diff --git a/src/instructlab/sdg/block.py b/src/instructlab/sdg/block.py
index 686ab783..c072908a 100644
--- a/src/instructlab/sdg/block.py
+++ b/src/instructlab/sdg/block.py
@@ -2,15 +2,13 @@
 # Standard
 from abc import ABC
 from typing import Any, Dict, Union
+import logging
 import os.path
 
 # Third Party
 import yaml
 
-# Local
-from .logger_config import setup_logger
-
-logger = setup_logger(__name__)
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 # This is part of the public API.
diff --git a/src/instructlab/sdg/datamixing.py b/src/instructlab/sdg/datamixing.py
index 2b6e6d30..9d5c10f0 100644
--- a/src/instructlab/sdg/datamixing.py
+++ b/src/instructlab/sdg/datamixing.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Standard
 from typing import Optional
 import json
+import logging
 import os.path
 import random
 import uuid
@@ -10,11 +11,10 @@
 import yaml
 
 # First Party
-from instructlab.sdg.logger_config import setup_logger
 from instructlab.sdg.utils import GenerateException, pandas
 
 ALLOWED_COLS = ["id", "messages", "metadata"]
-logger = setup_logger(__name__)
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 def _adjust_train_sample_size(ds: Dataset, num_samples: int):
diff --git a/src/instructlab/sdg/eval_data.py b/src/instructlab/sdg/eval_data.py
index a95bd597..509f3a32 100644
--- a/src/instructlab/sdg/eval_data.py
+++ b/src/instructlab/sdg/eval_data.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Standard
 from importlib import resources
 from typing import Any
+import logging
 import re
 
 # Third Party
@@ -10,10 +11,7 @@
 # First Party
 from instructlab.sdg.pipeline import EVAL_PIPELINES_PKG, Pipeline
 
-# Local
-from .logger_config import setup_logger
-
-logger = setup_logger(__name__)
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 def _extract_options(text: str) -> list[Any]:
diff --git a/src/instructlab/sdg/filterblock.py b/src/instructlab/sdg/filterblock.py
index 1ae3e5b9..a82c8c7d 100644
--- a/src/instructlab/sdg/filterblock.py
+++ b/src/instructlab/sdg/filterblock.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # Standard
+import logging
 import operator
 
 # Third Party
@@ -7,9 +8,8 @@
 
 # Local
 from .block import Block
-from .logger_config import setup_logger
 
-logger = setup_logger(__name__)
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 # This is part of the public API.
diff --git a/src/instructlab/sdg/generate_data.py b/src/instructlab/sdg/generate_data.py
index 730c8b39..4fa606b6 100644
--- a/src/instructlab/sdg/generate_data.py
+++ b/src/instructlab/sdg/generate_data.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Optional
 import json
+import logging
 import os
 import time
 
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@
     read_taxonomy_leaf_nodes,
 )
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 _SYS_PROMPT = "I am, Red Hat® Instruct Model based on Granite 7B, an AI language model developed by Red Hat and IBM Research, based on the Granite-7b-base language model. My primary function is to be a chat assistant."
 
 
@@ -73,9 +76,7 @@ def _convert_to_messages(sample):
     return sample
 
 
-def _gen_train_data(
-    logger, machine_instruction_data, output_file_train, output_file_messages
-):
+def _gen_train_data(machine_instruction_data, output_file_train, output_file_messages):
     """
     Generate training data in the legacy system/user/assistant format
     used in train_*.jsonl as well as the legacy messages format used
@@ -257,9 +258,9 @@ def _mixer_init(ctx, output_dir, date_suffix):
 
 # This is part of the public API, and used by instructlab.
 # TODO - parameter removal needs to be done in sync with a CLI change.
-# pylint: disable=unused-argument
+# to be removed: logger, prompt_file_path, rouge_threshold, tls_*
 def generate_data(
-    logger,
+    logger: logging.Logger = logger,  # pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name
     api_base: Optional[str] = None,
     api_key: Optional[str] = None,
     model_family: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -270,9 +271,9 @@ def generate_data(
     taxonomy_base: Optional[str] = None,
     output_dir: Optional[str] = None,
     # TODO - not used and should be removed from the CLI
-    prompt_file_path: Optional[str] = None,
+    prompt_file_path: Optional[str] = None,  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
     # TODO - probably should be removed
-    rouge_threshold: Optional[float] = None,
+    rouge_threshold: Optional[float] = None,  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
     console_output=True,
     yaml_rules: Optional[str] = None,
     chunk_word_count=None,
@@ -382,9 +383,9 @@ def generate_data(
         else:
             sdg = sdg_freeform_skill
 
-        logger.debug("Samples: %s" % samples)
+        logger.debug("Samples: %s", samples)
         ds = Dataset.from_list(samples)
-        logger.debug("Dataset: %s" % ds)
+        logger.debug("Dataset: %s", ds)
         new_generated_data = sdg.generate(ds)
         if len(new_generated_data) == 0:
             raise EmptyDatasetError(
@@ -395,8 +396,8 @@ def generate_data(
             if generated_data is None
             else generated_data + [new_generated_data]
         )
-        logger.info("Generated %d samples" % len(generated_data))
-        logger.debug("Generated data: %s" % generated_data)
+        logger.info("Generated %d samples", len(generated_data))
+        logger.debug("Generated data: %s", generated_data)
 
         if is_knowledge:
             # generate mmlubench data for the current leaf node
@@ -414,7 +415,6 @@ def generate_data(
         generated_data = []
 
     _gen_train_data(
-        logger,
         generated_data,
         os.path.join(output_dir, output_file_train),
         os.path.join(output_dir, output_file_messages),
diff --git a/src/instructlab/sdg/importblock.py b/src/instructlab/sdg/importblock.py
index c2e98b31..e6aeab7c 100644
--- a/src/instructlab/sdg/importblock.py
+++ b/src/instructlab/sdg/importblock.py
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# Standard
+import logging
+
 # Third Party
 from datasets import Dataset
 
 # Local
 from .block import Block
-from .logger_config import setup_logger
 
-logger = setup_logger(__name__)
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 # This is part of the public API.
diff --git a/src/instructlab/sdg/llmblock.py b/src/instructlab/sdg/llmblock.py
index 3133f932..69c7708a 100644
--- a/src/instructlab/sdg/llmblock.py
+++ b/src/instructlab/sdg/llmblock.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Standard
 from collections import ChainMap
 from typing import Any, Dict
+import logging
 import re
 
 # Third Party
@@ -10,9 +11,8 @@
 
 # Local
 from .block import Block
-from .logger_config import setup_logger
 
-logger = setup_logger(__name__)
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 MODEL_FAMILY_MIXTRAL = "mixtral"
 MODEL_FAMILY_MERLINITE = "merlinite"
diff --git a/src/instructlab/sdg/logger_config.py b/src/instructlab/sdg/logger_config.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 37c958ab..00000000
--- a/src/instructlab/sdg/logger_config.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-# Standard
-import logging
-
-# Third Party
-from rich.logging import RichHandler
-
-
-def setup_logger(name):
-    # Set up the logger
-    logging.basicConfig(
-        level=logging.INFO,
-        format="%(message)s",
-        datefmt="[%X]",
-        handlers=[RichHandler()],
-    )
-    logger = logging.getLogger(name)
-    return logger
diff --git a/src/instructlab/sdg/pipeline.py b/src/instructlab/sdg/pipeline.py
index 1263c974..fa78a601 100644
--- a/src/instructlab/sdg/pipeline.py
+++ b/src/instructlab/sdg/pipeline.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from importlib import resources
 from typing import Iterable, Optional
+import logging
 import math
 import os.path
 
@@ -18,9 +19,8 @@
 # Local
 from . import filterblock, importblock, llmblock, utilblocks
 from .block import Block
-from .logger_config import setup_logger
 
-logger = setup_logger(__name__)
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 # This is part of the public API.
diff --git a/src/instructlab/sdg/utilblocks.py b/src/instructlab/sdg/utilblocks.py
index 2eec3a38..c16acb7d 100644
--- a/src/instructlab/sdg/utilblocks.py
+++ b/src/instructlab/sdg/utilblocks.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# Standard
+import logging
+
 # Third Party
 from datasets import Dataset
 
@@ -7,9 +10,8 @@
 
 # Local
 from .block import Block
-from .logger_config import setup_logger
 
-logger = setup_logger(__name__)
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 # This is part of the public API.