diff --git a/core/logger.hpp b/core/logger.hpp
index 54af7cb..7c10461 100644
--- a/core/logger.hpp
+++ b/core/logger.hpp
@@ -26,130 +26,19 @@
 #ifndef NFD_CORE_LOGGER_HPP
 #define NFD_CORE_LOGGER_HPP
 
-#include "common.hpp"
-
-#ifdef HAVE_CUSTOM_LOGGER
-#include "custom-logger.hpp"
-#else
-
-#include <mutex>
+#include "ns3/log.h"
 
 namespace nfd {
 
-/** \brief indicates a log level
- *  \note This type is internal. Logger should be accessed through NFD_LOG_* macros.
- */
-enum LogLevel {
-  LOG_FATAL          = -1, // fatal (will be logged unconditionally)
-  LOG_NONE           = 0, // no messages
-  LOG_ERROR          = 1, // serious error messages
-  LOG_WARN           = 2, // warning messages
-  LOG_INFO           = 3, // informational messages
-  LOG_DEBUG          = 4, // debug messages
-  LOG_TRACE          = 5, // trace messages (most verbose)
-  LOG_ALL            = 255 // all messages
-};
+#define NFD_LOG_INIT(name) NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE("nfd." name);
 
-/** \brief provides logging for a module
- *  \note This type is internal. Logger should be accessed through NFD_LOG_* macros.
- *  \note This type is copyable because logger can be declared as a field of
- *        (usually template) classes, and shouldn't prevent those classes to be copyable.
- */
-class Logger
-{
-public:
-  Logger(const std::string& name, LogLevel level);
-
-  bool
-  isEnabled(LogLevel level) const
-  {
-    return m_enabledLogLevel >= level;
-  }
-
-  void
-  setLogLevel(LogLevel level)
-  {
-    m_enabledLogLevel = level;
-  }
-
-  const std::string&
-  getName() const
-  {
-    return m_moduleName;
-  }
-
-  void
-  setName(const std::string& name)
-  {
-    m_moduleName = name;
-  }
-
-  /** \return string representation of time since epoch: seconds.microseconds
-   *  \warning Return value is in a statically allocated buffer,
-   *           which subsequent calls will overwrite.
-   */
-  static const char*
-  now();
-
-private:
-  std::string m_moduleName;
-  LogLevel    m_enabledLogLevel;
-};
-
-inline std::ostream&
-operator<<(std::ostream& output, const Logger& logger)
-{
-  output << logger.getName();
-  return output;
-}
+#define NFD_LOG_TRACE(expression) NS_LOG_LOGIC(expression)
+#define NFD_LOG_DEBUG(expression) NS_LOG_DEBUG(expression)
+#define NFD_LOG_INFO(expression) NS_LOG_INFO(expression)
+#define NFD_LOG_ERROR(expression) NS_LOG_ERROR(expression)
+#define NFD_LOG_WARN(expression) NS_LOG_WARN(expression)
+#define NFD_LOG_FATAL(expression) NS_LOG_FATAL(expression)
 
 } // namespace nfd
 
-#include "core/logger-factory.hpp"
-
-namespace nfd {
-
-#define NFD_LOG_INIT(name) \
-static nfd::Logger& g_logger = nfd::LoggerFactory::create(name)
-
-#define NFD_LOG_INCLASS_DECLARE() \
-static nfd::Logger& g_logger
-
-#define NFD_LOG_INCLASS_DEFINE(cls, name) \
-nfd::Logger& cls::g_logger = nfd::LoggerFactory::create(name)
-
-#define NFD_LOG_INCLASS_TEMPLATE_DEFINE(cls, name) \
-template<class T>                                  \
-nfd::Logger& cls<T>::g_logger = nfd::LoggerFactory::create(name)
-
-#define NFD_LOG_INCLASS_TEMPLATE_SPECIALIZATION_DEFINE(cls, specialization, name) \
-template<>                                                                        \
-nfd::Logger& cls<specialization>::g_logger = nfd::LoggerFactory::create(name)
-
-#define NFD_LOG_INCLASS_2TEMPLATE_SPECIALIZATION_DEFINE(cls, s1, s2, name) \
-template<>                                                                 \
-nfd::Logger& cls<s1, s2>::g_logger = nfd::LoggerFactory::create(name)
-
-extern std::mutex g_logMutex;
-
-#define NFD_LOG(level, msg, expression)                          \
-do {                                                             \
-  if (g_logger.isEnabled(::nfd::LOG_##level)) {                  \
-    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(::nfd::g_logMutex);         \
-    std::clog << ::nfd::Logger::now() << " "#msg": "             \
-              << "[" << g_logger << "] " << expression << "\n";  \
-  }                                                              \
-} while (false)
-
-#define NFD_LOG_TRACE(expression) NFD_LOG(TRACE, TRACE,   expression)
-#define NFD_LOG_DEBUG(expression) NFD_LOG(DEBUG, DEBUG,   expression)
-#define NFD_LOG_INFO(expression)  NFD_LOG(INFO,  INFO,    expression)
-#define NFD_LOG_WARN(expression)  NFD_LOG(WARN,  WARNING, expression)
-#define NFD_LOG_ERROR(expression) NFD_LOG(ERROR, ERROR,   expression)
-#define NFD_LOG_FATAL(expression) NFD_LOG(FATAL, FATAL,   expression)
-
-} // namespace nfd
-
-#endif // HAVE_CUSTOM_LOGGER
-
 #endif // NFD_CORE_LOGGER_HPP