diff --git a/libdevcore/Log.cpp b/libdevcore/Log.cpp
index cad77cb3f..f64f682c3 100644
--- a/libdevcore/Log.cpp
+++ b/libdevcore/Log.cpp
@@ -130,11 +130,6 @@ string dev::ThreadContext::join(string const& _prior)
 	return g_logThreadContext.join(_prior);
 }
 
-// foward declare without all of Windows.h
-#ifdef _WIN32
-extern "C" __declspec(dllimport) void __stdcall OutputDebugStringA(const char* lpOutputString);
-#endif
-
 string dev::getThreadName()
 {
 #if defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__)
@@ -158,20 +153,7 @@ void dev::setThreadName(char const* _n)
 #endif
 }
 
-void dev::simpleDebugOut(std::string const& _s, char const*)
+void dev::simpleDebugOut(std::string const& _s)
 {
-	static SpinLock s_lock;
-	SpinGuard l(s_lock);
-
-	cerr << _s << endl << flush;
-
-	// helpful to use OutputDebugString on windows
-	#ifdef _WIN32
-	{
-		OutputDebugStringA(_s.data());
-		OutputDebugStringA("\n");
-	}
-	#endif
+	std::cerr << _s << '\n';
 }
-
-std::function<void(std::string const&, char const*)> dev::g_logPost = simpleDebugOut;
diff --git a/libdevcore/Log.h b/libdevcore/Log.h
index d6e2ef44d..8d8c2b3bc 100644
--- a/libdevcore/Log.h
+++ b/libdevcore/Log.h
@@ -44,14 +44,11 @@ public:
 };
 
 /// A simple log-output function that prints log messages to stdout.
-void simpleDebugOut(std::string const&, char const*);
+void simpleDebugOut(std::string const&);
 
 /// The logging system's current verbosity.
 extern int g_logVerbosity;
 
-/// The current method that the logging system uses to output the log messages. Defaults to simpleDebugOut().
-extern std::function<void(std::string const&, char const*)> g_logPost;
-
 class ThreadContext
 {
 public:
@@ -208,7 +205,7 @@ public:
 	LogOutputStream(): LogOutputStreamBase(Id::name(), &typeid(Id), Id::verbosity, _AutoSpacing) {}
 
 	/// Destructor. Posts the accrued log entry to the g_logPost function.
-	~LogOutputStream() { if (Id::verbosity <= g_logVerbosity) g_logPost(m_sstr.str(), Id::name()); }
+	~LogOutputStream() { if (Id::verbosity <= g_logVerbosity) simpleDebugOut(m_sstr.str()); }
 
 	LogOutputStream& operator<<(std::string const& _t) { if (Id::verbosity <= g_logVerbosity) { if (_AutoSpacing && m_sstr.str().size() && m_sstr.str().back() != ' ') m_sstr << " "; comment(_t); } return *this; }