diff --git a/beacon-chain/sync/checkpoint/BUILD.bazel b/beacon-chain/sync/checkpoint/BUILD.bazel
index 4c9f551bf..a865d5f46 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/sync/checkpoint/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/beacon-chain/sync/checkpoint/BUILD.bazel
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ go_library(
         "api.go",
         "common.go",
         "file.go",
-        "log.go",
     ],
     importpath = "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v5/beacon-chain/sync/checkpoint",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
@@ -15,6 +14,5 @@ go_library(
         "//beacon-chain/db:go_default_library",
         "//io/file:go_default_library",
         "@com_github_pkg_errors//:go_default_library",
-        "@com_github_sirupsen_logrus//:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/beacon-chain/sync/checkpoint/log.go b/beacon-chain/sync/checkpoint/log.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 3cf5fad74..000000000
--- a/beacon-chain/sync/checkpoint/log.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-package checkpoint
-
-import "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-
-var log = logrus.WithField("prefix", "checkpoint-sync")