diff --git a/bin/resque b/bin/resque
index c0901ce..03d82dc 100755
--- a/bin/resque
+++ b/bin/resque
@@ -68,9 +68,10 @@ if($APP_INCLUDE) {
 }
 
 // See if the APP_INCLUDE containes a logger object,
-// If none exists, fallback to internal logger
+// If none exists, use the NullLogger instead, which
+// effectively disables logging.
 if (!isset($logger) || !is_object($logger)) {
-    $logger = new \Resque\Logger($logLevel);
+    $logger = new \Psr\Log\NullLogger();
 }
 
 $BLOCKING = getenv('BLOCKING') !== FALSE;
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index c8b0de1..0b4c7d3 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 	"require": {
 		"php": ">=5.6.0",
 		"colinmollenhour/credis": "~1.7",
-		"psr/log": "~1.0"
+		"psr/log": ">=1.1.0"
 	},
 	"suggest": {
 		"ext-pcntl": "REQUIRED for forking processes on platforms that support it (so anything but Windows).",
diff --git a/lib/Logger.php b/lib/Logger.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 156cb60..0000000
--- a/lib/Logger.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace Resque;
-
-use Psr\Log\AbstractLogger;
-use Psr\Log\LogLevel;
-
-/**
- * Resque default logger PSR-3 compliant
- *
- * @package		Resque/Stat
- * @author		Chris Boulton <chris@bigcommerce.com>
- * @license		http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
- */
-class Logger extends AbstractLogger
-{
-	public $verbose;
-
-	public function __construct($verbose = false)
-	{
-		$this->verbose = $verbose;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Logs with an arbitrary level.
-	 *
-	 * @param mixed   $level    PSR-3 log level constant, or equivalent string
-	 * @param string  $message  Message to log, may contain a { placeholder }
-	 * @param array   $context  Variables to replace { placeholder }
-	 * @return null
-	 */
-	public function log($level, $message, array $context = array())
-	{
-		if ($this->verbose) {
-			fwrite(
-				STDOUT,
-				'[' . $level . '] [' . date('H:i:s Y-m-d') . '] ' . $this->interpolate($message, $context) . PHP_EOL
-			);
-			return;
-		}
-
-		if (!($level === LogLevel::INFO || $level === LogLevel::DEBUG)) {
-			fwrite(
-				STDOUT,
-				'[' . $level . '] ' . $this->interpolate($message, $context) . PHP_EOL
-			);
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Fill placeholders with the provided context
-	 * @author Jordi Boggiano j.boggiano@seld.be
-	 *
-	 * @param  string  $message  Message to be logged
-	 * @param  array   $context  Array of variables to use in message
-	 * @return string
-	 */
-	public function interpolate($message, array $context = array())
-	{
-		// build a replacement array with braces around the context keys
-		$replace = array();
-		foreach ($context as $key => $val) {
-			$replace['{' . $key . '}'] = $val;
-		}
-
-		// interpolate replacement values into the message and return
-		return strtr($message, $replace);
-	}
-}
diff --git a/lib/Worker/ResqueWorker.php b/lib/Worker/ResqueWorker.php
index 9528c4f..d400f72 100644
--- a/lib/Worker/ResqueWorker.php
+++ b/lib/Worker/ResqueWorker.php
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 namespace Resque\Worker;
 
-use Resque\Logger;
 use Resque\Resque;
 use CredisException;
 use Psr\Log\LogLevel;
+use Psr\Log\NullLogger;
 use Resque\Job\PID;
 use Resque\Event;
 use Resque\Exceptions\DirtyExitException;
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class ResqueWorker
 	 */
 	public function __construct($queues)
 	{
-		$this->logger = new Logger();
+		$this->logger = new NullLogger();
 
 		if (!is_array($queues)) {
 			$queues = array($queues);
diff --git a/test/Resque/Tests/LoggerTest.php b/test/Resque/Tests/LoggerTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 860af25..0000000
--- a/test/Resque/Tests/LoggerTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace Resque\Tests;
-
-use \Resque\Logger;
-
-/**
- * Logger tests.
- *
- * @package		Resque/Tests
- * @author		Chris Boulton <chris@bigcommerce.com>
- * @license		http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
- */
-class LoggerTest extends ResqueTestCase
-{
-	public function testLogInterpolate()
-	{
-		$logger   = new Logger();
-		$actual   = $logger->interpolate('string {replace}', array('replace' => 'value'));
-		$expected = 'string value';
-
-		$this->assertEquals($expected, $actual);
-	}
-
-	public function testLogInterpolateMutiple()
-	{
-		$logger   = new Logger();
-		$actual   = $logger->interpolate(
-			'string {replace1} {replace2}',
-			array('replace1' => 'value1', 'replace2' => 'value2')
-		);
-		$expected = 'string value1 value2';
-
-		$this->assertEquals($expected, $actual);
-	}
-}