diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/speech.c b/src/libespeak-ng/speech.c
index 49e0142d..9b55c25a 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/speech.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/speech.c
@@ -639,11 +639,6 @@ ESPEAK_API espeak_ERROR espeak_Synth(const void *text, size_t size,
 {
 	(void)size; // unused
 
-	if (f_logespeak) {
-		fprintf(f_logespeak, "\nSYNTH posn %d %d %d flags 0x%x\n%s\n", position, end_position, position_type, flags, (const char *)text);
-		fflush(f_logespeak);
-	}
-
 	espeak_ERROR a_error = EE_INTERNAL_ERROR;
 	static unsigned int temp_identifier;
 
@@ -692,9 +687,6 @@ ESPEAK_API espeak_ERROR espeak_Synth_Mark(const void *text, size_t size,
 	espeak_ERROR a_error = EE_OK;
 	static unsigned int temp_identifier;
 
-	if (f_logespeak)
-		fprintf(f_logespeak, "\nSYNTH MARK %s posn %d flags 0x%x\n%s\n", index_mark, end_position, flags, (const char *)text);
-
 	if (unique_identifier == NULL)
 		unique_identifier = &temp_identifier;
 	*unique_identifier = 0;
@@ -781,8 +773,6 @@ ESPEAK_API int espeak_GetParameter(espeak_PARAMETER parameter, int current)
 
 ESPEAK_API espeak_ERROR espeak_SetParameter(espeak_PARAMETER parameter, int value, int relative)
 {
-	if (f_logespeak)
-		fprintf(f_logespeak, "SETPARAM %d %d %d\n", parameter, value, relative);
 #ifdef USE_ASYNC
 	espeak_ERROR a_error;
 
@@ -923,11 +913,6 @@ ESPEAK_API espeak_ERROR espeak_Terminate(void)
 	FreePhData();
 	FreeVoiceList();
 
-	if (f_logespeak) {
-		fclose(f_logespeak);
-		f_logespeak = NULL;
-	}
-
 	return EE_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/synthdata.c b/src/libespeak-ng/synthdata.c
index edd086f7..e7bb9502 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/synthdata.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/synthdata.c
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ const char *version_string = "1.48.15  16.Apr.15";
 const int version_phdata  = 0x014801;
 
 int option_device_number = -1;
-FILE *f_logespeak = NULL;
-int logging_type;
 
 // copy the current phoneme table into here
 int n_phoneme_tab;
@@ -419,8 +417,6 @@ void LoadConfig(void)
 	char *p;
 	char string[200];
 
-	logging_type = 0;
-
 	for (ix = 0; ix < N_SOUNDICON_SLOTS; ix++) {
 		soundicon_tab[ix].filename = NULL;
 		soundicon_tab[ix].data = NULL;
@@ -433,13 +429,7 @@ void LoadConfig(void)
 	while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), f) != NULL) {
 		if (buf[0] == '/')  continue;
 
-		if (memcmp(buf, "log", 3) == 0) {
-			if (sscanf(&buf[4], "%d %s", &logging_type, string) == 2) {
-				if (f_logespeak)
-					fclose(f_logespeak);
-				f_logespeak = fopen(string, "w");
-			}
-		} else if (memcmp(buf, "tone", 4) == 0)
+		if (memcmp(buf, "tone", 4) == 0)
 			ReadTonePoints(&buf[5], tone_points);
 		else if (memcmp(buf, "pa_device", 9) == 0)
 			sscanf(&buf[10], "%d", &option_device_number);
diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/translate.c b/src/libespeak-ng/translate.c
index a07e6124..74a98c8c 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/translate.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/translate.c
@@ -1561,15 +1561,6 @@ static int TranslateWord2(Translator *tr, char *word, WORD_TAB *wtab, int pre_pa
 	char word_replaced[N_WORD_BYTES+1];
 	char old_dictionary_name[40];
 
-	if ((f_logespeak != NULL) && (logging_type & 8)) {
-		fprintf(f_logespeak, "WORD: flg=%.5x len=%d  '", wtab->flags, wtab->length);
-		for (ix = 0; ix < 40; ix++) {
-			if (word[ix] == 0) break;
-			fputc(word[ix], f_logespeak);
-		}
-		fprintf(f_logespeak, "'\n");
-	}
-
 	len = wtab->length;
 	if (len > 31) len = 31;
 	source_ix = (wtab->sourceix & 0x7ff) | (len << 11); // bits 0-10 sourceix, bits 11-15 word length
@@ -2253,13 +2244,6 @@ void *TranslateClause(Translator *tr, FILE *f_text, const void *vp_input, int *t
 		charix[ix] = 0;
 	terminator = ReadClause(tr, f_text, source, charix, &charix_top, N_TR_SOURCE, &tone2, voice_change_name);
 
-	if ((f_logespeak != NULL) && (logging_type & 4)) {
-		fprintf(f_logespeak, "CLAUSE %x:\n", terminator);
-		for (p = source; *p != 0; p++)
-			fputc(*p, f_logespeak);
-		fprintf(f_logespeak, "ENDCLAUSE\n");
-		fflush(f_logespeak);
-	}
 	p = source;
 
 	charix[charix_top+1] = 0;
diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/translate.h b/src/libespeak-ng/translate.h
index 59e1d8c1..8c32069a 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/translate.h
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/translate.h
@@ -775,8 +775,6 @@ void InterpretPhoneme2(int phcode, PHONEME_DATA *phdata);
 char *WritePhMnemonic(char *phon_out, PHONEME_TAB *ph, PHONEME_LIST *plist, int use_ipa, int *flags);
 
 extern FILE *f_trans; // for logging
-extern FILE *f_logespeak;
-extern int logging_type; // from config file
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }