diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/SemanticErrorReporter.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/SemanticErrorReporter.java
index 03c0313fc9..5d7da3ef77 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/SemanticErrorReporter.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/SemanticErrorReporter.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast;
 
 import java.text.MessageFormat;
 
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.event.Level;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.util.StringUtil;
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ public interface SemanticErrorReporter {
      * Forwards to a {@link MessageReporter}, except trace and debug
      * messages which are reported on a logger.
      */
-    static SemanticErrorReporter reportToLogger(MessageReporter reporter, Logger logger) {
+    static SemanticErrorReporter reportToLogger(MessageReporter reporter) {
         return new SemanticErrorReporter() {
             private boolean hasError = false;
 
@@ -105,11 +104,7 @@ public interface SemanticErrorReporter {
 
             private String logMessage(Level level, Node location, String message, Object[] args) {
                 String fullMessage = makeMessage(location, message, args);
-                if (level.compareTo(Level.INFO) > 0) {
-                    logger.atLevel(level).log(fullMessage);
-                } else {
-                    reporter.log(level, StringUtil.quoteMessageFormat(fullMessage)); // already formatted
-                }
+                reporter.log(level, StringUtil.quoteMessageFormat(fullMessage)); // already formatted
                 return fullMessage;
             }
 
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/processor/PmdRunnable.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/processor/PmdRunnable.java
index 20173a5247..667ac21f88 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/processor/PmdRunnable.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/processor/PmdRunnable.java
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ abstract class PmdRunnable implements Runnable {
                                LanguageVersion languageVersion,
                                String filename) throws FileAnalysisException {
 
-        SemanticErrorReporter reporter = SemanticErrorReporter.reportToLogger(configuration.getReporter(), LOG);
+        SemanticErrorReporter reporter = SemanticErrorReporter.reportToLogger(configuration.getReporter());
         ParserTask task = new ParserTask(
             languageVersion,
             filename,
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/SemanticErrorReporterTest.java b/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/SemanticErrorReporterTest.java
index 90e2952100..c6ca31b805 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/SemanticErrorReporterTest.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/SemanticErrorReporterTest.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class SemanticErrorReporterTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testErrorLogging() {
-        SemanticErrorReporter reporter = SemanticErrorReporter.reportToLogger(mockReporter, mockLogger);
+        SemanticErrorReporter reporter = SemanticErrorReporter.reportToLogger(mockReporter);
         RootNode node = parseMockNode(reporter);
 
         assertFalse(reporter.hasError());
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class SemanticErrorReporterTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testEscaping() {
-        SemanticErrorReporter reporter = SemanticErrorReporter.reportToLogger(mockReporter, mockLogger);
+        SemanticErrorReporter reporter = SemanticErrorReporter.reportToLogger(mockReporter);
         RootNode node = parseMockNode(reporter);
 
         // this is a MessageFormat string
diff --git a/pmd-html/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/html/ast/HtmlTokenizer.java b/pmd-html/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/html/ast/HtmlTokenizer.java
index f99793cb55..94a3e7d205 100644
--- a/pmd-html/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/html/ast/HtmlTokenizer.java
+++ b/pmd-html/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/html/ast/HtmlTokenizer.java
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.html.ast;
 
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.SourceCode;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.TokenEntry;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.Tokenizer;
@@ -17,7 +14,6 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.SemanticErrorReporter;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.html.HtmlLanguageModule;
 
 public class HtmlTokenizer implements Tokenizer {
-    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HtmlTokenizer.class);
 
     @Override
     public void tokenize(SourceCode sourceCode, Tokens tokenEntries) {
@@ -25,7 +21,7 @@ public class HtmlTokenizer implements Tokenizer {
                 LanguageRegistry.getLanguage(HtmlLanguageModule.NAME).getDefaultVersion(),
                 sourceCode.getFileName(),
                 sourceCode.getCodeBuffer().toString(),
-                SemanticErrorReporter.reportToLogger(LOG)
+                SemanticErrorReporter.noop() // todo
         );
 
         HtmlParser parser = new HtmlParser();
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/JavaParsingHelper.java b/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/JavaParsingHelper.java
index f6df0c19c9..3e2028b96e 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/JavaParsingHelper.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/JavaParsingHelper.java
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public class JavaParsingHelper extends BaseParsingHelper<JavaParsingHelper, ASTC
             }
             Logger consoleLogger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TestCheckLogger.class);
             MessageReporter reporter = new SimpleMessageReporter(consoleLogger);
-            return SemanticErrorReporter.reportToLogger(reporter, consoleLogger);
+            return SemanticErrorReporter.reportToLogger(reporter);
         }
 
         @Override