diff --git a/netconf/main.py b/netconf/main.py
index c0f95fc..6f096a8 100755
--- a/netconf/main.py
+++ b/netconf/main.py
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
     client_passwords_file=os.environ.get('CLIENT_PASSWORD_FILE',
                                          'client_passwords'),
     grpc_endpoint=os.environ.get('GRPC_ENDPOINT', 'localhost:50055'),
-    fluentd=os.environ.get('FLUENTD', None),
     instance_id=os.environ.get('INSTANCE_ID', os.environ.get('HOSTNAME', '1')),
     internal_host_address=os.environ.get('INTERNAL_HOST_ADDRESS',
                                          get_my_primary_local_ipv4()),
@@ -130,15 +129,6 @@
                         default=defs['client_passwords_file'],
                         help=_help)
 
-    _help = ('<hostname>:<port> to fluentd server (default: %s). (If not '
-             'specified (None), the address from the config file is used'
-             % defs['fluentd'])
-    parser.add_argument('-F', '--fluentd',
-                        dest='fluentd',
-                        action='store',
-                        default=defs['fluentd'],
-                        help=_help)
-
     _help = ('gRPC end-point to connect to. It can either be a direct'
              'definition in the form of <hostname>:<port>, or it can be an'
              'indirect definition in the form of @<service-name> where'
@@ -248,8 +238,7 @@
         verbosity_adjust = (args.verbose or 0) - (args.quiet or 0)
         self.log = setup_logging(self.config.get('logging', {}),
                                  args.instance_id,
-                                 verbosity_adjust=verbosity_adjust,
-                                 fluentd=args.fluentd)
+                                 verbosity_adjust=verbosity_adjust)
 
         # components
         self.nc_server = None
diff --git a/netconf/netconf.production.yml b/netconf/netconf.production.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 32fc912..0000000
--- a/netconf/netconf.production.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-logging:
-    version: 1
-
-    formatters:
-      brief:
-        format: '%(message)s'
-      default:
-        format: '%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(levelname)-8s %(module)s.%(funcName)s %(message)s'
-        datefmt: '%Y%m%dT%H%M%S'
-      fluent_fmt:
-        '()': fluent.handler.FluentRecordFormatter
-        format:
-          level: '%(levelname)s'
-          hostname: '%(hostname)s'
-          where: '%(module)s.%(funcName)s'
-      fluent_default:
-        format: '%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(levelname)-8s %(threadName)s %(module)s.%(funcName)s %(message)s'
-        datefmt: '%Y%m%dT%H%M%S'
-
-    handlers:
-        fluent:
-            class: fluent.handler.FluentHandler
-            host: localhost
-            port: 24224
-            tag: netconf.logging
-            # Since fluent formatter output an exception with grpc data, use
-            # a basic formatter for now.
-            # formatter: fluent_fmt
-            formatter: fluent_default
-            level: INFO
-        null:
-            class: logging.NullHandler
-
-    loggers:
-        amqp:
-            handlers: [null]
-            propagate: False
-        conf:
-            handlers: [null]
-            propagate: False
-        '': # root logger
-            handlers: [fluent]
-            level: INFO # this can be bumped up/down by -q and -v command line
-                        # options
-            propagate: False
diff --git a/netconf/netconf.yml b/netconf/netconf.yml
index d0867b6..defc286 100644
--- a/netconf/netconf.yml
+++ b/netconf/netconf.yml
@@ -7,15 +7,6 @@
       default:
         format: '%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(levelname)-8s %(module)s.%(funcName)s %(message)s'
         datefmt: '%Y%m%dT%H%M%S'
-      fluent_fmt:
-        '()': fluent.handler.FluentRecordFormatter
-        format:
-          level: '%(levelname)s'
-          hostname: '%(hostname)s'
-          where: '%(module)s.%(funcName)s'
-      fluent_default:
-        format: '%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(levelname)-8s %(threadName)s %(module)s.%(funcName)s %(message)s'
-        datefmt: '%Y%m%dT%H%M%S'
 
     handlers:
         console:
@@ -23,16 +14,6 @@
             level: DEBUG
             formatter: default
             stream: ext://sys.stdout
-        fluent:
-            class: fluent.handler.FluentHandler
-            host: localhost
-            port: 24224
-            tag: netconf.logging
-            # Since fluent formatter output an exception with grpc data, use
-            # a basic formatter for now.
-            # formatter: fluent_fmt
-            formatter: fluent_default
-            level: DEBUG
         localRotatingFile:
             class: logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler
             filename: netconf.log
@@ -48,10 +29,9 @@
             handlers: [null]
             propagate: False
         conf:
-            handlers: [null]
             propagate: False
         '': # root logger
-            handlers: [console, fluent, localRotatingFile]
+            handlers: [console, localRotatingFile]
             level: INFO # this can be bumped up/down by -q and -v command line
                         # options
             propagate: False