diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index bca397479..bbf8db42e 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -49,15 +49,13 @@ lxml = "==4.9.1"
 marshmallow = "==3.15.0"
 marshmallow-sqlalchemy = "==0.28.1"
 notifications-python-client = "==6.3.0"
-notifications-utils = {editable = true, ref = "987646ec18d32dfe8b4ea55b83d68e31e2f85104", git = "https://github.com/GSA/notifications-utils"}
+notifications-utils = {editable = true, ref = "11b9d3dbde8d73910c05b0cb8e74d9f93b45a7b0", git = "https://github.com/GSA/notifications-utils"}
 oscrypto = "==1.3.0"
 psycopg2-binary = "==2.9.3"
 pyjwt = "==2.4.0"
 python-dotenv = "==0.20.0"
 sqlalchemy = "==1.4.40"
 werkzeug = "~=2.1.1"
-# PaaS packages
-awscli-cwlogs = "==1.4.6"
 # gds metrics packages
 prometheus-client = "==0.14.1"
 gds-metrics = {version = "==0.2.4", ref = "6f1840a57b6fb1ee40b7e84f2f18ec229de8aa72", git = "https://github.com/alphagov/gds_metrics_python.git"}
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index 0ba35b620..c2741fb05 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "4dbf825ea628237cbd96a33bf72c1c3a2c82e8a23bd0d53b836667fb8aba040c"
+            "sha256": "adeddc01285ee3e46e1a1464cceffc5fd1d151c61f069642e1c716b8e9fd0507"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -72,13 +72,6 @@
             "index": "pypi",
             "version": "==1.24.8"
         },
-        "awscli-cwlogs": {
-            "hashes": [
-                "sha256:44d2fe77d109b7b630fb8f6c06760ff6c5ec9861be16413fd5b977f5a4971f83"
-            ],
-            "index": "pypi",
-            "version": "==1.4.6"
-        },
         "bcrypt": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:2b02d6bfc6336d1094276f3f588aa1225a598e27f8e3388f4db9948cb707b521",
@@ -717,7 +710,7 @@
         "notifications-utils": {
             "editable": true,
             "git": "https://github.com/GSA/notifications-utils",
-            "ref": "987646ec18d32dfe8b4ea55b83d68e31e2f85104"
+            "ref": "11b9d3dbde8d73910c05b0cb8e74d9f93b45a7b0"
         },
         "orderedset": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -1010,10 +1003,10 @@
         },
         "redis": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:a52d5694c9eb4292770084fa8c863f79367ca19884b329ab574d5cb2036b3e54",
-                "sha256:ddf27071df4adf3821c4f2ca59d67525c3a82e5f268bed97b813cb4fabf87880"
+                "sha256:30c07511627a4c5c4d970e060000772f323174f75e745a26938319817ead7a12",
+                "sha256:46652271dc7525cd5a9667e5b0ca983c848c75b2b8f7425403395bb8379dcf25"
             ],
-            "version": "==4.3.4"
+            "version": "==4.3.5"
         },
         "requests": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -1818,11 +1811,11 @@
         },
         "pip-audit": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:6c7fd7c300559c99963f0b4be4543c55175e1550534228b8d27bce7dcd06ab34",
-                "sha256:be866655a365714c98782e00e64b092383ffb9171680aaaa0fb50ba75d775022"
+                "sha256:00ebef2a52884627f255b879135e28001de4378b8005318b66cc3a802459ee0a",
+                "sha256:d6d830bdbe3fd3efaf54f4a203451f286e75aecb7e44f9f84f7bfbd38aba26ac"
             ],
             "index": "pypi",
-            "version": "==2.4.5"
+            "version": "==2.4.6"
         },
         "pip-requirements-parser": {
             "hashes": [
diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index fe4ee6fc3..24392e2ca 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def create_app(application):
     ma.init_app(application)
     zendesk_client.init_app(application)
     statsd_client.init_app(application)
-    logging.init_app(application, statsd_client)
+    logging.init_app(application)
     aws_sns_client.init_app(application, statsd_client=statsd_client)
 
     aws_ses_client.init_app(application.config['AWS_REGION'], statsd_client=statsd_client)
diff --git a/app/config.py b/app/config.py
index 394840e42..2695dcb73 100644
--- a/app/config.py
+++ b/app/config.py
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ class Config(object):
 
     # Logging
     DEBUG = False
-    NOTIFY_LOG_PATH = getenv('NOTIFY_LOG_PATH', 'logs/application.log')
 
     # Monitoring
     CRONITOR_ENABLED = False
diff --git a/deploy-config/egress_proxy/notify-api-demo.allow.acl b/deploy-config/egress_proxy/notify-api-demo.allow.acl
index 59ba51ac1..711a1adfd 100644
--- a/deploy-config/egress_proxy/notify-api-demo.allow.acl
+++ b/deploy-config/egress_proxy/notify-api-demo.allow.acl
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 email.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
 sns.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
-logs.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
diff --git a/deploy-config/egress_proxy/notify-api-staging.allow.acl b/deploy-config/egress_proxy/notify-api-staging.allow.acl
index 59ba51ac1..711a1adfd 100644
--- a/deploy-config/egress_proxy/notify-api-staging.allow.acl
+++ b/deploy-config/egress_proxy/notify-api-staging.allow.acl
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 email.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
 sns.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
-logs.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
diff --git a/gunicorn_config.py b/gunicorn_config.py
index c4844df4b..06da4f712 100644
--- a/gunicorn_config.py
+++ b/gunicorn_config.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ from gds_metrics.gunicorn import child_exit  # noqa
 workers = 4
 worker_class = "eventlet"
 worker_connections = 256
-errorlog = "/home/vcap/logs/gunicorn_error.log"
 bind = "0.0.0.0:{}".format(os.getenv("PORT"))
 statsd_host = "{}:8125".format(os.getenv("STATSD_HOST"))
 gunicorn.SERVER_SOFTWARE = 'None'
diff --git a/manifest.yml b/manifest.yml
index 688651973..24308e8fb 100644
--- a/manifest.yml
+++ b/manifest.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ applications:
 
     env:
       NOTIFY_APP_NAME: api
-      NOTIFY_LOG_PATH: /home/vcap/logs/app.log
       FLASK_APP: application.py
       FLASK_ENV: production
 
diff --git a/scripts/run_app_paas.sh b/scripts/run_app_paas.sh
index 313a068ec..3e2d2fb46 100755
--- a/scripts/run_app_paas.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_app_paas.sh
@@ -4,40 +4,12 @@ set -e -o pipefail
 
 TERMINATE_TIMEOUT=9
 MAX_DISK_SPACE_USAGE=75
-readonly LOGS_DIR="/home/vcap/logs"
 
 function check_params {
   if [ -z "${NOTIFY_APP_NAME}" ]; then
     echo "You must set NOTIFY_APP_NAME"
     exit 1
   fi
-
-  if [ -z "${CW_APP_NAME}" ]; then
-    CW_APP_NAME=${NOTIFY_APP_NAME}
-  fi
-}
-
-function configure_aws_logs {
-  # create files so that aws logs agent doesn't complain
-  touch ${LOGS_DIR}/gunicorn_error.log
-  touch ${LOGS_DIR}/app.log.json
-
-  aws configure set plugins.cwlogs cwlogs
-
-  cat > /home/vcap/app/awslogs.conf << EOF
-[general]
-state_file = ${LOGS_DIR}/awslogs-state
-
-[${LOGS_DIR}/app.log]
-file = ${LOGS_DIR}/app.log.json
-log_group_name = paas-${CW_APP_NAME}-application
-log_stream_name = {hostname}
-
-[${LOGS_DIR}/gunicorn_error.log]
-file = ${LOGS_DIR}/gunicorn_error.log
-log_group_name = paas-${CW_APP_NAME}-gunicorn
-log_stream_name = {hostname}
-EOF
 }
 
 function on_exit {
@@ -64,12 +36,6 @@ function start_application {
   echo "Application process pid: ${APP_PID}"
 }
 
-function start_aws_logs_agent {
-  exec aws logs push --region us-west-2 --config-file /home/vcap/app/awslogs.conf &
-  AWSLOGS_AGENT_PID=$!
-  echo "AWS logs agent pid: ${AWSLOGS_AGENT_PID}"
-}
-
 function check_disk_space {
     # get something like:
     #
@@ -90,7 +56,6 @@ function check_disk_space {
 function run {
   while true; do
     kill -0 ${APP_PID} 2&>/dev/null || break
-    kill -0 ${AWSLOGS_AGENT_PID} 2&>/dev/null || start_aws_logs_agent
     check_disk_space
     sleep 1
   done
@@ -102,11 +67,7 @@ check_params
 
 trap "on_exit" EXIT
 
-configure_aws_logs
-
 # The application has to start first!
 start_application "$@"
 
-start_aws_logs_agent
-
 run