diff --git a/tools/intellij.tools.ide.util.common/src/com/intellij/tools/ide/util/common/logging.kt b/tools/intellij.tools.ide.util.common/src/com/intellij/tools/ide/util/common/logging.kt
index 1709a5189575..83ef0e8ee3ad 100644
--- a/tools/intellij.tools.ide.util.common/src/com/intellij/tools/ide/util/common/logging.kt
+++ b/tools/intellij.tools.ide.util.common/src/com/intellij/tools/ide/util/common/logging.kt
@@ -1,20 +1,5 @@
 package com.intellij.tools.ide.util.common
 
-import java.time.LocalDateTime
-import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
-
-private fun getFormattedTime() = LocalDateTime.now().format(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("hh:mm:ss"))
-
-// TODO: should we use java logging stack ?
-fun log(message: String, printerFunc: (String) -> Unit) {
-  if (message.isEmpty()) {
-    printerFunc(message)
-  }
-  else {
-    printerFunc("[${getFormattedTime()}]: $message")
-  }
-}
-
 fun logOutput() {
   logOutput("")
 }
@@ -23,15 +8,23 @@ fun logOutput(any: Any?) {
   logOutput(any?.toString() ?: "null")
 }
 
-fun logOutput(message: String) = log(message) { println(it) }
+fun logOutput(message: String) {
+  println(message)
+}
 
 /** The same as [logOutput] but concatenates the string representation of objects */
-fun logOutput(vararg objects: Any) = log(objects.joinToString(" ")) { println(it) }
+fun logOutput(vararg objects: Any) {
+  println(objects.joinToString(" "))
+}
 
-fun logError(any: Any?) = log(any?.toString() ?: "null") { System.err.println(it) }
+fun logError(any: Any?) {
+  System.err.println(any?.toString() ?: "null")
+}
 
-fun logError(message: String) = log(message) { System.err.println(it) }
+fun logError(message: String) {
+  System.err.println(message)
+}
 fun logError(message: String, t: Throwable?) {
-  log(message) { System.err.println(it) }
+  System.err.println(message)
   t?.printStackTrace(System.err)
 }
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