diff --git a/src/snkit/network.py b/src/snkit/network.py
index 0c16119..59de770 100644
--- a/src/snkit/network.py
+++ b/src/snkit/network.py
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@
 
 from collections import Counter
 
-# configure logging with a timestamp and process id prefix
-logging.basicConfig(format="%(asctime)s %(process)s %(message)s", level=logging.INFO)
-
 # optional progress bars
 if "SNKIT_PROGRESS" in os.environ and os.environ["SNKIT_PROGRESS"] in ("1", "TRUE"):
     try: