diff --git a/ircbot/bot.py b/ircbot/bot.py
index fde61b9..54a32c6 100644
--- a/ircbot/bot.py
+++ b/ircbot/bot.py
@@ -26,14 +26,6 @@ from ircbot.models import Alias, IrcChannel, IrcPlugin, IrcServer
 log = logging.getLogger('ircbot.bot')
 
 
-class IrcBotXMLRPCRequestHandler(SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler):
-    """Override the basic request handler to change the logging."""
-
-    def log_message(self, format, *args):
-        """Use a logger rather than stderr."""
-        log.debug("XML-RPC - %s - %s", self.client_address[0], format % args)
-
-
 class PrioritizedRegexHandler(collections.namedtuple('Base', ('priority', 'regex', 'callback'))):
     """Regex handler that still uses the normal handler priority stuff."""
 
@@ -414,7 +406,7 @@ class IRCBot(irc.client.SimpleIRCClient):
 
         # load XML-RPC server
         self.xmlrpc = SimpleXMLRPCServer((self.server_config.xmlrpc_host, self.server_config.xmlrpc_port),
-                                         requestHandler=IrcBotXMLRPCRequestHandler, allow_none=True)
+                                         requestHandler=SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler, allow_none=True)
         self.xmlrpc.register_introspection_functions()
 
         t = threading.Thread(target=self._xmlrpc_listen, args=())