diff --git a/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_main.c b/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_main.c
index 251300870..815ec73af 100644
--- a/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_main.c
+++ b/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_main.c
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 
 #include "spdk/env.h"
 #include "spdk/event.h"
-#include "spdk/log.h"
 
 #define SPDK_NVMF_BUILD_ETC "/usr/local/etc/nvmf"
 #define SPDK_NVMF_DEFAULT_CONFIG SPDK_NVMF_BUILD_ETC "/nvmf.conf"
diff --git a/app/spdk_tgt/spdk_tgt.c b/app/spdk_tgt/spdk_tgt.c
index b74801989..237b12ede 100644
--- a/app/spdk_tgt/spdk_tgt.c
+++ b/app/spdk_tgt/spdk_tgt.c
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 
 #include "spdk/env.h"
 #include "spdk/event.h"
-#include "spdk/log.h"
 #include "spdk/vhost.h"
 
 /* TODO: this should be handled by configure */
diff --git a/app/vhost/vhost.c b/app/vhost/vhost.c
index bfdbff97b..350de8cff 100644
--- a/app/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/app/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 
 #include "spdk/stdinc.h"
 
-#include "spdk/log.h"
 #include "spdk/conf.h"
 #include "spdk/event.h"