diff --git a/accumulo/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/accumulo/AccumuloLayerUpdater.scala b/accumulo/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/accumulo/AccumuloLayerUpdater.scala
index c788808c6a..22650fac48 100644
--- a/accumulo/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/accumulo/AccumuloLayerUpdater.scala
+++ b/accumulo/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/accumulo/AccumuloLayerUpdater.scala
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import geotrellis.spark.io.avro.codecs._
 import geotrellis.spark.merge._
 import geotrellis.util._
 
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 import org.apache.spark.SparkContext
 import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
 import spray.json._
diff --git a/cassandra/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/cassandra/CassandraLayerUpdater.scala b/cassandra/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/cassandra/CassandraLayerUpdater.scala
index 7b9b690b37..8ab7dcaecd 100644
--- a/cassandra/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/cassandra/CassandraLayerUpdater.scala
+++ b/cassandra/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/cassandra/CassandraLayerUpdater.scala
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import geotrellis.spark.io.avro.codecs._
 import geotrellis.spark.merge._
 import geotrellis.util._
 
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 import org.apache.spark.SparkContext
 import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
 import spray.json._
diff --git a/geomesa/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/geomesa/GeoMesaFeatureReader.scala b/geomesa/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/geomesa/GeoMesaFeatureReader.scala
index ab74c92e2d..f80f5c075e 100644
--- a/geomesa/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/geomesa/GeoMesaFeatureReader.scala
+++ b/geomesa/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/geomesa/GeoMesaFeatureReader.scala
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import geotrellis.geotools._
 import geotrellis.spark._
 import geotrellis.util.annotations.experimental
 import geotrellis.vector._
+import geotrellis.util._
 
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 import org.apache.accumulo.core.client.mapreduce.InputFormatBase
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Job
diff --git a/geomesa/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/geomesa/GeoMesaFeatureWriter.scala b/geomesa/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/geomesa/GeoMesaFeatureWriter.scala
index 9375584490..0143a6d464 100644
--- a/geomesa/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/geomesa/GeoMesaFeatureWriter.scala
+++ b/geomesa/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/geomesa/GeoMesaFeatureWriter.scala
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import geotrellis.geomesa.geotools._
 import geotrellis.spark._
 import geotrellis.util.annotations.experimental
 import geotrellis.vector._
+import geotrellis.util._
 
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
 import org.apache.spark.SparkContext
 import org.geotools.data.Transaction
diff --git a/geomesa/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/geomesa/GeoMesaInstance.scala b/geomesa/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/geomesa/GeoMesaInstance.scala
index d16eccd757..15283b9389 100644
--- a/geomesa/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/geomesa/GeoMesaInstance.scala
+++ b/geomesa/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/geomesa/GeoMesaInstance.scala
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 package geotrellis.spark.io.geomesa
 
 import geotrellis.spark.LayerId
+import geotrellis.util.LazyLogging
 import geotrellis.util.annotations.experimental
 
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 import org.geotools.data.DataStoreFinder
 import org.locationtech.geomesa.accumulo.data.AccumuloDataStore
 
diff --git a/geowave/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/geowave/GeowaveAttributeStore.scala b/geowave/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/geowave/GeowaveAttributeStore.scala
index d78dd16005..cdfc08129c 100644
--- a/geowave/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/geowave/GeowaveAttributeStore.scala
+++ b/geowave/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/geowave/GeowaveAttributeStore.scala
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ import geotrellis.raster._
 import geotrellis.spark._
 import geotrellis.spark.io._
 import geotrellis.spark.io.accumulo.AccumuloAttributeStore
+import geotrellis.util._
 import geotrellis.util.annotations.experimental
 import geotrellis.vector.Extent
 
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 import com.vividsolutions.jts.geom._
 import mil.nga.giat.geowave.adapter.raster.adapter.RasterDataAdapter
 import mil.nga.giat.geowave.core.geotime.ingest._
diff --git a/geowave/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/geowave/GeowaveLayerReader.scala b/geowave/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/geowave/GeowaveLayerReader.scala
index c06fc9c27c..2ec6b42cdf 100644
--- a/geowave/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/geowave/GeowaveLayerReader.scala
+++ b/geowave/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/geowave/GeowaveLayerReader.scala
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import geotrellis.util._
 import geotrellis.util.annotations.experimental
 import geotrellis.vector.Extent
 
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 import com.vividsolutions.jts.geom._
 import mil.nga.giat.geowave.adapter.raster.adapter.RasterDataAdapter
 import mil.nga.giat.geowave.core.geotime.ingest._
diff --git a/geowave/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/geowave/GeowaveLayerWriter.scala b/geowave/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/geowave/GeowaveLayerWriter.scala
index b342ae6366..f8e0a7d2f1 100644
--- a/geowave/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/geowave/GeowaveLayerWriter.scala
+++ b/geowave/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/geowave/GeowaveLayerWriter.scala
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import geotrellis.util._
 import geotrellis.util.annotations.experimental
 import geotrellis.vector.Extent
 
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 import mil.nga.giat.geowave.adapter.raster.adapter.merge.RasterTileRowTransform
 import mil.nga.giat.geowave.adapter.raster.adapter.RasterDataAdapter
 import mil.nga.giat.geowave.core.geotime.index.dimension._
diff --git a/hbase/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/hbase/HBaseLayerUpdater.scala b/hbase/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/hbase/HBaseLayerUpdater.scala
index 78c351902e..846082f02f 100644
--- a/hbase/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/hbase/HBaseLayerUpdater.scala
+++ b/hbase/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/hbase/HBaseLayerUpdater.scala
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import geotrellis.spark.merge._
 import geotrellis.util._
 
 import org.apache.spark.SparkContext
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
 import spray.json._
 
diff --git a/raster/build.sbt b/raster/build.sbt
index a3afb4dd7d..ffa3fe75d3 100644
--- a/raster/build.sbt
+++ b/raster/build.sbt
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
   typesafeConfig,
   jts,
   spire,
-  logging,
   monocleCore,
   monocleMacro,
   openCSV)
diff --git a/raster/src/main/scala/geotrellis/raster/Tile.scala b/raster/src/main/scala/geotrellis/raster/Tile.scala
index e06fdd7aa3..6a1cd3678e 100644
--- a/raster/src/main/scala/geotrellis/raster/Tile.scala
+++ b/raster/src/main/scala/geotrellis/raster/Tile.scala
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@
 package geotrellis.raster
 
 import spire.syntax.cfor._
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging._
+import geotrellis.util._
 
 import java.util.Locale
 import scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer
 import scala.math.BigDecimal
 
-
 /**
   * Base trait for a Tile.
   */
diff --git a/s3-testkit/build.sbt b/s3-testkit/build.sbt
index 322dda6192..1881b84991 100644
--- a/s3-testkit/build.sbt
+++ b/s3-testkit/build.sbt
@@ -5,6 +5,5 @@ libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
   sparkCore % "provided",
   awsSdkS3,
   spire,
-  logging,
   scalatest
 )
diff --git a/s3-testkit/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/testkit/MockS3Client.scala b/s3-testkit/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/testkit/MockS3Client.scala
index f63d2d572e..91fa982e5e 100644
--- a/s3-testkit/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/testkit/MockS3Client.scala
+++ b/s3-testkit/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/testkit/MockS3Client.scala
@@ -17,13 +17,16 @@
 package geotrellis.spark.io.s3.testkit
 
 import geotrellis.spark.io.s3._
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream
+import geotrellis.util.LazyLogging
+
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model._
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.internal.AmazonS3ExceptionBuilder
-import scala.collection.immutable.TreeMap
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap
+
+import scala.collection.immutable.TreeMap
 import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
 
 class MockS3Client() extends S3Client with LazyLogging {
diff --git a/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/AmazonS3Client.scala b/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/AmazonS3Client.scala
index 2b6b487946..67b2c92cd1 100644
--- a/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/AmazonS3Client.scala
+++ b/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/AmazonS3Client.scala
@@ -18,15 +18,10 @@ package geotrellis.spark.io.s3
 
 import com.amazonaws.ClientConfiguration
 import com.amazonaws.auth._
-import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.DeleteObjectsRequest.KeyVersion
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.{AmazonS3Client => AWSAmazonS3Client}
-import com.amazonaws.retry.PredefinedRetryPolicies
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model._
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 
-import java.io.{InputStream, ByteArrayInputStream}
-import scala.annotation.tailrec
 import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
 import scala.collection.mutable
 
diff --git a/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/S3Client.scala b/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/S3Client.scala
index afb29357cc..494a03fe51 100644
--- a/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/S3Client.scala
+++ b/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/S3Client.scala
@@ -16,19 +16,16 @@
 
 package geotrellis.spark.io.s3
 
-import com.amazonaws.ClientConfiguration
+import geotrellis.util.LazyLogging
+
 import com.amazonaws.auth._
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.DeleteObjectsRequest.KeyVersion
-import com.amazonaws.services.s3.{AmazonS3Client => AWSAmazonS3Client}
 import com.amazonaws.retry.PredefinedRetryPolicies
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model._
-import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 
 import java.io.{InputStream, ByteArrayInputStream}
 import scala.annotation.tailrec
 import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
-import scala.collection.mutable
 
 trait S3Client extends LazyLogging {
 
diff --git a/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/S3InputFormat.scala b/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/S3InputFormat.scala
index 23e2b1abc1..44927b90e2 100644
--- a/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/S3InputFormat.scala
+++ b/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/S3InputFormat.scala
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ package geotrellis.spark.io.s3
 
 import geotrellis.proj4.CRS
 import geotrellis.spark.io.hadoop._
+import geotrellis.util.LazyLogging
 
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.{ListObjectsRequest, ObjectListing}
 import com.amazonaws.auth._
 import com.amazonaws.regions._
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.{InputFormat, Job, JobContext}
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 
 import scala.util.matching.Regex
 
diff --git a/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/S3InputSplit.scala b/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/S3InputSplit.scala
index eb5a8fb700..d634fd0e04 100644
--- a/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/S3InputSplit.scala
+++ b/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/S3InputSplit.scala
@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@
 
 package geotrellis.spark.io.s3
 
-import java.io.{DataOutput, DataInput}
+import geotrellis.util.LazyLogging
+
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.{S3ObjectSummary, ObjectListing}
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.InputSplit
 import com.amazonaws.auth.{AWSCredentials, BasicAWSCredentials, AnonymousAWSCredentials, BasicSessionCredentials}
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
+
+import java.io.{DataOutput, DataInput}
 
 /**
  * Represents are batch of keys to be read from an S3 bucket.
diff --git a/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/S3LayerReader.scala b/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/S3LayerReader.scala
index dfbcdd9e7a..56ff262c5b 100644
--- a/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/S3LayerReader.scala
+++ b/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/S3LayerReader.scala
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import geotrellis.util._
 
 import org.apache.spark.SparkContext
 import spray.json.JsonFormat
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 
 import scala.reflect.ClassTag
 
diff --git a/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/S3LayerUpdater.scala b/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/S3LayerUpdater.scala
index 831290c6d6..03dea2a9e5 100644
--- a/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/S3LayerUpdater.scala
+++ b/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/S3LayerUpdater.scala
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import geotrellis.spark.io.index._
 import geotrellis.spark.merge._
 import geotrellis.util._
 
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 import org.apache.avro.Schema
 import org.apache.spark.SparkContext
 import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
diff --git a/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/S3LayerWriter.scala b/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/S3LayerWriter.scala
index c03d8bc650..54a01c0b1b 100644
--- a/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/S3LayerWriter.scala
+++ b/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/S3LayerWriter.scala
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import geotrellis.spark.io.index._
 import geotrellis.util._
 
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.PutObjectRequest
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
 import spray.json._
 
diff --git a/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/S3RecordReader.scala b/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/S3RecordReader.scala
index 364aa6885b..c6407de99e 100644
--- a/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/S3RecordReader.scala
+++ b/s3/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/s3/S3RecordReader.scala
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import geotrellis.util._
 
 import com.amazonaws.auth.AWSCredentials
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.GetObjectRequest
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.{InputSplit, TaskAttemptContext, RecordReader}
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils
 
diff --git a/spark-etl/build.sbt b/spark-etl/build.sbt
index e5e5126f74..22b76ce326 100644
--- a/spark-etl/build.sbt
+++ b/spark-etl/build.sbt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ name := "geotrellis-spark-etl"
 libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
   "com.github.fge" % "json-schema-validator" % "2.2.6",
   sparkCore % "provided",
-  logging,
   scalatest % "test")
 
 test in assembly := {}
diff --git a/spark-etl/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/etl/Etl.scala b/spark-etl/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/etl/Etl.scala
index cbf5da9a47..5139193e0c 100644
--- a/spark-etl/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/etl/Etl.scala
+++ b/spark-etl/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/etl/Etl.scala
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import geotrellis.spark.etl.config._
 
 import org.apache.spark._
 import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 
 import scala.reflect._
 import scala.reflect.runtime.universe._
diff --git a/spark-etl/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/etl/accumulo/AccumuloOutput.scala b/spark-etl/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/etl/accumulo/AccumuloOutput.scala
index 76113ba8f7..f7072a3763 100644
--- a/spark-etl/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/etl/accumulo/AccumuloOutput.scala
+++ b/spark-etl/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/etl/accumulo/AccumuloOutput.scala
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package geotrellis.spark.etl.accumulo
 import geotrellis.spark.etl.OutputPlugin
 import geotrellis.spark.etl.config.{AccumuloProfile, BackendProfile, EtlConf}
 import geotrellis.spark.io.accumulo.{AccumuloAttributeStore, AccumuloWriteStrategy, HdfsWriteStrategy, SocketWriteStrategy}
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
+import geotrellis.util.LazyLogging
 
 trait AccumuloOutput[K, V, M] extends OutputPlugin[K, V, M] with LazyLogging {
   val name = "accumulo"
diff --git a/spark/build.sbt b/spark/build.sbt
index 28d9798b77..d816a9cc65 100644
--- a/spark/build.sbt
+++ b/spark/build.sbt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
   sparkCore % "provided",
   hadoopClient % "provided",
   "com.google.uzaygezen" % "uzaygezen-core" % "0.2",
-  logging,
   avro,
   spire,
   monocleCore, monocleMacro,
diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/file/FileCollectionLayerReader.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/file/FileCollectionLayerReader.scala
index 3fb6087d79..6256ad0173 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/file/FileCollectionLayerReader.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/file/FileCollectionLayerReader.scala
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import geotrellis.spark.io.index._
 import geotrellis.util._
 
 import spray.json.JsonFormat
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 
 import scala.reflect.ClassTag
 
diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/file/FileLayerReader.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/file/FileLayerReader.scala
index 2dca1f82f7..472cfc1f6b 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/file/FileLayerReader.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/file/FileLayerReader.scala
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import geotrellis.util._
 
 import org.apache.spark.SparkContext
 import spray.json.JsonFormat
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 
 import scala.reflect.ClassTag
 
diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/file/FileLayerUpdater.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/file/FileLayerUpdater.scala
index 8522263cc4..d67837bc1c 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/file/FileLayerUpdater.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/file/FileLayerUpdater.scala
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import geotrellis.spark.io.json._
 import geotrellis.spark.merge._
 import geotrellis.util._
 
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 import org.apache.avro.Schema
 import org.apache.spark.SparkContext
 import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/file/FileLayerWriter.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/file/FileLayerWriter.scala
index 82dbb3444e..87f1deddcc 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/file/FileLayerWriter.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/file/FileLayerWriter.scala
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import geotrellis.raster._
 import geotrellis.util._
 
 import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 import spray.json._
 
 import scala.reflect._
diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/hadoop/HadoopCollectionLayerReader.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/hadoop/HadoopCollectionLayerReader.scala
index 724695232b..3c626899ab 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/hadoop/HadoopCollectionLayerReader.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/hadoop/HadoopCollectionLayerReader.scala
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import geotrellis.spark.io._
 import geotrellis.spark.io.avro._
 import geotrellis.util._
 
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path
 import org.apache.spark.SparkContext
diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/hadoop/HadoopLayerReader.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/hadoop/HadoopLayerReader.scala
index 0412dde85b..711a37c9d2 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/hadoop/HadoopLayerReader.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/hadoop/HadoopLayerReader.scala
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import geotrellis.spark.io.index.KeyIndex
 import geotrellis.spark.io.json._
 import geotrellis.util._
 
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 import org.apache.avro.Schema
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path
 import org.apache.spark.SparkContext
diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/hadoop/HadoopLayerUpdater.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/hadoop/HadoopLayerUpdater.scala
index 4cb010e8ad..9df1331c52 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/hadoop/HadoopLayerUpdater.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/hadoop/HadoopLayerUpdater.scala
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import geotrellis.spark.merge._
 import geotrellis.spark.util._
 import geotrellis.util._
 
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path
 import org.apache.spark.SparkContext
 import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/hadoop/HadoopRDDReader.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/hadoop/HadoopRDDReader.scala
index 9addf85619..319ba85bbd 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/hadoop/HadoopRDDReader.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/hadoop/HadoopRDDReader.scala
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import geotrellis.spark.io.avro._
 import geotrellis.spark.io.avro.codecs._
 import geotrellis.spark.io.hadoop.formats._
 import geotrellis.spark.util.KryoWrapper
+import geotrellis.util.LazyLogging
 
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 import org.apache.avro.Schema
 import org.apache.hadoop.io._
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path
diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/hadoop/HadoopRDDWriter.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/hadoop/HadoopRDDWriter.scala
index 492426b4e9..7e6f1b9494 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/hadoop/HadoopRDDWriter.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/hadoop/HadoopRDDWriter.scala
@@ -19,15 +19,13 @@ package geotrellis.spark.io.hadoop
 import geotrellis.spark._
 import geotrellis.spark.util._
 import geotrellis.spark.partition._
-import geotrellis.spark.io.hadoop.formats._
 import geotrellis.spark.io.index._
 import geotrellis.spark.io.avro._
 import geotrellis.spark.io.avro.codecs._
+import geotrellis.util.LazyLogging
 
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path
 import org.apache.hadoop.io._
-import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.output._
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
 import org.apache.spark.rdd._
 
diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/hadoop/HdfsUtils.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/hadoop/HdfsUtils.scala
index 639c8db166..f46f30e998 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/hadoop/HdfsUtils.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/io/hadoop/HdfsUtils.scala
@@ -16,20 +16,19 @@
 
 package geotrellis.spark.io.hadoop
 
-import geotrellis.spark.io.hadoop.formats._
+import geotrellis.util.LazyLogging
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs._
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Job
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.input.FileInputFormat
 import org.apache.hadoop.io._
+
+import java.io._
 import java.util.Scanner
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 
 import scala.collection.mutable.ListBuffer
 import scala.util.Random
-import scala.reflect._
-import java.io._
 
 abstract class LineScanner extends Iterator[String] with java.io.Closeable
 
diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/pyramid/Pyramid.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/pyramid/Pyramid.scala
index d1e0da5a66..4134ad267b 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/pyramid/Pyramid.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/pyramid/Pyramid.scala
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import geotrellis.util._
 
 import org.apache.spark.Partitioner
 import org.apache.spark.rdd._
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 
 import scala.reflect.ClassTag
 
diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/util/SparkUtils.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/util/SparkUtils.scala
index b25cb7cd54..35694f7909 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/util/SparkUtils.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/util/SparkUtils.scala
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@
 
 package geotrellis.spark.util
 
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
+import geotrellis.util.LazyLogging
+
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
 import org.apache.spark.SparkConf
 import org.apache.spark.SparkContext
+
 import java.io.File
 
 object SparkUtils extends LazyLogging {
diff --git a/util/build.sbt b/util/build.sbt
index 6c10bc6d86..790ef84edc 100644
--- a/util/build.sbt
+++ b/util/build.sbt
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ import Dependencies._
 
 name := "geotrellis-util"
 libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
+  logging,
   scalatest % "test"
 )
diff --git a/util/src/main/scala/geotrellis/util/LazyLogging.scala b/util/src/main/scala/geotrellis/util/LazyLogging.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e47fb1b78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/src/main/scala/geotrellis/util/LazyLogging.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package geotrellis.util
+
+import com.typesafe.scalalogging.Logger
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
+
+/**
+  * Similar to [[com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging]]
+  * but with @transient logger, to avoid potential serialization issues
+  * even with loggers that survive serialization.
+  */
+
+trait LazyLogging {
+  @transient protected lazy val logger: Logger =
+    Logger(LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass.getName))
+}
diff --git a/vector/build.sbt b/vector/build.sbt
index 77d03f8c13..b3e143cdbb 100644
--- a/vector/build.sbt
+++ b/vector/build.sbt
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@ name := "geotrellis-vector"
 libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
   jts,
   sprayJson,
-  logging,
   apacheMath,
   spire)
diff --git a/vector/src/main/scala/geotrellis/vector/io/WKB/WKB.scala b/vector/src/main/scala/geotrellis/vector/io/WKB/WKB.scala
index e878bcbb91..50deb06c90 100644
--- a/vector/src/main/scala/geotrellis/vector/io/WKB/WKB.scala
+++ b/vector/src/main/scala/geotrellis/vector/io/WKB/WKB.scala
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@
 
 package geotrellis.vector.io.wkb
 
-import com.vividsolutions.jts.io.WKBReader
-import com.vividsolutions.jts.{geom => jts}
+import geotrellis.util.LazyLogging
 import geotrellis.vector._
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
+
+import com.vividsolutions.jts.io.WKBReader
+
 
 /** A thread-safe wrapper for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well-known_text#Well-known_binary WKB]
   * Writer and Reader
diff --git a/vector/src/main/scala/geotrellis/vector/io/WKT/WKT.scala b/vector/src/main/scala/geotrellis/vector/io/WKT/WKT.scala
index cf32332a23..bdfe4ac2ac 100644
--- a/vector/src/main/scala/geotrellis/vector/io/WKT/WKT.scala
+++ b/vector/src/main/scala/geotrellis/vector/io/WKT/WKT.scala
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
 
 package geotrellis.vector.io.wkt
 
-import com.vividsolutions.jts.io.{WKTReader, WKTWriter}
-import com.vividsolutions.jts.{geom => jts}
 import geotrellis.vector._
+
+import com.vividsolutions.jts.io.{WKTReader, WKTWriter}
 import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 
 /** A thread-safe wrapper for the WKT Writer and Reader */