diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 44f4d88e..eb055633 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 
 name = "zip"
-version = "0.0.6"
+version = "0.0.7"
 authors = ["Mathijs van de Nes <git@mathijs.vd-nes.nl>"]
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/mvdnes/zip-rs.git"
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ Library to support the reading and writing of zip files.
 flate2 = "*"
 bzip2 = "*"
 time = "*"
-log = "*"
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "extract"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index b95c1c3c..4ff26e62 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #![warn(missing_docs)]
 #![allow(unstable)]
 
-#[macro_use] extern crate log;
 extern crate time;
 extern crate flate2;
 extern crate bzip2;
diff --git a/src/reader_spec.rs b/src/reader_spec.rs
index 94e9e1ae..bcee4d96 100644
--- a/src/reader_spec.rs
+++ b/src/reader_spec.rs
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ fn parse_extra_field(_file: &mut ZipFile, data: &[u8]) -> ZipResult<()>
     {
         let kind = try!(reader.read_le_u16());
         let len = try!(reader.read_le_u16());
-        debug!("Parsing extra block {:04x}", kind);
         match kind
         {
             _ => try!(reader.seek(len as i64, io::SeekCur)),
diff --git a/src/util.rs b/src/util.rs
index f7a67a3e..fae5d8ee 100644
--- a/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/util.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ pub fn msdos_datetime_to_tm(time: u16, date: u16) -> Tm
     match time::strptime(&*datetime, format)
     {
         Ok(tm) => tm,
-        Err(m) => { debug!("Failed parsing date: {}", m); time::empty_tm() },
+        Err(m) => {
+            let _ = write!(&mut ::std::io::stdio::stderr(), "Failed parsing date: {}", m);
+            time::empty_tm()
+        },
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/writer.rs b/src/writer.rs
index 7195b11c..cc6ae6c1 100644
--- a/src/writer.rs
+++ b/src/writer.rs
@@ -206,10 +206,8 @@ impl<W: Writer+Seek> Drop for ZipWriter<W>
     {
         if !self.inner.is_closed()
         {
-            match self.finalize()
-            {
-                Ok(_) => {},
-                Err(e) => warn!("ZipWriter drop failed: {:?}", e),
+            if let Err(e) = self.finalize() {
+                let _ = write!(&mut ::std::io::stdio::stderr(), "ZipWriter drop failed: {:?}", e);
             }
         }
     }