diff --git a/devstack/lib/watcher b/devstack/lib/watcher
index 33a39167b..fb15e37fe 100644
--- a/devstack/lib/watcher
+++ b/devstack/lib/watcher
@@ -214,12 +214,7 @@ function create_watcher_conf {
     fi
 
     # Format logging
-    if [ "$LOG_COLOR" == "True" ] && [ "$SYSLOG" == "False" ]; then
-        setup_colorized_logging $WATCHER_CONF DEFAULT
-    else
-        # Show user_name and project_name instead of user_id and project_id
-        iniset $WATCHER_CONF DEFAULT logging_context_format_string "%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(levelname)s %(name)s [%(request_id)s %(project_domain)s %(user_name)s %(project_name)s] %(instance)s%(message)s"
-    fi
+    setup_logging $WATCHER_CONF
 
     #config apache files
     if [[ "$WATCHER_USE_MOD_WSGI" == "True" ]]; then