diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_logging.py b/litellm/proxy/_logging.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1be4be76a84..00000000000
--- a/litellm/proxy/_logging.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-### DEPRECATED ###
-## unused file. initially written for json logging on proxy.
-import json
-import logging
-import os
-from logging import Formatter
-from typing import Final
-
-from litellm import json_logs
-
-# Set default log level to INFO
-log_level: Final = os.getenv("LITELLM_LOG", "INFO")
-numeric_level: Final[str] = getattr(logging, log_level.upper())
-
-
-class JsonFormatter(Formatter):
-    def __init__(self):
-        super().__init__()
-
-    def format(self, record):
-        json_record: Final = {
-            "message": record.getMessage(),
-            "level": record.levelname,
-            "timestamp": self.formatTime(record, self.datefmt),
-        }
-        return json.dumps(json_record)
-
-
-logger: Final = logging.root
-handler: Final = logging.StreamHandler()
-if json_logs:
-    handler.setFormatter(JsonFormatter())
-else:
-    formatter: Final = logging.Formatter(
-        "\033[92m%(asctime)s - %(name)s:%(levelname)s\033[0m: %(filename)s:%(lineno)s - %(message)s",
-        datefmt="%H:%M:%S",
-    )
-
-    handler.setFormatter(formatter)
-logger.handlers = [handler]
-logger.setLevel(numeric_level)