diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9768f6663..9a897db65 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -104,15 +104,6 @@ name = "cfg-if"
 version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "chrono"
-version = "0.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-dependencies = [
- "num 0.1.41 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "time 0.1.39 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "codegen"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -127,7 +118,6 @@ version = "0.3.0"
 dependencies = [
  "abstract-ns 0.4.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "bytes 0.4.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "chrono 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "conduit-proxy-controller-grpc 0.3.0",
  "conduit-proxy-router 0.3.0",
  "convert 0.3.0",
@@ -588,38 +578,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-core 0.1.12 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "num"
-version = "0.1.41"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-dependencies = [
- "num-integer 0.1.35 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "num-iter 0.1.34 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "num-traits 0.1.42 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "num-integer"
-version = "0.1.35"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-dependencies = [
- "num-traits 0.1.42 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "num-iter"
-version = "0.1.34"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-dependencies = [
- "num-integer 0.1.35 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "num-traits 0.1.42 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "num-traits"
-version = "0.1.42"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "num_cpus"
 version = "1.8.0"
@@ -1252,7 +1210,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum bzip2-sys 0.1.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "2c5162604199bbb17690ede847eaa6120a3f33d5ab4dcc8e7c25b16d849ae79b"
 "checksum cc 1.0.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "deaf9ec656256bb25b404c51ef50097207b9cbb29c933d31f92cae5a8a0ffee0"
 "checksum cfg-if 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d4c819a1287eb618df47cc647173c5c4c66ba19d888a6e50d605672aed3140de"
-"checksum chrono 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7c20ebe0b2b08b0aeddba49c609fe7957ba2e33449882cb186a180bc60682fa9"
 "checksum codegen 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/carllerche/codegen)" = "<none>"
 "checksum crc 1.7.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "bd5d02c0aac6bd68393ed69e00bbc2457f3e89075c6349db7189618dc4ddc1d7"
 "checksum curl 0.4.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "b70fd6394677d3c0e239ff4be6f2b3176e171ffd1c23ffdc541e78dea2b8bb5e"
@@ -1297,10 +1254,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum multimap 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "2eb04b9f127583ed176e163fb9ec6f3e793b87e21deedd5734a69386a18a0151"
 "checksum net2 0.2.31 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "3a80f842784ef6c9a958b68b7516bc7e35883c614004dd94959a4dca1b716c09"
 "checksum ns-dns-tokio 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "75311dd15a3051ab6adb4ae1de6824146d304a25030b8d12e0ae842e484157c5"
-"checksum num 0.1.41 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "cc4083e14b542ea3eb9b5f33ff48bd373a92d78687e74f4cc0a30caeb754f0ca"
-"checksum num-integer 0.1.35 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d1452e8b06e448a07f0e6ebb0bb1d92b8890eea63288c0b627331d53514d0fba"
-"checksum num-iter 0.1.34 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7485fcc84f85b4ecd0ea527b14189281cf27d60e583ae65ebc9c088b13dffe01"
-"checksum num-traits 0.1.42 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "9936036cc70fe4a8b2d338ab665900323290efb03983c86cbe235ae800ad8017"
 "checksum num_cpus 1.8.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c51a3322e4bca9d212ad9a158a02abc6934d005490c054a2778df73a70aa0a30"
 "checksum openssl-probe 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "77af24da69f9d9341038eba93a073b1fdaaa1b788221b00a69bce9e762cb32de"
 "checksum openssl-sys 0.9.24 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "14ba54ac7d5a4eabd1d5f2c1fdeb7e7c14debfa669d94b983d01b465e767ba9e"
diff --git a/proxy/Cargo.toml b/proxy/Cargo.toml
index ddf8ad704..0cc91ec04 100644
--- a/proxy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/proxy/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ futures-mpsc-lossy              = { path = "./futures-mpsc-lossy" }
 conduit-proxy-router            = { path = "./router" }
 
 bytes = "0.4"
-chrono = "0.4"
 domain = "0.2.2"
 env_logger = "0.4"
 futures = "0.1"
diff --git a/proxy/src/lib.rs b/proxy/src/lib.rs
index 46b33483c..b56920cee 100644
--- a/proxy/src/lib.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 extern crate abstract_ns;
 extern crate bytes;
-extern crate chrono;
 extern crate conduit_proxy_controller_grpc;
 extern crate convert;
 extern crate domain;
diff --git a/proxy/src/logging.rs b/proxy/src/logging.rs
index 8f33f62d8..e8b686558 100644
--- a/proxy/src/logging.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/logging.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ use std::env;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::rc::Rc;
 
-use chrono::Utc;
 use env_logger::LogBuilder;
 use futures::{Future, Poll};
 use futures::future::{ExecuteError, Executor};
@@ -27,8 +26,7 @@ pub fn init() {
                     LogLevel::Error => "ERR!",
                 };
                 format!(
-                    "{} {} {} {:?}{}",
-                    Utc::now().format("%s%.6f"),
+                    "{} {} {:?}{}",
                     level,
                     record.target(),
                     Context(&ctxt.borrow()),