diff --git a/tools/serve/serve.py b/tools/serve/serve.py
index 104701caf85ba2..31a08dbd016752 100644
--- a/tools/serve/serve.py
+++ b/tools/serve/serve.py
@@ -19,10 +19,8 @@
 from multiprocessing import Process, Event
 
 from localpaths import repo_root
-from six.moves import reload_module
 
 from manifest.sourcefile import read_script_metadata, js_meta_re, parse_variants
-from mozlog.structuredlog import StructuredLogger
 from wptserve import server as wptserve, handlers
 from wptserve import stash
 from wptserve import config
@@ -633,10 +631,9 @@ def stop(self):
 def start_ws_server(host, port, paths, routes, bind_address, config, **kwargs):
     # Ensure that when we start this in a new process we have the global lock
     # in the logging module unlocked
-    reload_module(logging)
     try:
-        StructuredLogger._lock.release()
-    except threading.ThreadError:
+        logging._releaseLock()
+    except RuntimeError:
         pass
     return WebSocketDaemon(host,
                            str(port),
@@ -650,10 +647,9 @@ def start_ws_server(host, port, paths, routes, bind_address, config, **kwargs):
 def start_wss_server(host, port, paths, routes, bind_address, config, **kwargs):
     # Ensure that when we start this in a new process we have the global lock
     # in the logging module unlocked
-    reload_module(logging)
     try:
-        StructuredLogger._lock.release()
-    except threading.ThreadError:
+        logging._releaseLock()
+    except RuntimeError:
         pass
     return WebSocketDaemon(host,
                            str(port),