal.
-			None => Err(format!("{:?}", err)),
-		})
-}
-
-fn kill_color(s: &str) -> String {
-	lazy_static! {
-		static ref RE: Regex = Regex::new("\x1b\\[[^m]+m").unwrap();
-	}
-	RE.replace_all(s, "").to_string()
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn should_remove_colour() {
-	let before = "test";
-	let after = kill_color(&Colour::Red.bold().paint(before));
-	assert_eq!(after, "test");
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn should_remove_multiple_colour() {
-	let t = format!("{} {}", Colour::Red.bold().paint("test"), Colour::White.normal().paint("again"));
-	let after = kill_color(&t);
-	assert_eq!(after, "test again");
-}
diff --git a/logger/src/rotating.rs b/logger/src/rotating.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index e67bdfaad0a..00000000000
--- a/logger/src/rotating.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,124 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2015-2017 Parity Technologies (UK) Ltd.
-// This file is part of Parity.
-
-// Parity is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-// (at your option) any later version.
-
-// Parity is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-// GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-// along with Parity.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-//! Common log helper functions
-
-use std::env;
-use rlog::LogLevelFilter;
-use env_logger::LogBuilder;
-use arrayvec::ArrayVec;
-
-use parking_lot::{RwLock, RwLockReadGuard};
-
-lazy_static! {
-	static ref LOG_DUMMY: () = {
-		let mut builder = LogBuilder::new();
-		builder.filter(None, LogLevelFilter::Info);
-
-		if let Ok(log) = env::var("RUST_LOG") {
-			builder.parse(&log);
-		}
-
-		if !builder.init().is_ok() {
-			println!("logger initialization failed!");
-		}
-	};
-}
-
-/// Intialize log with default settings
-pub fn init_log() {
-	*LOG_DUMMY
-}
-
-const LOG_SIZE : usize = 128;
-
-/// Logger implementation that keeps up to `LOG_SIZE` log elements.
-pub struct RotatingLogger {
-	/// Defined logger levels
-	levels: String,
-	/// Logs array. Latest log is always at index 0
-	logs: RwLock<ArrayVec<[String; LOG_SIZE]>>,
-}
-
-impl RotatingLogger {
-
-	/// Creates new `RotatingLogger` with given levels.
-	/// It does not enforce levels - it's just read only.
-	pub fn new(levels: String) -> Self {
-		RotatingLogger {
-			levels: levels,
-			logs: RwLock::new(ArrayVec::<[_; LOG_SIZE]>::new()),
-		}
-	}
-
-	/// Append new log entry
-	pub fn append(&self, log: String) {
-		let mut logs = self.logs.write();
-		if logs.is_full() {
-			logs.pop();
-		}
-		logs.insert(0, log);
-	}
-
-	/// Return levels
-	pub fn levels(&self) -> &str {
-		&self.levels
-	}
-
-	/// Return logs
-	pub fn logs(&self) -> RwLockReadGuard<ArrayVec<[String; LOG_SIZE]>> {
-		self.logs.read()
-	}
-
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod test {
-	use super::RotatingLogger;
-
-	fn logger() -> RotatingLogger {
-		RotatingLogger::new("test".to_owned())
-	}
-
-	#[test]
-	fn should_return_log_levels() {
-		// given
-		let logger = logger();
-
-		// when
-		let levels = logger.levels();
-
-		// then
-		assert_eq!(levels, "test");
-	}
-
-	#[test]
-	fn should_return_latest_logs() {
-		// given
-		let logger = logger();
-
-		// when
-		logger.append("a".to_owned());
-		logger.append("b".to_owned());
-
-		// then
-		let logs = logger.logs();
-		assert_eq!(logs[0], "b".to_owned());
-		assert_eq!(logs[1], "a".to_owned());
-		assert_eq!(logs.len(), 2);
-	}
-}
-
diff --git a/rpc/Cargo.toml b/rpc/Cargo.toml
index 731544a55f2..15613b4812c 100644
--- a/rpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ ethcore-crypto = { path = "../ethcore/crypto" }
 ethcore-devtools = { path = "../devtools" }
 ethcore-io = { path = "../util/io" }
 ethcore-light = { path = "../ethcore/light" }
-ethcore-logger = { path = "../logger" }
+ethcore-logger = "1.12.0"
 ethcore-miner = { path = "../miner" }
 ethcore-private-tx = { path = "../ethcore/private-tx" }
 ethcore-sync = { path = "../ethcore/sync" }
diff --git a/secret_store/Cargo.toml b/secret_store/Cargo.toml
index fee832d069c..bae4855c740 100644
--- a/secret_store/Cargo.toml
+++ b/secret_store/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ url = "1.0"
 ethcore = { path = "../ethcore" }
 ethcore-bytes = { path = "../util/bytes" }
 ethcore-crypto = { path = "../ethcore/crypto" }
-ethcore-logger = { path = "../logger" }
+ethcore-logger = "1.12.0"
 ethcore-sync = { path = "../ethcore/sync" }
 ethcore-transaction = { path = "../ethcore/transaction" }
 ethereum-types = "0.3"
diff --git a/util/journaldb/Cargo.toml b/util/journaldb/Cargo.toml
index dea70bd6a43..f47ba02de0e 100644
--- a/util/journaldb/Cargo.toml
+++ b/util/journaldb/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ rlp = { path = "../rlp" }
 util-error = { path = "../error" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-ethcore-logger = { path = "../../logger" }
+ethcore-logger = "1.12.0"
 keccak-hash = { path = "../hash" }
 kvdb-memorydb = { path = "../kvdb-memorydb" }
diff --git a/util/network-devp2p/Cargo.toml b/util/network-devp2p/Cargo.toml
index f4889fe26d4..c3a3c4d398b 100644
--- a/util/network-devp2p/Cargo.toml
+++ b/util/network-devp2p/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ rustc-hex = "1.0"
 ethcore-io = { path = "../io", features = ["mio"] }
 ethcore-bytes = { path = "../bytes" }
 ethcore-crypto = { path = "../../ethcore/crypto" }
-ethcore-logger = { path ="../../logger" }
+ethcore-logger = "1.12.0"
 ethcore-network = { path = "../network" }
 ethereum-types = "0.3"
 ethkey = { path = "../../ethkey" }
diff --git a/util/patricia_trie/Cargo.toml b/util/patricia_trie/Cargo.toml
index 48b06b21463..a499530bd4c 100644
--- a/util/patricia_trie/Cargo.toml
+++ b/util/patricia_trie/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ hashdb = { version = "0.1.1", path = "../hashdb" }
 rlp = { version = "0.2.1", path = "../rlp" }
 triehash = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../triehash" }
 memorydb = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../memorydb" }
-ethcore-logger = { version = "1.9.0", path = "../../logger" }
+ethcore-logger = "1.12.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 trie-standardmap = { path = "../trie-standardmap" }
diff --git a/whisper/cli/Cargo.toml b/whisper/cli/Cargo.toml
index 9aea1a8776e..2b0fb26ebcc 100644
--- a/whisper/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/whisper/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 [dependencies]
 ethcore-network-devp2p = { path = "../../util/network-devp2p" }
 ethcore-network = { path = "../../util/network" }
-ethcore-logger = { path = "../../logger" }
+ethcore-logger = "1.12.0"
 parity-whisper = { path = "../" }
 docopt = "0.8"
 serde = "1.0"