diff --git a/accesslog-handler.go b/accesslog-handler.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 97a63e945..000000000
--- a/accesslog-handler.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Minimalist Object Storage, (C) 2015 Minio, Inc.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"net/http"
-	"net/url"
-	"os"
-	"time"
-)
-
-type accessLogHandler struct {
-	http.Handler
-	accessLogFile *os.File
-}
-
-// LogMessage is a serializable json log message
-type LogMessage struct {
-	StartTime     time.Time
-	Duration      time.Duration
-	StatusMessage string // human readable http status message
-	ContentLength string // human readable content length
-
-	// HTTP detailed message
-	HTTP struct {
-		ResponseHeaders http.Header
-		Request         struct {
-			Method     string
-			URL        *url.URL
-			Proto      string // "HTTP/1.0"
-			ProtoMajor int    // 1
-			ProtoMinor int    // 0
-			Header     http.Header
-			Host       string
-			Form       url.Values
-			PostForm   url.Values
-			Trailer    http.Header
-			RemoteAddr string
-			RequestURI string
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func (h *accessLogHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
-	message, err := getLogMessage(w, req)
-	fatalIf(err, "Unable to parse HTTP request and response fields.")
-	_, err = h.accessLogFile.Write(message)
-	fatalIf(err, "Unable to log HTTP access.")
-
-	h.Handler.ServeHTTP(w, req)
-}
-
-func getLogMessage(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) ([]byte, error) {
-	logMessage := &LogMessage{
-		StartTime: time.Now().UTC(),
-	}
-	// store lower level details
-	logMessage.HTTP.ResponseHeaders = w.Header()
-	logMessage.HTTP.Request = struct {
-		Method     string
-		URL        *url.URL
-		Proto      string // "HTTP/1.0"
-		ProtoMajor int    // 1
-		ProtoMinor int    // 0
-		Header     http.Header
-		Host       string
-		Form       url.Values
-		PostForm   url.Values
-		Trailer    http.Header
-		RemoteAddr string
-		RequestURI string
-	}{
-		Method:     req.Method,
-		URL:        req.URL,
-		Proto:      req.Proto,
-		ProtoMajor: req.ProtoMajor,
-		ProtoMinor: req.ProtoMinor,
-		Header:     req.Header,
-		Host:       req.Host,
-		Form:       req.Form,
-		PostForm:   req.PostForm,
-		Trailer:    req.Header,
-		RemoteAddr: req.RemoteAddr,
-		RequestURI: req.RequestURI,
-	}
-
-	// logMessage.HTTP.Request = req
-	logMessage.Duration = time.Now().UTC().Sub(logMessage.StartTime)
-	js, err := json.Marshal(logMessage)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	js = append(js, byte('\n')) // append a new line
-	return js, nil
-}
-
-// setAccessLogHandler logs requests
-func setAccessLogHandler(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
-	file, err := os.OpenFile("access.log", os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND|os.O_WRONLY, 0600)
-	fatalIf(err, "Failed top open access log.")
-
-	return &accessLogHandler{Handler: h, accessLogFile: file}
-}