diff --git a/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/GradleLogger.java b/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/GradleLogger.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 8acbe9319c964..0000000000000
--- a/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/GradleLogger.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,197 +0,0 @@
-package io.quarkus.gradle.tasks;
-
-import java.text.MessageFormat;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.function.Supplier;
-
-import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
-import org.jboss.logging.LoggerProvider;
-import org.wildfly.common.Assert;
-
-public class GradleLogger implements LoggerProvider {
-    static final Object[] NO_PARAMS = new Object[0];
-
-    public static volatile Supplier<org.gradle.api.logging.Logger> logSupplier;
-
-    @Override
-    public Logger getLogger(final String name) {
-        return new Logger(name) {
-            @Override
-            protected void doLog(final Level level, final String loggerClassName, final Object message,
-                    final Object[] parameters, final Throwable thrown) {
-                final Supplier<org.gradle.api.logging.Logger> logSupplier = GradleLogger.logSupplier;
-                if (logSupplier != null) {
-                    org.gradle.api.logging.Logger log = logSupplier.get();
-                    String text;
-                    if (parameters == null || parameters.length == 0) {
-                        text = String.valueOf(message);
-                    } else
-                        try {
-                            text = MessageFormat.format(String.valueOf(message), parameters);
-                        } catch (Exception e) {
-                            text = invalidFormat(String.valueOf(message), parameters);
-                        }
-                    doActualLog(log, level, text, thrown);
-                }
-            }
-
-            @Override
-            protected void doLogf(final Level level, final String loggerClassName, final String format,
-                    final Object[] parameters, final Throwable thrown) {
-                final Supplier<org.gradle.api.logging.Logger> logSupplier = GradleLogger.logSupplier;
-                if (logSupplier != null) {
-                    org.gradle.api.logging.Logger log = logSupplier.get();
-                    String text;
-                    if (parameters == null)
-                        try {
-                            //noinspection RedundantStringFormatCall
-                            text = String.format(format);
-                        } catch (Exception e) {
-                            text = invalidFormat(format, NO_PARAMS);
-                        }
-                    else
-                        try {
-                            text = String.format(format, (Object[]) parameters);
-                        } catch (Exception e) {
-                            text = invalidFormat(format, parameters);
-                        }
-                    if (!text.startsWith("JBoss Threads version")) {
-                        doActualLog(log, level, text, thrown);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            @Override
-            public boolean isEnabled(final Level level) {
-                final Supplier<org.gradle.api.logging.Logger> logSupplier = GradleLogger.logSupplier;
-                if (logSupplier == null)
-                    return false;
-                org.gradle.api.logging.Logger log = logSupplier.get();
-                switch (level) {
-                    case FATAL:
-                    case ERROR:
-                        return log.isErrorEnabled();
-                    case WARN:
-                        return log.isWarnEnabled();
-                    case INFO:
-                        return log.isInfoEnabled();
-                    default:
-                        return log.isDebugEnabled();
-                }
-            }
-
-            void doActualLog(final org.gradle.api.logging.Logger log, final Level level, final String message,
-                    final Throwable thrown) {
-                //TODO: will fix this in the upcoming version of æsh
-                // style options are limited unless we crack into jansi ourselves
-                //buffer.strong("[").project(name).strong("]").a(" ").a(message);
-                StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder();
-                buffer.append("[").append(name).append("]").append(" ").append(message);
-                if (thrown != null) {
-                    switch (level) {
-                        case FATAL:
-                        case ERROR:
-                            log.error(buffer.toString(), thrown);
-                            break;
-                        case WARN:
-                            log.warn(buffer.toString(), thrown);
-                            break;
-                        case INFO:
-                            log.info(buffer.toString(), thrown);
-                            break;
-                        default:
-                            log.debug(buffer.toString(), thrown);
-                            break;
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    switch (level) {
-                        case FATAL:
-                        case ERROR:
-                            log.error(buffer.toString());
-                            break;
-                        case WARN:
-                            log.warn(buffer.toString());
-                            break;
-                        case INFO:
-                            log.info(buffer.toString());
-                            break;
-                        default:
-                            log.debug(buffer.toString());
-                            break;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        };
-    }
-
-    String invalidFormat(final String format, final Object[] parameters) {
-        final StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder("** invalid format \'" + format + "\'");
-        if (parameters != null && parameters.length > 0) {
-            b.append(" [").append(parameters[0]);
-            for (int i = 1; i < parameters.length; i++) {
-                b.append(',').append(parameters[i]);
-            }
-            b.append("]");
-        }
-        return b.toString();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void clearMdc() {
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public Object putMdc(final String key, final Object value) {
-        //throw Assert.unsupported();
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public Object getMdc(final String key) {
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void removeMdc(final String key) {
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public Map<String, Object> getMdcMap() {
-        return Collections.emptyMap();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void clearNdc() {
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String getNdc() {
-        return "";
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public int getNdcDepth() {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String popNdc() {
-        return "";
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String peekNdc() {
-        return "";
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void pushNdc(final String message) {
-        throw Assert.unsupported();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void setNdcMaxDepth(final int maxDepth) {
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/QuarkusTask.java b/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/QuarkusTask.java
index 254433b5155c3..62a24bbdc5abc 100644
--- a/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/QuarkusTask.java
+++ b/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/QuarkusTask.java
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ public abstract class QuarkusTask extends DefaultTask {
     private QuarkusPluginExtension extension;
 
     QuarkusTask(String description) {
-        GradleLogger.logSupplier = this::getLogger;
-
         setDescription(description);
         setGroup("quarkus");
     }