diff --git a/lib/ar-extensions/import.rb b/lib/ar-extensions/import.rb
index ce81773..e682668 100644
--- a/lib/ar-extensions/import.rb
+++ b/lib/ar-extensions/import.rb
@@ -154,8 +154,6 @@ class ActiveRecord::Base
     # * failed_instances - an array of objects that fails validation and were not committed to the database. An empty array if no validation is performed.
     # * num_inserts - the number of insert statements it took to import the data
     def import( *args )
-      @logger = Logger.new(STDOUT)
-      @logger.level = Logger::DEBUG
       options = { :validate=>true, :timestamps=>true }
       options.merge!( args.pop ) if args.last.is_a? Hash