diff --git a/checks/binary_artifact_test.go b/checks/binary_artifact_test.go
index a64f1502f174..e4bb9ffda241 100644
--- a/checks/binary_artifact_test.go
+++ b/checks/binary_artifact_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golang/mock/gomock"
 
 	"github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4/checker"
-	"github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4/clients/githubrepo"
 	"github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4/clients/localdir"
 	"github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4/log"
 	scut "github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4/utests"
@@ -60,10 +59,7 @@ func TestBinaryArtifacts(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Parallel()
 
-			logger, err := githubrepo.NewLogger(log.DebugLevel)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("githubrepo.NewLogger: %v", err)
-			}
+			logger := log.NewLogger(log.DebugLevel)
 
 			ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
 			repo, err := localdir.MakeLocalDirRepo(tt.inputFolder)
diff --git a/checks/license_test.go b/checks/license_test.go
index ef233bb51389..c126f5a73a26 100644
--- a/checks/license_test.go
+++ b/checks/license_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golang/mock/gomock"
 
 	"github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4/checker"
-	"github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4/clients/githubrepo"
 	"github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4/clients/localdir"
 	"github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4/log"
 	scut "github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4/utests"
@@ -142,10 +141,7 @@ func TestLicenseFileSubdirectory(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Parallel()
 
-			logger, err := githubrepo.NewLogger(log.DebugLevel)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("githubrepo.NewLogger: %v", err)
-			}
+			logger := log.NewLogger(log.DebugLevel)
 
 			ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
 			repo, err := localdir.MakeLocalDirRepo(tt.inputFolder)
diff --git a/checks/raw/security_policy.go b/checks/raw/security_policy.go
index 36350637461b..fbcdf9ecdaeb 100644
--- a/checks/raw/security_policy.go
+++ b/checks/raw/security_policy.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ package raw
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4/checker"
@@ -70,10 +69,7 @@ func SecurityPolicy(c *checker.CheckRequest) (checker.SecurityPolicyData, error)
 	}
 
 	// https://docs.github.com/en/github/building-a-strong-community/creating-a-default-community-health-file.
-	logger, err := githubrepo.NewLogger(log.InfoLevel)
-	if err != nil {
-		return checker.SecurityPolicyData{}, fmt.Errorf("%w", err)
-	}
+	logger := log.NewLogger(log.InfoLevel)
 	dotGitHub := &checker.CheckRequest{
 		Ctx:        c.Ctx,
 		Dlogger:    c.Dlogger,
diff --git a/clients/githubrepo/client.go b/clients/githubrepo/client.go
index 6d53e6949be4..e21f3ca85f83 100644
--- a/clients/githubrepo/client.go
+++ b/clients/githubrepo/client.go
@@ -219,18 +219,6 @@ func CreateGithubRepoClient(ctx context.Context, logger *log.Logger) clients.Rep
 	}
 }
 
-// NewLogger creates an instance of *log.Logger.
-// TODO(log): Consider removing this function, as it only serves to wrap
-//            `log.NewLogger` for convenience.
-func NewLogger(logLevel log.Level) (*log.Logger, error) {
-	logger, err := log.NewLogger(logLevel)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("creating GitHub repo client logger: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	return logger, nil
-}
-
 // CreateOssFuzzRepoClient returns a RepoClient implementation
 // intialized to `google/oss-fuzz` GitHub repository.
 func CreateOssFuzzRepoClient(ctx context.Context, logger *log.Logger) (clients.RepoClient, error) {
diff --git a/clients/githubrepo/roundtripper/rate_limit.go b/clients/githubrepo/roundtripper/rate_limit.go
index b664349c7209..8fb55af3f4b6 100644
--- a/clients/githubrepo/roundtripper/rate_limit.go
+++ b/clients/githubrepo/roundtripper/rate_limit.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func (gh *rateLimitTransport) RoundTrip(r *http.Request) (*http.Response, error)
 		// Retry
 		time.Sleep(duration)
 		// TODO(log): Previously Warn. Consider logging an error here.
-		gh.logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Rate limit exceeded. Retrying..."))
+		gh.logger.Info("Rate limit exceeded. Retrying...")
 		return gh.RoundTrip(r)
 	}
 
diff --git a/clients/localdir/client_test.go b/clients/localdir/client_test.go
index c57e6f88fd7f..f4fbb64c6bce 100644
--- a/clients/localdir/client_test.go
+++ b/clients/localdir/client_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/cmpopts"
 
-	"github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4/clients/githubrepo"
 	"github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4/log"
 )
 
@@ -63,10 +62,7 @@ func TestClient_CreationAndCaching(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Parallel()
 
 			ctx := context.Background()
-			logger, err := githubrepo.NewLogger(log.DebugLevel)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("githubrepo.NewLogger: %v", err)
-			}
+			logger := log.NewLogger(log.DebugLevel)
 
 			// Create repo.
 			repo, err := MakeLocalDirRepo(tt.inputFolder)
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index d0a8b137afd9..c38ebee4d7fb 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -188,11 +188,7 @@ func scorecardCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	}
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	logger, err := githubrepo.NewLogger(sclog.Level(logLevel))
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Panic(err)
-	}
-
+	logger := sclog.NewLogger(sclog.Level(logLevel))
 	repoURI, repoClient, ossFuzzRepoClient, ciiClient, vulnsClient, repoType, err := getRepoAccessors(ctx, uri, logger)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Panic(err)
diff --git a/cmd/serve.go b/cmd/serve.go
index af681bed8b95..9d7e9c57dfaa 100644
--- a/cmd/serve.go
+++ b/cmd/serve.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"html/template"
-	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4/checks"
 	"github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4/clients"
 	"github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4/clients/githubrepo"
-	sclog "github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4/log"
+	"github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4/log"
 	"github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4/pkg"
 )
 
@@ -41,11 +40,7 @@ var serveCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Short: "Serve the scorecard program over http",
 	Long:  ``,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		logger, err := githubrepo.NewLogger(sclog.Level(logLevel))
-		if err != nil {
-			// TODO(log): Drop stdlib log
-			log.Fatalf("unable to construct logger: %v", err)
-		}
+		logger := log.NewLogger(log.Level(logLevel))
 
 		t, err := template.New("webpage").Parse(tpl)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -83,7 +78,7 @@ var serveCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			}
 
 			if r.Header.Get("Content-Type") == "application/json" {
-				if err := repoResult.AsJSON(showDetails, sclog.Level(logLevel), rw); err != nil {
+				if err := repoResult.AsJSON(showDetails, log.Level(logLevel), rw); err != nil {
 					// TODO(log): Improve error message
 					logger.Error(err, "")
 					rw.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
diff --git a/cron/worker/main.go b/cron/worker/main.go
index 06bd6240e294..6c025d551a8a 100644
--- a/cron/worker/main.go
+++ b/cron/worker/main.go
@@ -187,10 +187,7 @@ func main() {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	logger, err := githubrepo.NewLogger(log.InfoLevel)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
+	logger := log.NewLogger(log.InfoLevel)
 	repoClient := githubrepo.CreateGithubRepoClient(ctx, logger)
 	ciiClient := clients.BlobCIIBestPracticesClient(ciiDataBucketURL)
 	ossFuzzRepoClient, err := githubrepo.CreateOssFuzzRepoClient(ctx, logger)
diff --git a/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go b/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
index 820d02e43377..e1956afb7f5d 100644
--- a/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
+++ b/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 
-	"github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4/clients/githubrepo"
 	"github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4/log"
 )
 
@@ -41,8 +40,7 @@ var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
 		"GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN env variable is not set.The GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN env variable has to be set to run e2e test.")
 	Expect(len(token)).ShouldNot(BeZero(), "Length of the GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN env variable is zero.")
 
-	l, err := githubrepo.NewLogger(log.InfoLevel)
-	Expect(err).Should(BeNil())
+	l := log.NewLogger(log.InfoLevel)
 	logger = l
 })
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fd3baeef54da..06db646f0f4e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ require (
 	cloud.google.com/go/pubsub v1.17.0
 	cloud.google.com/go/trace v0.1.0 // indirect
 	contrib.go.opencensus.io/exporter/stackdriver v0.13.8
+	github.com/bombsimon/logrusr/v2 v2.0.1
 	github.com/bradleyfalzon/ghinstallation/v2 v2.0.4
 	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.4.2
+	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.2
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.7
 	github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.8.0
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.18.0
 	github.com/shurcooL/githubv4 v0.0.0-20201206200315-234843c633fa
 	github.com/shurcooL/graphql v0.0.0-20200928012149-18c5c3165e3a // indirect
+	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.8.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.3.0
 	github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema v0.0.0-20180618132009-1d523034197f
 	go.opencensus.io v0.23.0
@@ -34,11 +37,10 @@ require (
 	mvdan.cc/sh/v3 v3.4.2
 )
 
+// TODO(go.mod): Is there a reason these deps are kept separately from the
+//               other `require`s?
 require (
-	github.com/bombsimon/logrusr/v2 v2.0.1
-	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.0.0
 	github.com/rhysd/actionlint v1.6.8
-	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.8.1
 	gotest.tools v2.2.0+incompatible
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 742f7c83e253..482e3c531107 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -585,8 +585,9 @@ github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.3.0/go.mod h1:Qt1PoO58o5twSAckw1HlFXLmHsOX5/0LbT9
 github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.4.0/go.mod h1:3RMwSq7FuexP4Kalkev3ejPJsZTpXXBr9+V4qmtdjCk=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v0.1.0/go.mod h1:ixOQHD9gLJUVQQ2ZOR7zLEifBX6tGkNJF4QyIY7sIas=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v0.2.0/go.mod h1:z6/tIYblkpsD+a4lm/fGIIU9mZ+XfAiaFtq7xTgseGU=
-github.com/go-logr/logr v1.0.0 h1:kH951GinvFVaQgy/ki/B3YYmQtRpExGigSJg6O8z5jo=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.0.0/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
+github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.2 h1:ahHml/yUpnlb96Rp8HCvtYVPY8ZYpxq3g7UYchIYwbs=
+github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
 github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.1/go.mod h1:7FAglXiTm7HKlQRDeOQ6ZNUHidzCWXuZWq/1dTyBNF8=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.0.0-20160704185906-46af16f9f7b1/go.mod h1:+35s3my2LFTysnkMfxsJBAMHj/DoqoB9knIWoYG/Vk0=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.2/go.mod h1:3akKfEdA7DF1sugOqz1dVQHBcuDBPKZGEoHC/NkiQRg=