diff --git a/scripts/oe-build-perf-test b/scripts/oe-build-perf-test
index 07f2a1fde5..9f3ba44366 100755
--- a/scripts/oe-build-perf-test
+++ b/scripts/oe-build-perf-test
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ from oeqa.utils.commands import runCmd
 
 
 # Set-up logging
-LOG_FORMAT = '[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s: %(message)s'
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format=LOG_FORMAT)
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format='%(levelname)s: %(message)s')
 log = logging.getLogger()
 
 
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ def setup_file_logging(log_file):
     log_dir = os.path.dirname(log_file)
     if not os.path.exists(log_dir):
         os.makedirs(log_dir)
-    formatter = logging.Formatter(LOG_FORMAT)
+    formatter = logging.Formatter('[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s: %(message)s')
     handler = logging.FileHandler(log_file)
     handler.setFormatter(formatter)
     log.addHandler(handler)