diff --git a/bigml/dataset.py b/bigml/dataset.py
index 6b45f5e4..5115f7de 100644
--- a/bigml/dataset.py
+++ b/bigml/dataset.py
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
 from bigml.fields import Fields, sorted_headers, get_new_fields
 from bigml.api import get_api_connection, get_dataset_id, get_status
 from bigml.basemodel import get_resource_dict
-from bigml.util import DEFAULT_LOCALE, use_cache, cast, load, dump, dumps
+from bigml.util import DEFAULT_LOCALE, use_cache, cast, load, dump, dumps, \
+    sensenet_logging
 from bigml.constants import FINISHED
 from bigml.flatline import Flatline
 from bigml.featurizer import Featurizer
@@ -40,11 +41,7 @@
 #pylint: disable=locally-disabled,bare-except,ungrouped-imports
 try:
     # bigml-sensenet should be installed for image processing
-    logging.disable(logging.WARNING)
-    os.environ['TF_CPP_MIN_LOG_LEVEL'] = '3'
-    import tensorflow as tf
-    tf.autograph.set_verbosity(0)
-    logging.getLogger("tensorflow").setLevel(logging.ERROR)
+    sensenet_logging()
     import sensenet
     from bigml.images.featurizers import ImageFeaturizer as Featurizer
 except:
diff --git a/bigml/deepnet.py b/bigml/deepnet.py
index 087f1653..18c5b404 100644
--- a/bigml/deepnet.py
+++ b/bigml/deepnet.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 from bigml.api import FINISHED
 from bigml.api import get_status, get_api_connection, get_deepnet_id
 from bigml.util import cast, use_cache, load, get_data_transformations, \
-    PRECISION
+    PRECISION, sensenet_logging
 from bigml.basemodel import get_resource_dict, extract_objective
 from bigml.modelfields import ModelFields
 from bigml.laminar.constants import NUMERIC
@@ -62,11 +62,7 @@
 import bigml.laminar.preprocess_np as pp
 
 try:
-    logging.disable(logging.WARNING)
-    os.environ['TF_CPP_MIN_LOG_LEVEL'] = '3'
-    logging.getLogger("tensorflow").setLevel(logging.ERROR)
-    import tensorflow as tf
-    tf.autograph.set_verbosity(0)
+    sensenet_logging()
     from sensenet.models.wrappers import create_model
     from bigml.images.utils import to_relative_coordinates
     from bigml.constants import IOU_REMOTE_SETTINGS
diff --git a/bigml/util.py b/bigml/util.py
index 25ccadba..c1131a0f 100644
--- a/bigml/util.py
+++ b/bigml/util.py
@@ -748,6 +748,7 @@ def get_formatted_data(input_data_list, out_format=None):
         inner_data_list = input_data_list.copy()
     return inner_data_list
 
+
 #pylint: disable=locally-disabled,import-outside-toplevel
 def get_data_transformations(resource_id, parent_id):
     """Returns the pipeline that contains the tranformations and derived
@@ -760,3 +761,13 @@ def get_data_transformations(resource_id, parent_id):
                          "pipeline.")
     from bigml.pipeline.pipeline import BMLPipeline
     return BMLPipeline("dt-%s" % resource_id, [parent_id])
+
+
+def sensenet_logging():
+    """Removes warnings unnecessary logging when using sensenet"""
+    logging.disable(logging.WARNING)
+    os.environ['TF_CPP_MIN_LOG_LEVEL'] = '3'
+    os.environ["TF_USE_LEGACY_KERAS"] = "1"
+    import tensorflow as tf
+    tf.autograph.set_verbosity(0)
+    logging.getLogger("tensorflow").setLevel(logging.ERROR)