diff --git a/Android.bp b/Android.bp
index 07eee63..0eb2837 100644
--- a/Android.bp
+++ b/Android.bp
@@ -359,7 +359,6 @@
         "metrics_reporter_stub.cc",
         "metrics_utils.cc",
         "network_selector_stub.cc",
-        "sideload_logging_android.cc",
         "sideload_main.cc",
         "update_attempter_android.cc",
         "update_boot_flags_action.cc",
diff --git a/sideload_logging_android.cc b/sideload_logging_android.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index f82259f..0000000
--- a/sideload_logging_android.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-//
-// Copyright (C) 2019 The Android Open Source Project
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-//
-
-#include "update_engine/sideload_logging_android.h"
-
-#include <android-base/logging.h>
-
-namespace chromeos_update_engine {
-
-void SetupAndroidLogging(char* argv[]) {
-  android::base::InitLogging(argv, android::base::StdioLogger);
-}
-
-}  // namespace chromeos_update_engine
diff --git a/sideload_logging_android.h b/sideload_logging_android.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 0bb8714..0000000
--- a/sideload_logging_android.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-//
-// Copyright (C) 2019 The Android Open Source Project
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-//
-
-#pragma once
-
-namespace chromeos_update_engine {
-
-// Some depending modules uses logging functions from android-base.
-// Redirect android-base logging to stdio, which redirects to /tmp/recovery.log.
-void SetupAndroidLogging(char* argv[]);
-
-}  // namespace chromeos_update_engine
diff --git a/sideload_main.cc b/sideload_main.cc
index 29d6f2c..818fa5c 100644
--- a/sideload_main.cc
+++ b/sideload_main.cc
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 #include "update_engine/common/subprocess.h"
 #include "update_engine/common/terminator.h"
 #include "update_engine/common/utils.h"
-#include "update_engine/sideload_logging_android.h"
 #include "update_engine/update_attempter_android.h"
 
 using std::string;
@@ -197,7 +196,6 @@
 
   chromeos_update_engine::Terminator::Init();
   chromeos_update_engine::SetupLogging();
-  chromeos_update_engine::SetupAndroidLogging(argv);
   brillo::FlagHelper::Init(argc, argv, "Update Engine Sideload");
 
   LOG(INFO) << "Update Engine Sideloading starting";