diff --git a/include/dwarfs/logger.h b/include/dwarfs/logger.h
index 26d85a4e..67cc7dc2 100644
--- a/include/dwarfs/logger.h
+++ b/include/dwarfs/logger.h
@@ -86,10 +86,6 @@ class stream_logger : public logger {
   stream_logger(std::shared_ptr<terminal const> term, std::ostream& os,
                 level_type threshold = WARN, bool with_context = false);
 
-  [[deprecated]] stream_logger(std::ostream& os = std::cerr,
-                               level_type threshold = WARN,
-                               bool with_context = false);
-
   void write(level_type level, const std::string& output, char const* file,
              int line) override;
 
diff --git a/src/dwarfs/logger.cpp b/src/dwarfs/logger.cpp
index 5d925611..400e4034 100644
--- a/src/dwarfs/logger.cpp
+++ b/src/dwarfs/logger.cpp
@@ -80,10 +80,6 @@ stream_logger::stream_logger(std::shared_ptr<terminal const> term,
   set_threshold(threshold);
 }
 
-stream_logger::stream_logger(std::ostream& os, level_type threshold,
-                             bool with_context)
-    : stream_logger{terminal::create(), os, threshold, with_context} {}
-
 void stream_logger::preamble() {}
 void stream_logger::postamble() {}
 std::string_view stream_logger::get_newline() const { return "\n"; }
diff --git a/test/dwarfs_benchmark.cpp b/test/dwarfs_benchmark.cpp
index 15a8bf97..b04191fc 100644
--- a/test/dwarfs_benchmark.cpp
+++ b/test/dwarfs_benchmark.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "dwarfs/worker_group.h"
 #include "mmap_mock.h"
 #include "test_helpers.h"
+#include "test_logger.h"
 #include "test_strings.h"
 
 #include "dwarfs/gen-cpp2/metadata_layouts.h"
@@ -117,9 +118,7 @@ std::string make_filesystem(::benchmark::State const& state) {
   worker_group wg("writer", 4);
   progress prog([](const progress&, bool) {}, 1000);
 
-  std::ostringstream logss;
-  stream_logger lgr(logss); // TODO: mock
-  lgr.set_policy<prod_logger_policy>();
+  test::test_logger lgr;
 
   auto sf = std::make_shared<segmenter_factory>(lgr, prog, cfg);
 
@@ -170,7 +169,7 @@ void frozen_string_table_lookup(::benchmark::State& state) {
   auto data = make_frozen_string_table(
       test::test_strings,
       string_table::pack_options(state.range(0), state.range(1), true));
-  stream_logger lgr;
+  test::test_logger lgr;
   string_table table(lgr, "bench", data);
   int i = 0;
   std::string str;
@@ -182,7 +181,7 @@ void frozen_string_table_lookup(::benchmark::State& state) {
 
 void dwarfs_initialize(::benchmark::State& state) {
   auto image = make_filesystem(state);
-  stream_logger lgr;
+  test::test_logger lgr;
   auto mm = std::make_shared<test::mmap_mock>(image);
   filesystem_options opts;
   opts.block_cache.max_bytes = 1 << 20;
@@ -283,7 +282,7 @@ class filesystem : public ::benchmark::Fixture {
   std::vector<inode_view> entries;
 
  private:
-  stream_logger lgr;
+  test::test_logger lgr;
   std::string image;
   std::shared_ptr<mmif> mm;
 };
diff --git a/test/fuzz_categorizers.cpp b/test/fuzz_categorizers.cpp
index 97349326..e3f288ec 100644
--- a/test/fuzz_categorizers.cpp
+++ b/test/fuzz_categorizers.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     return 1;
   }
 
-  stream_logger lgr(std::cerr);
+  null_logger lgr;
 
   auto& catreg = categorizer_registry::instance();
   auto catmgr = std::make_shared<categorizer_manager>(lgr);