diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fccb9c9..1f7941d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,17 +3,11 @@ name = "entomologist"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
 
-[features]
-default = []
-log = ["dep:log", "dep:simple_logger"]
-
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.95"
 clap = { version = "4.5.26", features = ["derive"] }
-log = { version = "0.4.27", optional = true }
 rand = "0.9.1"
 serde = { version = "1.0.217", features = ["derive"] }
-simple_logger = { version = "5.0.0", optional = true }
 tempfile = "3.20.0"
 thiserror = "2.0.11"
 toml = "0.8.19"
diff --git a/src/bin/ent/main.rs b/src/bin/ent/main.rs
index d26dc3c..3561f4c 100644
--- a/src/bin/ent/main.rs
+++ b/src/bin/ent/main.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 use clap::Parser;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "log")]
-use simple_logger;
-
 #[derive(Debug, clap::Parser)]
 #[command(version, about, long_about = None)]
 struct Args {
@@ -88,9 +85,6 @@ fn handle_command(args: &Args, issues_dir: &std::path::Path) -> anyhow::Result<(
 }
 
 fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    #[cfg(feature = "log")]
-    simple_logger::SimpleLogger::new().env().init().unwrap();
-
     let args: Args = Args::parse();
     // println!("{:?}", args);
 
diff --git a/src/issue.rs b/src/issue.rs
index 8031300..b91d3c6 100644
--- a/src/issue.rs
+++ b/src/issue.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "log")]
-use log::debug;
-
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, serde::Deserialize)]
 /// These are the states an issue can be in.
 pub enum State {
@@ -86,8 +83,7 @@ impl Issue {
                         dependencies = Some(deps);
                     }
                 } else {
-                    #[cfg(feature = "log")]
-                    debug!("ignoring unknown file in issue directory: {:?}", file_name);
+                    println!("ignoring unknown file in issue directory: {:?}", file_name);
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/issues.rs b/src/issues.rs
index a900ed6..bb548e4 100644
--- a/src/issues.rs
+++ b/src/issues.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-#[cfg(feature = "log")]
-use log::debug;
-
 // Just a placeholder for now, get rid of this if we don't need it.
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, serde::Deserialize)]
 pub struct Config {}
@@ -59,8 +56,7 @@ impl Issues {
                 } else if direntry.file_name() == "config.toml" {
                     issues.parse_config(direntry.path().as_path())?;
                 } else {
-                    #[cfg(feature = "log")]
-                    debug!(
+                    println!(
                         "ignoring unknown file in issues directory: {:?}",
                         direntry.file_name()
                     );