diff --git a/src/base/logging.cc b/src/base/logging.cc
index b8f20f983a..12904554ce 100644
--- a/src/base/logging.cc
+++ b/src/base/logging.cc
@@ -46,27 +46,18 @@
 
 namespace {
 
-class NormalLogger : public Logger
+class ExitLogger : public Logger
 {
   public:
     using Logger::Logger;
 
-  protected:
-    void log(const Loc &loc, std::string s) override { std::cerr << s; }
-};
-
-class ExitLogger : public NormalLogger
-{
-  public:
-    using NormalLogger::NormalLogger;
-
   protected:
     void
     log(const Loc &loc, std::string s) override
     {
         std::stringstream ss;
         ccprintf(ss, "Memory Usage: %ld KBytes\n", memUsage());
-        NormalLogger::log(loc, s + ss.str());
+        Logger::log(loc, s + ss.str());
     }
 };
 
@@ -81,9 +72,9 @@ class FatalLogger : public ExitLogger
 
 ExitLogger panicLogger("panic: ");
 FatalLogger fatalLogger("fatal: ");
-NormalLogger warnLogger("warn: ");
-NormalLogger infoLogger("info: ");
-NormalLogger hackLogger("hack: ");
+Logger warnLogger("warn: ");
+Logger infoLogger("info: ");
+Logger hackLogger("hack: ");
 
 } // anonymous namespace
 
diff --git a/src/base/logging.hh b/src/base/logging.hh
index 87bca8e01c..4ef700ac67 100644
--- a/src/base/logging.hh
+++ b/src/base/logging.hh
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ class Logger
   protected:
     bool enabled;
 
-    virtual void log(const Loc &loc, std::string s) = 0;
+    /** Generates the log message. By default it is sent to cerr. */
+    virtual void log(const Loc &loc, std::string s) { std::cerr << s; }
     virtual void exit() { /* Fall through to the abort in exit_helper. */ }
 
     const char *prefix;