diff --git a/etcd/server.go b/etcd/server.go
index 42b69461..7a0c336c 100644
--- a/etcd/server.go
+++ b/etcd/server.go
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ func (obj *EmbdEtcd) runServer(newCluster bool, peerURLsMap etcdtypes.URLsMap) (
 	cfg.ACUrls = aCUrls
 	cfg.StrictReconfigCheck = false // XXX: workaround https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/issues/6305
 	cfg.MaxTxnOps = DefaultMaxTxnOps
+	cfg.Logger = "zap"
+	//cfg.LogOutputs = []string{} // FIXME: add a way to pass in our logf func
+	cfg.LogLevel = "error" // keep things quieter for now
 
 	cfg.InitialCluster = initialPeerURLsMap.String() // including myself!
 	if newCluster {
diff --git a/lib/hello.go b/lib/hello.go
index a538cc34..70588157 100644
--- a/lib/hello.go
+++ b/lib/hello.go
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"time"
-
-	"github.com/coreos/pkg/capnslog"
 )
 
 func hello(program, version string, flags Flags) {
@@ -36,14 +34,7 @@ func hello(program, version string, flags Flags) {
 	logFlags = logFlags - log.Ldate // remove the date for now
 	log.SetFlags(logFlags)
 
-	// un-hijack from capnslog...
-	// XXX: move this to the etcd package when new version deprecates capnslog
 	log.SetOutput(os.Stderr)
-	if flags.Verbose {
-		capnslog.SetFormatter(capnslog.NewLogFormatter(os.Stderr, "(etcd) ", logFlags))
-	} else {
-		capnslog.SetFormatter(capnslog.NewNilFormatter())
-	}
 
 	if program == "" {
 		program = "<unknown>"