diff --git a/.changelog/2123.txt b/.changelog/2123.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64472d4d47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/2123.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+```release-note:enhancement
+provider: use inbuilt cloudflare-go logger for HTTP interactions
+```
+
+```release-note:enhancement
+provider: `X-Auth-Email`, `X-Auth-Key`, `X-Auth-User-Service-Key` and `Authorization` values are now automatically redacted from debug logs
+```
diff --git a/internal/provider/provider.go b/internal/provider/provider.go
index 9cac8d64b1..346a00a243 100644
--- a/internal/provider/provider.go
+++ b/internal/provider/provider.go
@@ -4,13 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"log"
-	"os"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
 	cloudflare "github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go"
-	cleanhttp "github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-log/tflog"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/diag"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/logging"
@@ -296,7 +293,6 @@ func New(version string) func() *schema.Provider {
 }
 
 func configure(version string, p *schema.Provider) func(context.Context, *schema.ResourceData) (interface{}, diag.Diagnostics) {
-
 	return func(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData) (interface{}, diag.Diagnostics) {
 		var diags diag.Diagnostics
 
@@ -307,13 +303,7 @@ func configure(version string, p *schema.Provider) func(context.Context, *schema
 		retryOpt := cloudflare.UsingRetryPolicy(d.Get("retries").(int), d.Get("min_backoff").(int), d.Get("max_backoff").(int))
 		options := []cloudflare.Option{limitOpt, retryOpt, baseURL}
 
-		if d.Get("api_client_logging").(bool) {
-			options = append(options, cloudflare.UsingLogger(log.New(os.Stderr, "", log.LstdFlags)))
-		}
-
-		c := cleanhttp.DefaultClient()
-		c.Transport = logging.NewTransport("Cloudflare", c.Transport)
-		options = append(options, cloudflare.HTTPClient(c))
+		options = append(options, cloudflare.Debug(logging.IsDebugOrHigher()))
 
 		ua := fmt.Sprintf("terraform/%s terraform-plugin-sdk/%s terraform-provider-cloudflare/%s", p.TerraformVersion, meta.SDKVersionString(), version)
 		options = append(options, cloudflare.UserAgent(ua))
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index efd4a7b2bc..34913f8f79 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"flag"
-	"log"
 
 	"github.com/cloudflare/terraform-provider-cloudflare/internal/provider"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/plugin"
@@ -25,9 +24,5 @@ func main() {
 		Debug:        debugMode,
 	}
 
-	logFlags := log.Flags()
-	logFlags = logFlags &^ (log.Ldate | log.Ltime)
-	log.SetFlags(logFlags)
-
 	plugin.Serve(opts)
 }