diff --git a/httomo/runner/block_split.py b/httomo/runner/block_split.py
index fc2c1ff35..f493fd7d7 100644
--- a/httomo/runner/block_split.py
+++ b/httomo/runner/block_split.py
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 from typing import Iterator
 from httomo.runner.dataset import DataSetBlock
 from httomo.runner.dataset_store_interfaces import DataSetSource
-import logging
-
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class BlockSplitter: