diff --git a/icon_service_base/logging/LogBroadcastMessage.py b/icon_service_base/logging/LogBroadcastMessage.py
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--- a/icon_service_base/logging/LogBroadcastMessage.py
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-from datetime import datetime
-from enum import Enum
-
-from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
-
-
-# TODO: we are not using all possible severity levels from loguru here (see
-# https://loguru.readthedocs.io/en/stable/api/logger.html). Either add them to this enum
-# or prevent people from using the other severity levels or tell them not to use them.
-class LogBroadcastMessageLevel(Enum):
-    # low level messages that help tracking down issues
-    DEBUG = "DEBUG"
-    # generic messages
-    INFO = "INFO"
-    # something is suspicious, but program can continue normally
-    WARNING = "WARNING"
-    # something is wrong, correct program execution cannot be guaranteed
-    ERROR = "ERROR"
-    # program cannot continue to run any more
-    CRITICAL = "CRITICAL"
-
-
-class LogBroadcastMessage(BaseModel):
-    originator: str = Field(
-        ..., description="The script or service where this message comes from."
-    )
-
-    level: LogBroadcastMessageLevel = Field(
-        ...,
-        description="Log level of this message. Possible values: DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, CRITICAL",
-    )
-    message: str = Field(..., description="Actual content of the log message.")
-    package: str = Field(
-        ..., description="The python package where this message came from."
-    )
-    line_number: str = Field(
-        ..., description="Line number where this message originated from."
-    )
-    function: str = Field(
-        ..., description="The function that embeds the log message call."
-    )
-    timestamp: datetime = Field(..., description="When the log message was created.")
-
-    @property
-    def routing_key(self) -> str:
-        """Routing key based on contents of this message.
-        Constructed as: {self.__class__.__name__}.{self.level}.{self.package}"""
-        return f"{self.originator}.{self.level}.{self.package}.{self.function}"
diff --git a/icon_service_base/logging/LogBroadcastMessageListener.py b/icon_service_base/logging/LogBroadcastMessageListener.py
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index 1fb6e91..0000000
--- a/icon_service_base/logging/LogBroadcastMessageListener.py
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-from abc import abstractmethod
-from uuid import uuid4
-
-from kombu import Connection, Consumer, Exchange, Message, Queue
-from settings import amqp_settings
-
-
-class LogBroadcastMessageListener:
-    def __init__(self):
-        queue_name = f"logging-listener-{uuid4()}"
-
-        self._exchange = Exchange("logging", type="topic", durable=True)
-        self._connection = Connection(amqp_settings.broker_dsn)
-        self._channel = self._connection.channel()
-
-        self._queue = Queue(
-            queue_name,
-            self._exchange,
-            routing_key="#",
-            durable=False,
-            auto_delete=True,
-            exclusive=True,
-        )
-        self._consumer = Consumer(self._channel, [self._queue])
-        self._consumer.register_callback(self.message_callback)  # type: ignore
-        with self._consumer:  # type: ignore
-            while True:
-                self._connection.drain_events()  # type: ignore
-
-    @abstractmethod
-    def message_callback(self, body: str, message: Message) -> None:
-        ...
diff --git a/icon_service_base/logging/LogBroadcastMessagePublisher.py b/icon_service_base/logging/LogBroadcastMessagePublisher.py
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index bbefafd..0000000
--- a/icon_service_base/logging/LogBroadcastMessagePublisher.py
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@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import loguru
-from kombu import Connection, Exchange, Producer
-from settings import amqp_settings
-
-from .LogBroadcastMessage import LogBroadcastMessage, LogBroadcastMessageLevel
-
-
-class LogBroadcastMessagePublisher:
-    def __init__(self, originator: str) -> None:
-        self._originator = originator
-        self._exchange = Exchange("logging", type="topic", durable=True)
-
-        self._connection = Connection(amqp_settings.broker_dsn)
-        self._channel = self._connection.channel()
-        bound_exchange = self._exchange(self._channel)
-        bound_exchange.declare()
-        self._producer = Producer(channel=self._channel, exchange=self._exchange)
-
-    def send_msg(self, loguru_msg: loguru.Message):
-        loguru_dict = loguru_msg.record
-        package = loguru_dict["name"] if loguru_dict["name"] is not None else ""
-
-        icon_msg = LogBroadcastMessage(
-            originator=self._originator,
-            level=LogBroadcastMessageLevel(loguru_dict["level"].name),
-            message=loguru_dict["message"],
-            package=package,
-            line_number=str(loguru_dict["line"]),
-            function=loguru_dict["function"],
-            timestamp=loguru_dict["time"],
-        )
-
-        self._producer.publish(
-            icon_msg.json(),
-            exchange=self._exchange,
-            expiration=amqp_settings.message_expiration_default_s,
-            routing_key=icon_msg.routing_key,
-        )
diff --git a/icon_service_base/logging/LoguruInterceptHandler.py b/icon_service_base/logging/LoguruInterceptHandler.py
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index 37c1cd8..0000000
--- a/icon_service_base/logging/LoguruInterceptHandler.py
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@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-import logging
-from typing import Any
-
-from loguru import logger
-
-
-# from: https://github.com/Delgan/loguru section
-# "Entirely compatible with standard logging"
-class LoguruInterceptHandler(logging.Handler):
-    def emit(self, record: Any) -> None:
-        # Get corresponding Loguru level if it exists
-        try:
-            level = logger.level(record.levelname).name
-        except ValueError:
-            level = record.levelno
-
-        # Find caller from where originated the logged message
-        frame = logging.currentframe()
-        depth = 2
-        while frame.f_code.co_filename == logging.__file__:
-            frame = frame.f_back
-            depth += 1
-
-        logger.opt(depth=depth, exception=record.exc_info).log(
-            level, record.getMessage()
-        )
diff --git a/icon_service_base/logging/__init__.py b/icon_service_base/logging/__init__.py
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index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/icon_service_base/logging/initialize.py b/icon_service_base/logging/initialize.py
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index 941bf3f..0000000
--- a/icon_service_base/logging/initialize.py
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@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-import logging
-import sys
-
-from loguru import logger
-
-from .LogBroadcastMessagePublisher import LogBroadcastMessagePublisher
-from .LoguruInterceptHandler import LoguruInterceptHandler
-
-
-def initialize_service_logging(
-    loglevel: int, service_name: str, service_instance_name: str
-) -> None:
-    logger.debug("Configuring service logging.")
-    originator = f"{service_name}.{service_instance_name}"
-
-    _init_logger(originator, loglevel)
-
-
-def initialize_script_logging(
-    loglevel: str, script_name: str, use_central_logging: bool = True
-) -> None:
-    logger.debug("Configuring script logging.")
-
-    originator = f"{script_name}"
-    allowed_levels = ["DEBUG", "INFO", "ERROR"]
-
-    if loglevel in allowed_levels:
-        _init_logger(originator, logging.getLevelName(loglevel), use_central_logging)
-    else:
-        raise ValueError(f"Allowed log levels are: {allowed_levels}")
-
-
-def _init_logger(
-    originator: str, loglevel: int, use_central_logging: bool = True
-) -> None:
-    # default format
-    fmt = (
-        "<green>{time:DD.MM HH:mm:ss.SSS}</green> <level>{message}</level> "
-        + "<dim>{name}:{function}:{line}@{process.name}/{thread.name}</dim>"
-    )
-
-    config = {
-        "handlers": [
-            {"sink": sys.stderr, "format": fmt, "level": loglevel},
-        ],
-        "extra": {
-            "originator": originator,
-        },
-    }
-    logger.configure(**config)
-
-    if use_central_logging:
-        exchange_logger = LogBroadcastMessagePublisher(originator)
-
-        # DEBUG messages and above are sent to the central logging instance
-        # note that this could be a problem if a lot of debug messages are sent per second
-        logger.add(exchange_logger.send_msg, enqueue=True, level="DEBUG")  # type: ignore
-
-    # see https://loguru.readthedocs.io/en/stable/api/logger.html#color
-    logger.level("DEBUG", color="<magenta>")
-    # celery default colors
-    # 'DEBUG': COLORS['blue'],
-    # 'WARNING': COLORS['yellow'],
-    # 'ERROR': COLORS['red'],
-    # 'CRITICAL': COLORS['magenta'],
-
-    loguru_intercept_handler = LoguruInterceptHandler()
-
-    logging.basicConfig(handlers=[loguru_intercept_handler], level=loglevel)
-
-    # library default log levels
-    # -> get name of logger using pythons logger "logging"
-    # sqlalchemy spams statements to INFO level, therefore set to WARNING
-    logging.getLogger("sqlalchemy.engine").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-    # datamodel_code_generator spams debug messages, therefore set to INFO
-    logging.getLogger("blib2to3.pgen2.driver").setLevel(logging.INFO)
-
-    # add loguru handler
-    logging.getLogger("sqlalchemy.engine").handlers = [loguru_intercept_handler]
-    logging.getLogger("uvicorn").handlers = [loguru_intercept_handler]