diff --git a/lambda-extension/Cargo.toml b/lambda-extension/Cargo.toml
index f5b101c1..10c65e40 100644
--- a/lambda-extension/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lambda-extension/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,4 @@ tokio-stream = "0.1.2"
 lambda_runtime_api_client = { version = "0.4", path = "../lambda-runtime-api-client" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-simple_logger = "1.6.0"
-log = "^0.4"
 simple-error = "0.2"
diff --git a/lambda-extension/README.md b/lambda-extension/README.md
index 4982779f..0dc297d9 100644
--- a/lambda-extension/README.md
+++ b/lambda-extension/README.md
@@ -10,17 +10,14 @@ The code below creates a simple extension that's registered to every `INVOKE` an
 
 ```rust,no_run
 use lambda_extension::{extension_fn, Error, NextEvent};
-use log::LevelFilter;
-use simple_logger::SimpleLogger;
-use tracing::info;
 
 async fn log_extension(event: NextEvent) -> Result<(), Error> {
     match event {
         NextEvent::Shutdown(event) => {
-            info!("{}", event);
+            println!("Shutdown {:?}", event);
         }
         NextEvent::Invoke(event) => {
-            info!("{}", event);
+            println!("Invoke {:?}", event);
         }
     }
     Ok(())
@@ -28,8 +25,6 @@ async fn log_extension(event: NextEvent) -> Result<(), Error> {
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
-    SimpleLogger::new().with_level(LevelFilter::Info).init().unwrap();
-
     let func = extension_fn(log_extension);
     lambda_extension::run(func).await
 }
@@ -55,4 +50,4 @@ Then, you can compile the extension against that target:
 $ cargo build -p lambda_extension --example basic --release --target x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
 ```
 
-This previous command will generate a binary file in `target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/examples` called `basic`. When the extension is registered with the [Runtime Extensions API](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/runtimes-extensions-api.html#runtimes-extensions-api-reg), that's the name that the extension will be registered with. If you want to register the extension with a different name, you only have to rename this binary file and deploy it with the new name.
\ No newline at end of file
+This previous command will generate a binary file in `target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/examples` called `basic`. When the extension is registered with the [Runtime Extensions API](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/runtimes-extensions-api.html#runtimes-extensions-api-reg), that's the name that the extension will be registered with. If you want to register the extension with a different name, you only have to rename this binary file and deploy it with the new name.
diff --git a/lambda-extension/examples/basic.rs b/lambda-extension/examples/basic.rs
index 573b3281..af089d17 100644
--- a/lambda-extension/examples/basic.rs
+++ b/lambda-extension/examples/basic.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 use lambda_extension::{extension_fn, Error, NextEvent};
-use log::LevelFilter;
-use simple_logger::SimpleLogger;
 
 async fn my_extension(event: NextEvent) -> Result<(), Error> {
     match event {
@@ -16,10 +14,6 @@ async fn my_extension(event: NextEvent) -> Result<(), Error> {
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
-    // required to enable CloudWatch error logging by the runtime
-    // can be replaced with any other method of initializing `log`
-    SimpleLogger::new().with_level(LevelFilter::Info).init().unwrap();
-
     let func = extension_fn(my_extension);
     lambda_extension::run(func).await
 }
diff --git a/lambda-extension/examples/custom_events.rs b/lambda-extension/examples/custom_events.rs
index 88f040aa..f8a116ef 100644
--- a/lambda-extension/examples/custom_events.rs
+++ b/lambda-extension/examples/custom_events.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 use lambda_extension::{extension_fn, Error, NextEvent, Runtime};
-use log::LevelFilter;
-use simple_logger::SimpleLogger;
 
 async fn my_extension(event: NextEvent) -> Result<(), Error> {
     match event {
@@ -18,10 +16,6 @@ async fn my_extension(event: NextEvent) -> Result<(), Error> {
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
-    // required to enable CloudWatch error logging by the runtime
-    // can be replaced with any other method of initializing `log`
-    SimpleLogger::new().with_level(LevelFilter::Info).init().unwrap();
-
     let func = extension_fn(my_extension);
 
     let runtime = Runtime::builder().with_events(&["SHUTDOWN"]).register().await?;
diff --git a/lambda-extension/examples/custom_trait_implementation.rs b/lambda-extension/examples/custom_trait_implementation.rs
index caef7730..6f42f437 100644
--- a/lambda-extension/examples/custom_trait_implementation.rs
+++ b/lambda-extension/examples/custom_trait_implementation.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 use lambda_extension::{run, Error, Extension, InvokeEvent, NextEvent};
-use log::LevelFilter;
-use simple_logger::SimpleLogger;
 use std::{
     future::{ready, Future},
     pin::Pin,
@@ -28,9 +26,5 @@ impl Extension for MyExtension {
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
-    // required to enable CloudWatch error logging by the runtime
-    // can be replaced with any other method of initializing `log`
-    SimpleLogger::new().with_level(LevelFilter::Info).init().unwrap();
-
     run(MyExtension::default()).await
 }