diff --git a/common/src/app/common/logging.cljc b/common/src/app/common/logging.cljc
index e678152b12..7a4df8ebef 100644
--- a/common/src/app/common/logging.cljc
+++ b/common/src/app/common/logging.cljc
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
    [app.common.exceptions :as ex]
    [app.common.pprint :as pp]
    [app.common.schema :as sm]
-   [app.common.time :as ct]
    [app.common.uuid :as uuid]
    [cuerdas.core :as str]
    [promesa.exec :as px]
@@ -222,42 +221,36 @@
   #?(:clj (inst-ms (java.time.Instant/now))
      :cljs (js/Date.now)))
 
-(defn emit-log
-  [props cause context logger level sync?]
-  (let [props    (cond-> props sync? deref)
-        ts       (current-timestamp)
-        gcontext *context*
-        logfn    (fn []
-                   (let [props   (if sync? props (deref props))
-                         props   (into (d/ordered-map) props)
-                         context (if (and (empty? gcontext)
-                                          (empty? context))
-                                   {}
-                                   (d/without-nils (merge gcontext context)))
-
-                         lrecord {::id (uuid/next)
-                                  ::timestamp ts
-                                  ::message (delay (build-message props))
-                                  ::props props
-                                  ::context context
-                                  ::level level
-                                  ::logger logger}
-                         lrecord (cond-> lrecord
-                                   (some? cause)
-                                   (assoc ::cause cause
-                                          ::trace (delay (build-stack-trace cause))))]
-                     (swap! log-record (constantly lrecord))))]
-    (if sync?
-      (logfn)
-      (px/exec! *default-executor* logfn))))
-
 (defmacro log!
   "Emit a new log record to the global log-record state (asynchronously). "
   [& props]
   (let [{:keys [::level ::logger ::context ::sync? cause] :or {sync? false}} props
         props (into [] msg-props-xf props)]
     `(when (enabled? ~logger ~level)
-       (emit-log (delay ~props) ~cause ~context ~logger ~level ~sync?))))
+       (let [props#   (cond-> (delay ~props) ~sync? deref)
+             ts#      (current-timestamp)
+             context# *context*
+             logfn#   (fn []
+                        (let [props#   (if ~sync? props# (deref props#))
+                              props#   (into (d/ordered-map) props#)
+                              cause#   ~cause
+                              context# (d/without-nils
+                                        (merge context# ~context))
+                              lrecord# {::id (uuid/next)
+                                        ::timestamp ts#
+                                        ::message (delay (build-message props#))
+                                        ::props props#
+                                        ::context context#
+                                        ::level ~level
+                                        ::logger ~logger}
+                              lrecord# (cond-> lrecord#
+                                         (some? cause#)
+                                         (assoc ::cause cause#
+                                                ::trace (delay (build-stack-trace cause#))))]
+                          (swap! log-record (constantly lrecord#))))]
+         (if ~sync?
+           (logfn#)
+           (px/exec! *default-executor* logfn#))))))
 
 #?(:clj
    (defn slf4j-log-handler
@@ -283,8 +276,7 @@
      (when (enabled? logger level)
        (let [hstyles (str/ffmt "font-weight: 600; color: %" (level->color level))
              mstyles (str/ffmt "font-weight: 300; color: %" (level->color level))
-             ts      (ct/format-inst (ct/now) "kk:mm:ss.SSSS")
-             header  (str/concat "%c" (level->name level) " " ts  " [" logger "] ")
+             header  (str/concat "%c" (level->name level) " [" logger "] ")
              message (str/concat header "%c" @message)]
 
          (js/console.group message hstyles mstyles)