diff --git a/bin/netsvc.py b/bin/netsvc.py
index d121e4b5b39..75246e981b8 100644
--- a/bin/netsvc.py
+++ b/bin/netsvc.py
@@ -87,32 +87,14 @@ LOG_CRITICAL = 'critical'
 # add new log level below DEBUG
 logging.DEBUG_RPC = logging.DEBUG - 1
 
-class UnicodeFormatter(logging.Formatter):
-    def __init__(self, enc, fmt=None, datefmt=None):
-        self._enc = enc
-        logging.Formatter.__init__(self, fmt, datefmt)
-        self._fmt = tools.ustr(self._fmt)
-        if self.datefmt is not None:
-            self.datefmt = tools.ustr(self.datefmt)
-
-    def formatTime(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        return tools.ustr(logging.Formatter.formatTime(self, *args, **kwargs), self._enc)
-
-    def formatException(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        return tools.ustr(logging.Formatter.formatException(self, *args, **kwargs), self._enc)
-
-    def format(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        return tools.ustr(logging.Formatter.format(self, *args, **kwargs), self._enc)
-
 def init_logger():
     import os
     from tools.translate import resetlocale
-    l = resetlocale() or ''
-    enc = '.' in l and l.split('.')[1] or 'utf-8'
+    resetlocale()
 
     logger = logging.getLogger()
     # create a format for log messages and dates
-    formatter = UnicodeFormatter(enc, '[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s:%(name)s:%(message)s', '%a %b %d %Y %H:%M:%S')
+    formatter = logging.Formatter('[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s:%(name)s:%(message)s')
     
     logging_to_stdout = False
     if tools.config['syslog']:
@@ -123,7 +105,7 @@ def init_logger():
                                                           release.version))
         else:
             handler = logging.handlers.SysLogHandler('/dev/log')
-        formatter = UnicodeFormatter(enc, "%s %s" % (release.description, release.version) + ':%(levelname)s:%(name)s:%(message)s')
+        formatter = logging.Formatter("%s %s" % (release.description, release.version) + ':%(levelname)s:%(name)s:%(message)s')
 
     elif tools.config['logfile']:
         # LogFile Handler
@@ -175,7 +157,7 @@ def init_logger():
 
 class Logger(object):
     def notifyChannel(self, name, level, msg):
-        log = logging.getLogger(name)
+        log = logging.getLogger(tools.ustr(name))
 
         if level == LOG_DEBUG_RPC and not hasattr(log, level):
             fct = lambda msg, *args, **kwargs: log.log(logging.DEBUG_RPC, msg, *args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/bin/tools/misc.py b/bin/tools/misc.py
index 0a47ae044ec..04a1bba0ab5 100644
--- a/bin/tools/misc.py
+++ b/bin/tools/misc.py
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ class cache(object):
 def to_xml(s):
     return s.replace('&','&amp;').replace('<','&lt;').replace('>','&gt;')
 
-def ustr(value, fromenc='utf-8'):
+def ustr(value):
     """This method is similar to the builtin `str` method, except
     it will return Unicode string.
 
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ def ustr(value, fromenc='utf-8'):
     if not isinstance(value, str):
         value = str(value)
 
-    return unicode(value, fromenc)
+    return unicode(value, 'utf-8')
 
 def exception_to_unicode(e):
     if hasattr(e, 'message'):