diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cf02cf0b9..a0bd593f5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Remove deprecated global logger [CASSGO-24](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSGO-24)
+
 ### Fixed
 
 ## [1.7.0] - 2024-09-23
diff --git a/cluster.go b/cluster.go
index 13e62f3b0..80cfb7e2a 100644
--- a/cluster.go
+++ b/cluster.go
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ type ClusterConfig struct {
 	HostDialer HostDialer
 
 	// Logger for this ClusterConfig.
-	// If not specified, defaults to the global gocql.Logger.
+	// If not specified, defaults to the gocql.defaultLogger.
 	Logger StdLogger
 
 	// internal config for testing
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ func NewCluster(hosts ...string) *ClusterConfig {
 
 func (cfg *ClusterConfig) logger() StdLogger {
 	if cfg.Logger == nil {
-		return Logger
+		return &defaultLogger{}
 	}
 	return cfg.Logger
 }
diff --git a/conn.go b/conn.go
index 3daca6250..3b7f731fe 100644
--- a/conn.go
+++ b/conn.go
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ type ConnConfig struct {
 
 func (c *ConnConfig) logger() StdLogger {
 	if c.Logger == nil {
-		return Logger
+		return &defaultLogger{}
 	}
 	return c.Logger
 }
diff --git a/logger.go b/logger.go
index 246a117d7..1520111fc 100644
--- a/logger.go
+++ b/logger.go
@@ -58,7 +58,3 @@ type defaultLogger struct{}
 func (l *defaultLogger) Print(v ...interface{})                 { log.Print(v...) }
 func (l *defaultLogger) Printf(format string, v ...interface{}) { log.Printf(format, v...) }
 func (l *defaultLogger) Println(v ...interface{})               { log.Println(v...) }
-
-// Logger for logging messages.
-// Deprecated: Use ClusterConfig.Logger instead.
-var Logger StdLogger = &defaultLogger{}