diff --git a/pkg/cmd/download.go b/pkg/cmd/download.go
index 224facc4ce1cb99441525b5e8867617fcace73d0..d642d73be03a4c3d03f78a91c2da2fc13b460d34 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/download.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/download.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tmrts/boilr/pkg/util/exit"
 	"github.com/tmrts/boilr/pkg/util/git"
 	"github.com/tmrts/boilr/pkg/util/osutil"
-	"github.com/tmrts/boilr/pkg/util/tlog"
 	"github.com/tmrts/boilr/pkg/util/validate"
 )
 
@@ -21,8 +20,6 @@ var Download = &cli.Command{
 	Short: "Download a project template from a github repository to template registry",
 	// FIXME Half-Updates leave messy templates
 	Run: func(c *cli.Command, args []string) {
-		tlog.SetLogLevel(GetStringFlag(c, "log-level"))
-
 		MustValidateArgs(args, []validate.Argument{
 			{"template-repo", validate.UnixPath},
 			{"template-tag", validate.AlphanumericExt},
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/use.go b/pkg/cmd/use.go
index 9966b60c6b15e26d1f902e4e76730db313f39a3f..0297afe29db668f2f3ff4c762d13f02aa242d9b3 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/use.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/use.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tmrts/boilr/pkg/template"
 	"github.com/tmrts/boilr/pkg/util/exit"
 	"github.com/tmrts/boilr/pkg/util/osutil"
-	"github.com/tmrts/boilr/pkg/util/tlog"
 	"github.com/tmrts/boilr/pkg/util/validate"
 )
 
@@ -33,8 +32,6 @@ var Use = &cli.Command{
 	Use:   "use <template-tag> <target-dir>",
 	Short: "Execute a project template in the given directory",
 	Run: func(cmd *cli.Command, args []string) {
-		tlog.SetLogLevel(GetStringFlag(cmd, "log-level"))
-
 		MustValidateArgs(args, []validate.Argument{
 			{"template-tag", validate.UnixPath},
 			{"target-dir", validate.UnixPath},
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/version.go b/pkg/cmd/version.go
index ca1e38f97c0095657f7fb77f997dd26ea34161d6..df06182483442b48aeb40f4e09a04f6c890f7817 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/version.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/version.go
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ var Version = &cli.Command{
 	Use:   "version",
 	Short: "Show the boilr version information",
 	Run: func(c *cli.Command, args []string) {
-		tlog.SetLogLevel(GetStringFlag(c, "log-level"))
-
 		MustValidateArgs(args, []validate.Argument{})
 
 		shouldntPrettify := GetBoolFlag(c, "dont-prettify")