diff --git a/log/format.pgeth.go b/log/format.pgeth.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d6968b69f8..0000000000
--- a/log/format.pgeth.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-package log
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"fmt"
-	"strings"
-	"unicode/utf8"
-)
-
-func PgethFormat(usecolor bool) Format {
-	return FormatFunc(func(r *Record) []byte {
-		var color = 0
-		if usecolor {
-			switch r.Lvl {
-			case LvlCrit:
-				color = 35
-			case LvlError:
-				color = 31
-			case LvlWarn:
-				color = 33
-			case LvlInfo:
-				color = 34
-			case LvlDebug:
-				color = 36
-			case LvlTrace:
-				color = 34
-			}
-		}
-
-		b := &bytes.Buffer{}
-		lvl := r.Lvl.AlignedString()
-		if lvl == "INFO " {
-			lvl = "PLUG "
-		}
-		if locationEnabled.Load() {
-			// Log origin printing was requested, format the location path and line number
-			location := fmt.Sprintf("%+v", r.Call)
-			for _, prefix := range locationTrims {
-				location = strings.TrimPrefix(location, prefix)
-			}
-			// Maintain the maximum location length for fancyer alignment
-			align := int(locationLength.Load())
-			if align < len(location) {
-				align = len(location)
-				locationLength.Store(uint32(align))
-			}
-			padding := strings.Repeat(" ", align-len(location))
-
-			// Assemble and print the log heading
-			if color > 0 {
-				fmt.Fprintf(b, "\x1b[%dm%s\x1b[0m[%s|%s]%s %s ", color, lvl, r.Time.Format(termTimeFormat), location, padding, r.Msg)
-			} else {
-				fmt.Fprintf(b, "%s[%s|%s]%s %s ", lvl, r.Time.Format(termTimeFormat), location, padding, r.Msg)
-			}
-		} else {
-			if color > 0 {
-				fmt.Fprintf(b, "\x1b[%dm%s\x1b[0m[%s] %s ", color, lvl, r.Time.Format(termTimeFormat), r.Msg)
-			} else {
-				fmt.Fprintf(b, "%s[%s] %s ", lvl, r.Time.Format(termTimeFormat), r.Msg)
-			}
-		}
-		// try to justify the log output for short messages
-		length := utf8.RuneCountInString(r.Msg)
-		if len(r.Ctx) > 0 && length < termMsgJust {
-			b.Write(bytes.Repeat([]byte{' '}, termMsgJust-length))
-		}
-		// print the keys logfmt style
-		logfmt(b, r.Ctx, color, true)
-		return b.Bytes()
-	})
-}
diff --git a/pgeth/engine.go b/pgeth/engine.go
index 67a99d998a..8425371d89 100644
--- a/pgeth/engine.go
+++ b/pgeth/engine.go
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"runtime/debug"
 
-	"github.com/mattn/go-colorable"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/internal/ethapi"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/node"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/pgeth/toolkit"
 	pgeth_monitoring "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/plugins/pgeth-monitoring"
@@ -35,16 +35,12 @@ type PluginEngineConfig struct {
 type PluginEngine struct {
 	node    *node.Node
 	backend ethapi.Backend
-	logger  log.Logger
+	logger  *log.Logger
 }
 
 func NewEngine(cfg *PluginEngineConfig) *PluginEngine {
 	logger := log.New()
 
-	var ostream log.Handler
-	output := colorable.NewColorableStdout()
-	ostream = log.StreamHandler(output, log.PgethFormat(true))
-	logger.SetHandler(ostream)
 	return &PluginEngine{
 		node:    cfg.Node,
 		backend: cfg.Backend,
diff --git a/pgeth/toolkit/toolkit.go b/pgeth/toolkit/toolkit.go
index 549ffb3075..9acb3ae205 100644
--- a/pgeth/toolkit/toolkit.go
+++ b/pgeth/toolkit/toolkit.go
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 package toolkit
 
 import (
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/internal/ethapi"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/node"
 )
 
 type PluginToolkit struct {
 	Node    *node.Node
 	Backend ethapi.Backend
-	Logger  log.Logger
+	Logger  *log.Logger
 }
diff --git a/plugins/build.sh b/plugins/build.sh
index c782e4e4a4..6d6ab950d5 100755
--- a/plugins/build.sh
+++ b/plugins/build.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #! /bin/bash
 
+go get github.com/sirupsen/logrus
+
 for d in plugins/*/ ; do
 	CWD=$(pwd)
     echo "fetch dependencies $d"