diff --git a/service/pom.xml b/service/pom.xml
index 2b6486a3f..1eb3aea55 100644
--- a/service/pom.xml
+++ b/service/pom.xml
@@ -50,12 +50,6 @@
             <artifactId>bcprov-jdk16</artifactId>
             <version>1.46</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.syslog4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>syslog4j</artifactId>
-            <version>0.9.30</version>
-        </dependency>
-
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.github.resilience4j</groupId>
diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/metrics/LoggingNetworkAppenderFactory.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/metrics/LoggingNetworkAppenderFactory.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 70425fd4a..000000000
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/metrics/LoggingNetworkAppenderFactory.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,201 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2013-2020 Signal Messenger, LLC
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
- */
-
-package org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.metrics;
-
-
-import ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext;
-import ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.ILoggingEvent;
-import ch.qos.logback.classic.util.LevelToSyslogSeverity;
-import ch.qos.logback.core.Appender;
-import ch.qos.logback.core.AppenderBase;
-import ch.qos.logback.core.Layout;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeName;
-import io.dropwizard.logging.AbstractAppenderFactory;
-import io.dropwizard.logging.async.AsyncAppenderFactory;
-import io.dropwizard.logging.filter.LevelFilterFactory;
-import io.dropwizard.logging.layout.LayoutFactory;
-import io.dropwizard.validation.PortRange;
-import java.util.TimeZone;
-import javax.validation.constraints.NotEmpty;
-import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
-import org.productivity.java.syslog4j.SyslogConfigIF;
-import org.productivity.java.syslog4j.SyslogIF;
-import org.productivity.java.syslog4j.SyslogRuntimeException;
-import org.productivity.java.syslog4j.impl.net.tcp.ssl.SSLTCPNetSyslogConfig;
-
-@JsonTypeName("papertrail")
-public class LoggingNetworkAppenderFactory extends AbstractAppenderFactory<ILoggingEvent> {
-
-  @JsonProperty
-  @NotEmpty
-  private String ident;
-
-  @JsonProperty
-  @NotEmpty
-  private String host;
-
-  @JsonProperty
-  @PortRange(min = 1)
-  @NotNull
-  private Integer port;
-
-  @JsonProperty
-  private TimeZone timeZone = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC");
-
-  @JsonProperty
-  @NotEmpty
-  private String facility = "USER";
-
-  @JsonProperty
-  private boolean sendLocalName = true;
-
-  public String getIdent() {
-    return ident;
-  }
-
-  public void setIdent(final String ident) {
-    this.ident = ident;
-  }
-
-  public String getHost() {
-    return host;
-  }
-
-  public void setHost(final String host) {
-    this.host = host;
-  }
-
-  public Integer getPort() {
-    return port;
-  }
-
-  public void setPort(final Integer port) {
-    this.port = port;
-  }
-
-  public TimeZone getTimeZone() {
-    return timeZone;
-  }
-
-  public void setTimeZone(final TimeZone timeZone) {
-    this.timeZone = timeZone;
-  }
-
-  public String getFacility() {
-    return facility;
-  }
-
-  public void setFacility(final String facility) {
-    this.facility = facility;
-  }
-
-  public boolean isSendLocalName() {
-    return sendLocalName;
-  }
-
-  public void setSendLocalName(final boolean sendLocalName) {
-    this.sendLocalName = sendLocalName;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public Appender<ILoggingEvent> build(LoggerContext context,
-                                       String applicationName,
-                                       LayoutFactory<ILoggingEvent> layoutFactory,
-                                       LevelFilterFactory<ILoggingEvent> levelFilterFactory,
-                                       AsyncAppenderFactory<ILoggingEvent> asyncAppenderFactory)
-  {
-    final Syslog4jAppender<ILoggingEvent> syslogAppender = new Syslog4jAppender<>();
-    syslogAppender.setContext(context);
-    syslogAppender.setLayout(buildLayout(context, layoutFactory));
-    syslogAppender.setName("SYSLOG-TLS");
-    final SSLTCPNetSyslogConfig syslogConfig = new SSLTCPNetSyslogConfig();
-
-    syslogConfig.setIdent(ident);
-    syslogConfig.setHost(host);
-    syslogConfig.setPort(port);
-    syslogConfig.setFacility(facility);
-    syslogConfig.setSendLocalName(sendLocalName);
-
-    syslogAppender.setSyslogConfig(syslogConfig);
-
-    syslogAppender.addFilter(levelFilterFactory.build(threshold));
-    syslogAppender.start();
-
-    return syslogAppender;
-  }
-
-
-  private static class Syslog4jAppender<E> extends AppenderBase<E> {
-    SyslogIF syslog;
-    SyslogConfigIF syslogConfig;
-    Layout<E> layout;
-
-    @Override
-    protected void append(E loggingEvent) {
-      syslog.log(getSeverityForEvent(loggingEvent), layout.doLayout(loggingEvent));
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void start() {
-      super.start();
-
-      synchronized (this) {
-        try {
-          Class syslogClass = syslogConfig.getSyslogClass();
-          syslog = (SyslogIF) syslogClass.newInstance();
-
-          syslog.initialize(syslogClass.getSimpleName(), syslogConfig);
-        } catch (ClassCastException | IllegalAccessException | InstantiationException cse) {
-          throw new SyslogRuntimeException(cse);
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void stop() {
-      super.stop();
-
-      synchronized(this) {
-        if (syslog != null) {
-          syslog.shutdown();
-          syslog = null;
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Convert a level to equivalent syslog severity. Only levels for printing
-     * methods i.e DEBUG, WARN, INFO and ERROR are converted.
-     *
-     * @see ch.qos.logback.core.net.SyslogAppenderBase#getSeverityForEvent(java.lang.Object)
-     */
-    public int getSeverityForEvent(Object eventObject) {
-      if (eventObject instanceof ILoggingEvent) {
-        ILoggingEvent event = (ILoggingEvent) eventObject;
-        return LevelToSyslogSeverity.convert(event);
-      } else {
-        return SyslogIF.LEVEL_INFO;
-      }
-    }
-
-    public SyslogConfigIF getSyslogConfig() {
-      return syslogConfig;
-    }
-
-    public void setSyslogConfig(SyslogConfigIF syslogConfig) {
-      this.syslogConfig = syslogConfig;
-    }
-
-    public Layout<E> getLayout() {
-      return layout;
-    }
-
-    public void setLayout(Layout<E> layout) {
-      this.layout = layout;
-    }
-  }
-}