diff --git a/gunicorn_config.py b/gunicorn_config.py
index 2643f78c9..70f6fad1c 100644
--- a/gunicorn_config.py
+++ b/gunicorn_config.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import multiprocessing
 import os
 import sys
 import traceback
-import logging
 from app.utils import hilite
 import gunicorn
 
@@ -13,8 +12,6 @@ import gunicorn
 workers = multiprocessing.cpu_count()
 worker_class = "gevent"
 
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
-logging.info(hilite("Gunicorn timeout set to 240 seconds"))
 timeout = 240
 bind = "0.0.0.0:{}".format(os.getenv("PORT"))
 disable_redirect_access_to_syslog = True