diff --git a/gensim/models/word2vec.py b/gensim/models/word2vec.py
index dee0b8dfaf..6de29a4406 100644
--- a/gensim/models/word2vec.py
+++ b/gensim/models/word2vec.py
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@
 from types import GeneratorType
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s : %(levelname)s : %(message)s')
 
 try:
     from gensim.models.word2vec_inner import train_batch_sg, train_batch_cbow