diff --git a/rate_limiter/src/group.rs b/rate_limiter/src/group.rs
index ce726e40d..54e140161 100644
--- a/rate_limiter/src/group.rs
+++ b/rate_limiter/src/group.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use std::os::unix::io::{AsRawFd, FromRawFd, RawFd};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use std::{io, result, thread};
 
+use log::{error, info, warn};
 use thiserror::Error;
 use vmm_sys_util::eventfd::EventFd;
 
diff --git a/rate_limiter/src/lib.rs b/rate_limiter/src/lib.rs
index da3a4c78f..cd73253c5 100644
--- a/rate_limiter/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rate_limiter/src/lib.rs
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@
 //! It is meant to be used in an external event loop and thus implements the `AsRawFd`
 //! trait and provides an *event-handler* as part of its API. This *event-handler*
 //! needs to be called by the user on every event on the rate limiter's `AsRawFd` FD.
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate log;
 
 use std::io;
 use std::os::unix::io::{AsRawFd, RawFd};
@@ -52,6 +50,7 @@ use std::sync::Mutex;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
+use log::error;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use vmm_sys_util::timerfd::TimerFd;