diff --git a/bin/netsvc.py b/bin/netsvc.py
index 49d68c8479e..9f4cd0c8e39 100644
--- a/bin/netsvc.py
+++ b/bin/netsvc.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import threading
 import time
 import xmlrpclib
 import release
+import warnings
 
 class Service(object):
     """ Base class for *Local* services
@@ -129,15 +130,13 @@ class ExportService(object):
 LOG_NOTSET = 'notset'
 LOG_DEBUG_RPC = 'debug_rpc'
 LOG_DEBUG = 'debug'
-LOG_DEBUG2 = 'debug2'
 LOG_INFO = 'info'
 LOG_WARNING = 'warn'
 LOG_ERROR = 'error'
 LOG_CRITICAL = 'critical'
 
-# add new log level below DEBUG
-logging.DEBUG2 = logging.DEBUG - 1
-logging.DEBUG_RPC = logging.DEBUG2 - 1
+logging.DEBUG_RPC = logging.DEBUG - 2
+logging.addLevelName(logging.DEBUG_RPC, 'DEBUG_RPC')
 
 def init_logger():
     import os
@@ -197,7 +196,6 @@ def init_logger():
 
         mapping = {
             'DEBUG_RPC': ('blue', 'white'),
-            'DEBUG2': ('green', 'white'),
             'DEBUG': ('blue', 'default'),
             'INFO': ('green', 'default'),
             'WARNING': ('yellow', 'default'),
@@ -211,16 +209,20 @@ def init_logger():
 
 
 class Logger(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        warnings.warn("The netsvc.Logger API shouldn't be used anymore, please "
+                      "use the standard `logging.getLogger` API instead",
+                      PendingDeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+        super(Logger, self).__init__()
 
     def notifyChannel(self, name, level, msg):
+        warnings.warn("notifyChannel API shouldn't be used anymore, please use "
+                      "the standard `logging` module instead",
+                      PendingDeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
         from service.web_services import common
 
         log = logging.getLogger(tools.ustr(name))
 
-        if level == LOG_DEBUG2 and not hasattr(log, level):
-            fct = lambda msg, *args, **kwargs: log.log(logging.DEBUG2, msg, *args, **kwargs)
-            setattr(log, LOG_DEBUG2, fct)
-
         if level == LOG_DEBUG_RPC and not hasattr(log, level):
             fct = lambda msg, *args, **kwargs: log.log(logging.DEBUG_RPC, msg, *args, **kwargs)
             setattr(log, LOG_DEBUG_RPC, fct)
diff --git a/bin/sql_db.py b/bin/sql_db.py
index 2cc71408f5c..9c6fd1c27a4 100644
--- a/bin/sql_db.py
+++ b/bin/sql_db.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 __all__ = ['db_connect', 'close_db']
 
+import logging
 import netsvc
 from psycopg2.extensions import ISOLATION_LEVEL_AUTOCOMMIT, ISOLATION_LEVEL_READ_COMMITTED, ISOLATION_LEVEL_SERIALIZABLE
 from psycopg2.psycopg1 import cursor as psycopg1cursor
@@ -60,15 +61,11 @@ import re
 re_from = re.compile('.* from "?([a-zA-Z_0-9]+)"? .*$');
 re_into = re.compile('.* into "?([a-zA-Z_0-9]+)"? .*$');
 
-
-def log(msg, lvl=netsvc.LOG_DEBUG2):
-    logger = netsvc.Logger()
-    logger.notifyChannel('sql', lvl, msg)
-
 sql_counter = 0
 
 class Cursor(object):
     IN_MAX = 1000
+    __logger = logging.getLogger('db.cursor')
 
     def check(f):
         @wraps(f)
@@ -102,15 +99,16 @@ class Cursor(object):
             # pool, preventing some operation on the database like dropping it.
             # This can also lead to a server overload.
             msg = "Cursor not closed explicitly\n"  \
-                  "Cursor was created at %s:%s" % self.__caller
-            log(msg, netsvc.LOG_WARNING)
+                  "Cursor was created at %s:%s"
+            self.__logger.warn(msg, *self.__caller)
             self.close()
 
     @check
     def execute(self, query, params=None):
         if '%d' in query or '%f' in query:
-            log(query, netsvc.LOG_WARNING)
-            log("SQL queries cannot contain %d or %f anymore. Use only %s", netsvc.LOG_WARNING)
+            self.__logger.warn(query)
+            self.__logger.warn("SQL queries cannot contain %d or %f anymore. "
+                               "Use only %s")
             if params:
                 query = query.replace('%d', '%s').replace('%f', '%s')
 
@@ -124,16 +122,15 @@ class Cursor(object):
             logger= netsvc.Logger()
             logger.notifyChannel('sql_db', netsvc.LOG_ERROR, "Programming error: %s, in query %s" % (pe, query))
             raise
-        except Exception, e:
-            log("bad query: %s" % self._obj.query)
-            log(e)
+        except Exception:
+            self.__logger.exception("bad query: %s", self._obj.query)
             raise
 
         if self.sql_log:
             delay = mdt.now() - now
             delay = delay.seconds * 1E6 + delay.microseconds
 
-            log("query: %s" % self._obj.query)
+            self.__logger.debug("query: %s", self._obj.query)
             self.sql_log_count+=1
             res_from = re_from.match(query.lower())
             if res_from:
@@ -158,14 +155,16 @@ class Cursor(object):
             if sqllogs[type]:
                 sqllogitems = sqllogs[type].items()
                 sqllogitems.sort(key=lambda k: k[1][1])
-                log("SQL LOG %s:" % (type,))
+                self.__logger.debug("SQL LOG %s:", type)
                 for r in sqllogitems:
                     delay = timedelta(microseconds=r[1][1])
-                    log("table: %s: %s/%s" %(r[0], str(delay), r[1][0]))
+                    self.__logger.debug("table: %s: %s/%s",
+                                        r[0], delay, r[1][0])
                     sum+= r[1][1]
                 sqllogs[type].clear()
             sum = timedelta(microseconds=sum)
-            log("SUM %s:%s/%d [%d]" % (type, str(sum), self.sql_log_count, sql_counter))
+            self.__logger.debug("SUM %s:%s/%d [%d]",
+                                type, sum, self.sql_log_count, sql_counter)
             sqllogs[type].clear()
         process('from')
         process('into')