diff --git a/lib/proc-log.js b/lib/proc-log.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a7c683b..0000000
--- a/lib/proc-log.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-// default logger.
-// emits 'log' events on the process
-const LEVELS = [
-  'notice',
-  'error',
-  'warn',
-  'info',
-  'verbose',
-  'http',
-  'silly',
-  'pause',
-  'resume',
-]
-
-const log = level => (...args) => process.emit('log', level, ...args)
-
-const logger = {}
-for (const level of LEVELS) {
-  logger[level] = log(level)
-}
-module.exports = logger
diff --git a/lib/spawn.js b/lib/spawn.js
index bcee408..40972a5 100644
--- a/lib/spawn.js
+++ b/lib/spawn.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 const spawn = require('@npmcli/promise-spawn')
 const promiseRetry = require('promise-retry')
+const log = require('proc-log')
 const makeError = require('./make-error.js')
 const whichGit = require('./which.js')
 const makeOpts = require('./opts.js')
-const procLog = require('./proc-log.js')
 
 module.exports = (gitArgs, opts = {}) => {
   const gitPath = whichGit(opts)
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ module.exports = (gitArgs, opts = {}) => {
     ? gitArgs
     : ['--no-replace-objects', ...gitArgs]
 
-  const log = opts.log || procLog
   let retry = opts.retry
   if (retry === null || retry === undefined) {
     retry = {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 69c8816..c9315f1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     "lru-cache": "^7.3.1",
     "mkdirp": "^1.0.4",
     "npm-pick-manifest": "^7.0.0",
+    "proc-log": "^2.0.0",
     "promise-inflight": "^1.0.1",
     "promise-retry": "^2.0.1",
     "semver": "^7.3.5",
diff --git a/test/spawn.js b/test/spawn.js
index c8331bc..667dd0c 100644
--- a/test/spawn.js
+++ b/test/spawn.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 const spawn = require('../lib/spawn.js')
-const procLog = require('../lib/proc-log.js')
 const errors = require('../lib/errors.js')
 
 const t = require('tap')
@@ -81,7 +80,6 @@ process.exit(1)
       cwd: repo,
       git: process.execPath,
       allowReplace: true,
-      log: procLog,
       ...(retryOptions[n]),
     }), er).then(() => {
       t.same(logs, [
@@ -121,7 +119,6 @@ process.exit(1)
     cwd: repo,
     git: process.execPath,
     allowReplace: true,
-    log: procLog,
   }), er)
   t.end()
 })
@@ -146,7 +143,6 @@ process.exit(1)
     cwd: repo,
     git: process.execPath,
     allowReplace: true,
-    log: procLog,
   }), er)
   t.end()
 })