diff --git a/clippy.toml b/clippy.toml
index 08641fcc..b93b2377 100644
--- a/clippy.toml
+++ b/clippy.toml
@@ -5,3 +5,11 @@ future-size-threshold = 7745                # TODO reduce me ALARA
 stack-size-threshold = 196608               # reduce me ALARA
 too-many-lines-threshold = 700              # TODO reduce me to <= 100
 type-complexity-threshold = 250             # reduce me to ~200
+
+disallowed-macros = [
+	{ path = "log::error", reason = "use conduit_core::error" },
+	{ path = "log::warn", reason = "use conduit_core::warn" },
+	{ path = "log::info", reason = "use conduit_core::info" },
+	{ path = "log::debug", reason = "use conduit_core::debug" },
+	{ path = "log::trace", reason = "use conduit_core::trace" },
+]
diff --git a/src/api/client/report.rs b/src/api/client/report.rs
index e20fa8c2..a0133704 100644
--- a/src/api/client/report.rs
+++ b/src/api/client/report.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 
 use axum::extract::State;
 use axum_client_ip::InsecureClientIp;
-use conduit::{utils::ReadyExt, Err};
+use conduit::{info, utils::ReadyExt, Err};
 use rand::Rng;
 use ruma::{
 	api::client::{
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ use ruma::{
 	int, EventId, RoomId, UserId,
 };
 use tokio::time::sleep;
-use tracing::info;
 
 use crate::{
 	debug_info,
diff --git a/src/api/server/make_join.rs b/src/api/server/make_join.rs
index c3524f0e..af570064 100644
--- a/src/api/server/make_join.rs
+++ b/src/api/server/make_join.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 use axum::extract::State;
-use conduit::utils::{IterStream, ReadyExt};
+use conduit::{
+	utils::{IterStream, ReadyExt},
+	warn,
+};
 use futures::StreamExt;
 use ruma::{
 	api::{client::error::ErrorKind, federation::membership::prepare_join_event},
@@ -13,7 +16,6 @@ use ruma::{
 	CanonicalJsonObject, RoomId, RoomVersionId, UserId,
 };
 use serde_json::value::to_raw_value;
-use tracing::warn;
 
 use crate::{
 	service::{pdu::PduBuilder, Services},
diff --git a/src/core/debug.rs b/src/core/debug.rs
index 85574a2f..f7420784 100644
--- a/src/core/debug.rs
+++ b/src/core/debug.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#![allow(clippy::disallowed_macros)]
+
 use std::{any::Any, panic};
 
 // Export debug proc_macros
diff --git a/src/core/log/mod.rs b/src/core/log/mod.rs
index 1c415c6a..48b7f0f3 100644
--- a/src/core/log/mod.rs
+++ b/src/core/log/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#![allow(clippy::disallowed_macros)]
+
 pub mod capture;
 pub mod color;
 pub mod fmt;
diff --git a/src/core/utils/sys.rs b/src/core/utils/sys.rs
index 6c396921..af8bd70b 100644
--- a/src/core/utils/sys.rs
+++ b/src/core/utils/sys.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-use tracing::debug;
-
-use crate::Result;
+use crate::{debug, Result};
 
 /// This is needed for opening lots of file descriptors, which tends to
 /// happen more often when using RocksDB and making lots of federation
diff --git a/src/router/serve/plain.rs b/src/router/serve/plain.rs
index 08263353..144bff85 100644
--- a/src/router/serve/plain.rs
+++ b/src/router/serve/plain.rs
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ use std::{
 
 use axum::Router;
 use axum_server::{bind, Handle as ServerHandle};
-use conduit::{debug_info, Result, Server};
+use conduit::{debug_info, info, Result, Server};
 use tokio::task::JoinSet;
-use tracing::info;
 
 pub(super) async fn serve(
 	server: &Arc<Server>, app: Router, handle: ServerHandle, addrs: Vec<SocketAddr>,