diff --git a/tracer/src/lib.rs b/tracer/src/lib.rs
index 40677cf8b..4c68f8937 100644
--- a/tracer/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tracer/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 //
 
-#[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate log;
-
 #[cfg(not(feature = "tracing"))]
 mod tracer_noop;
 #[cfg(not(feature = "tracing"))]
diff --git a/tracer/src/tracer.rs b/tracer/src/tracer.rs
index 3ff20bebb..56694ff2b 100644
--- a/tracer/src/tracer.rs
+++ b/tracer/src/tracer.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
+use log::warn;
 use serde::Serialize;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]