diff --git a/Packages.props b/Packages.props
index d063f16e..8788100b 100644
--- a/Packages.props
+++ b/Packages.props
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
     <PackageReference Update="Prism.Unity.Forms" Version="$(PrismVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Update="Prism.DryIoc.Forms" Version="$(PrismVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Update="Prism.Plugin.Popups" Version="7.2.0.1046" />
-    <PackageReference Update="Prism.Plugin.Logging.Abstractions" Version="8.0.11-beta" />
     <PackageReference Update="Prism.Plugin.Logging.Loggly" Version="8.0.11-beta" />
     <PackageReference Update="Xamarin.Forms" Version="4.8.0.1560" />
     <PackageReference Update="Xamarin.Essentials" Version="1.5.3.2" />
diff --git a/sample-apps/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook/App.xaml.cs b/sample-apps/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook/App.xaml.cs
index 9862b22d..bac3dec8 100644
--- a/sample-apps/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook/App.xaml.cs
+++ b/sample-apps/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook/App.xaml.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 using Prism.Ioc;
 using Prism.Unity;
 using Xamarin.Forms;
-using Prism.Logging;
 using ContosoCookbook.Views;
 using ContosoCookbook.Services;
 using Xamarin.Forms.Xaml;
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ protected override async void OnInitialized()
 
         protected override void RegisterTypes(IContainerRegistry containerRegistry)
         {
-            containerRegistry.RegisterSingleton<ILogger, DebugLoggingService>();
             containerRegistry.RegisterSingleton<IRecipeService, RecipeService>();
 
             containerRegistry.RegisterForNavigation<NavigationPage>();
diff --git a/sample-apps/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook.csproj b/sample-apps/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook.csproj
index f8bc15f6..1b460f45 100644
--- a/sample-apps/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook.csproj
+++ b/sample-apps/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook.csproj
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Prism.Plugin.Logging.Abstractions" />
     <PackageReference Include="Xamarin.Forms" />
     <PackageReference Include="Prism.Unity.Forms" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/sample-apps/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook/Converters/LocalImagePathConverter.cs b/sample-apps/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook/Converters/LocalImagePathConverter.cs
index 64a6470b..667a72d4 100644
--- a/sample-apps/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook/Converters/LocalImagePathConverter.cs
+++ b/sample-apps/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook/Converters/LocalImagePathConverter.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 using System;
 using System.Globalization;
-using Prism.Logging;
 using Xamarin.Forms;
 
 namespace ContosoCookbook.Converters
@@ -15,20 +14,12 @@ static LocalImagePathConverter()
             _assembly = typeof(LocalImagePathConverter).AssemblyQualifiedName.Split(',')[1].Trim() + '.';
         }
 
-        private readonly ILogger _logger;
-
-        public LocalImagePathConverter(ILogger logger)
-        {
-            _logger = logger;
-        }
-
         public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
         {
             // Convert an image-path string (e.g. "images/chinese/photo.jpg" into a resource ID
             // (e.g. "ContosoCookbook.images.chinese.photo.jpg") and return an ImageSource
             // wrapping that resource
             string source = _assembly + ((string)value).Replace('/', '.');
-            _logger.Debug($"Getting image '{source}'");
             return ImageSource.FromResource(source);
         }
 
diff --git a/sample-apps/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook/Services/DebugLoggingService.cs b/sample-apps/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook/Services/DebugLoggingService.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index fa63a384..00000000
--- a/sample-apps/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook/ContosoCookbook/Services/DebugLoggingService.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using Prism.Logging;
-using System.Diagnostics;
-
-namespace ContosoCookbook.Services
-{
-    public class DebugLoggingService : ILogger
-    {
-        public void TrackEvent(string name, IDictionary<string, string> properties)
-        {
-            LogInternal(name, properties);
-        }
-
-        public void Report(Exception ex, IDictionary<string, string> properties)
-        {
-            LogInternal(ex, properties);
-        }
-
-        public void Log(string message, IDictionary<string, string> properties)
-        {
-            LogInternal(message, properties);
-        }
-
-        private void LogInternal(object message, IDictionary<string, string> properties)
-        {
-            Debug.WriteLine(message);
-
-            foreach (var prop in properties ?? new Dictionary<string, string>())
-            {
-                Debug.WriteLine($"    {prop.Key}: {prop.Value}");
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}