diff --git a/gracedb/api.py b/gracedb/api.py
index 9b4fe0c753aa15eea22351badb600b8ca49f9608..5c9f4a46b9401f92520b40c6746a3c3e39e8d361 100644
--- a/gracedb/api.py
+++ b/gracedb/api.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ from alert import issueAlertForUpdate
 import os
 import urllib
 import errno
-import logging
 import shutil
 
 from utils.vfile import VersionedFile
@@ -522,7 +521,6 @@ class EventLogList(APIView):
         return Response(rv)
 
     def post(self, request, graceid):
-        logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
         event = Event.getByGraceid(graceid)
         message = request.DATA.get('message')
         tagname = request.DATA.get('tagname')
@@ -744,7 +742,6 @@ class EventLogTagDetail(APIView):
             return Response("Tag not found.",status=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND)
 
     def put(self, request, graceid, n, tagname):
-        logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
         try:
             event = Event.getByGraceid(graceid)
             eventlog = event.eventlog_set.order_by("created").all()[int(n)]
diff --git a/gracedb/views.py b/gracedb/views.py
index 09b9b3a8ff2511ab6322f214a4997e6eb58bacbb..b78030ca304d967e58b525736834678be7ee0914 100644
--- a/gracedb/views.py
+++ b/gracedb/views.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from templatetags.scientific import scientific
 
 from buildVOEvent import buildVOEvent, submitToSkyalert
-import logging
 
 # XXX This should be configurable / moddable or something
 MAX_QUERY_RESULTS = 1000
@@ -444,7 +443,6 @@ def sanitize_html(data):
 
 
 def logentry(request, graceid, num=None):
-    logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
     try:
         event = Event.getByGraceid(graceid)
     except Event.DoesNotExist:
@@ -454,19 +452,15 @@ def logentry(request, graceid, num=None):
         elog = EventLog(event=event, issuer=request.ligouser)
         elog.comment = request.POST.get('comment') or request.GET.get('comment')
         elog.save()
-        logger.debug("just saved log entry")
         tagname = request.POST.get('tagname')
-        logger.debug("tagname = %s" % tagname)
         if tagname:
             # Look for the tag.  If it doesn't already exist, create it.
             try:
                 tag = Tag.objects.filter(name=tagname)[0]
             except:
                 displayName = request.POST.get('displayName')
-                logger.debug("disp name = %s" % displayName)
                 tag = Tag(name=tagname, displayName=displayName)
                 tag.save()
-                logger.debug("just saved tag")
 
             tag.eventlogs.add(elog)
             # Create a log entry to document the tag creation.