diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4d46794322..d0eefe9ecc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -993,6 +993,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "core-graphics",
  "core-text",
  "ctor",
+ "env_logger",
  "etagere",
  "font-kit",
  "foreign-types",
@@ -2453,6 +2454,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ctor",
  "dirs",
  "easy-parallel",
+ "env_logger",
  "fsevent",
  "futures-core",
  "gpui",
diff --git a/gpui/Cargo.toml b/gpui/Cargo.toml
index 9b7e9eef3d..b0823474c8 100644
--- a/gpui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gpui/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ bindgen = "0.57"
 cc = "1.0.67"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+env_logger = "0.8"
 png = "0.16"
 simplelog = "0.9"
 
diff --git a/gpui/src/test.rs b/gpui/src/test.rs
index 9048e0bfeb..7210529807 100644
--- a/gpui/src/test.rs
+++ b/gpui/src/test.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 use ctor::ctor;
-use simplelog::SimpleLogger;
-use log::LevelFilter;
 
 #[ctor]
 fn init_logger() {
-    SimpleLogger::init(LevelFilter::Info, Default::default()).expect("could not initialize logger");
+    env_logger::init();
 }
diff --git a/zed/Cargo.toml b/zed/Cargo.toml
index f27f79fa01..fde1cfdbbe 100644
--- a/zed/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zed/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ smallvec = "1.6.1"
 smol = "1.2.5"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+env_logger = "0.8"
 serde_json = {version = "1.0.64", features = ["preserve_order"]}
 tempdir = "0.3.7"
 unindent = "0.1.7"
diff --git a/zed/src/test.rs b/zed/src/test.rs
index 61579908f7..1d155d4a5a 100644
--- a/zed/src/test.rs
+++ b/zed/src/test.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 use crate::time::ReplicaId;
 use ctor::ctor;
-use log::LevelFilter;
 use rand::Rng;
-use simplelog::SimpleLogger;
 use std::{
     collections::BTreeMap,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
@@ -11,7 +9,7 @@ use tempdir::TempDir;
 
 #[ctor]
 fn init_logger() {
-    SimpleLogger::init(LevelFilter::Info, Default::default()).expect("could not initialize logger");
+    env_logger::init();
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
diff --git a/zed/src/worktree.rs b/zed/src/worktree.rs
index 4b0cd1df53..e11793286a 100644
--- a/zed/src/worktree.rs
+++ b/zed/src/worktree.rs
@@ -888,10 +888,8 @@ mod tests {
     use crate::test::*;
     use anyhow::Result;
     use gpui::App;
-    use log::LevelFilter;
     use rand::prelude::*;
     use serde_json::json;
-    use simplelog::SimpleLogger;
     use std::env;
     use std::os::unix;
     use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
@@ -1028,8 +1026,6 @@ mod tests {
             .map(|o| o.parse().unwrap())
             .unwrap_or(20);
         let seeds = if let Ok(seed) = env::var("SEED").map(|s| s.parse().unwrap()) {
-            // Init logging so that we can debug the operations for this seed.
-            SimpleLogger::init(LevelFilter::Info, Default::default()).unwrap();
             seed..seed + 1
         } else {
             0..iterations