diff --git a/tempest/lib/cmd/skip_tracker.py b/tempest/lib/cmd/skip_tracker.py
index d95aa46..07b811d 100755
--- a/tempest/lib/cmd/skip_tracker.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/cmd/skip_tracker.py
@@ -21,16 +21,18 @@
 """
 
 import argparse
-import logging
 import os
 import re
 
+from oslo_log import log as logging
+
 try:
     from launchpadlib import launchpad
 except ImportError:
     launchpad = None
 
 LPCACHEDIR = os.path.expanduser('~/.launchpadlib/cache')
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 def parse_args():
@@ -40,11 +42,11 @@
 
 
 def info(msg, *args, **kwargs):
-    logging.info(msg, *args, **kwargs)
+    LOG.info(msg, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
 def debug(msg, *args, **kwargs):
-    logging.debug(msg, *args, **kwargs)
+    LOG.debug(msg, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
 def find_skips(start):
@@ -110,8 +112,6 @@
 
 
 def main():
-    logging.basicConfig(format='%(levelname)s: %(message)s',
-                        level=logging.INFO)
     parser = parse_args()
     results = find_skips(parser.test_path)
     unique_bugs = sorted(set([bug for (method, bug) in get_results(results)]))
diff --git a/tools/skip_tracker.py b/tools/skip_tracker.py
index 55f41a6..9735f77 100755
--- a/tools/skip_tracker.py
+++ b/tools/skip_tracker.py
@@ -20,23 +20,25 @@
 is fixed but a skip is still in the Tempest test code
 """
 
-import logging
 import os
 import re
 
 from launchpadlib import launchpad
+from oslo_log import log as logging
 
 BASEDIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..'))
 TESTDIR = os.path.join(BASEDIR, 'tempest')
 LPCACHEDIR = os.path.expanduser('~/.launchpadlib/cache')
 
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 def info(msg, *args, **kwargs):
-    logging.info(msg, *args, **kwargs)
+    LOG.info(msg, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
 def debug(msg, *args, **kwargs):
-    logging.debug(msg, *args, **kwargs)
+    LOG.debug(msg, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
 def find_skips(start=TESTDIR):
@@ -102,8 +104,6 @@
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    logging.basicConfig(format='%(levelname)s: %(message)s',
-                        level=logging.INFO)
     results = find_skips()
     unique_bugs = sorted(set([bug for (method, bug) in get_results(results)]))
     unskips = []