diff --git a/user/src/com/google/gwt/user/server/rpc/AbstractRemoteServiceServlet.java b/user/src/com/google/gwt/user/server/rpc/AbstractRemoteServiceServlet.java
index a21e4fb7a3..bca9fc8d27 100644
--- a/user/src/com/google/gwt/user/server/rpc/AbstractRemoteServiceServlet.java
+++ b/user/src/com/google/gwt/user/server/rpc/AbstractRemoteServiceServlet.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
 import javax.servlet.ServletException;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
@@ -41,9 +40,8 @@ public AbstractRemoteServiceServlet() {
    * Standard HttpServlet method: handle the POST. Delegates to
    * {@link #processPost(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse)}.
    * 
-   * This doPost method swallows ALL exceptions, logs them in the
-   * ServletContext, and returns a GENERIC_FAILURE_MSG response with status code
-   * 500.
+   * This doPost method swallows ALL exceptions, logs them,
+   * and returns a GENERIC_FAILURE_MSG response with status code 500.
    */
   @Override
   public final void doPost(HttpServletRequest request,
@@ -106,9 +104,7 @@ protected void doUnexpectedFailure(Throwable e) {
        */
       throw new RuntimeException("Unable to report failure", e);
     }
-    ServletContext servletContext = getServletContext();
-    RPCServletUtils.writeResponseForUnexpectedFailure(servletContext,
-        getThreadLocalResponse(), e);
+    RPCServletUtils.writeResponseForUnexpectedFailure(getThreadLocalResponse(), e);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/user/src/com/google/gwt/user/server/rpc/RPCServletUtils.java b/user/src/com/google/gwt/user/server/rpc/RPCServletUtils.java
index 8a2a50fb01..c205a88b66 100644
--- a/user/src/com/google/gwt/user/server/rpc/RPCServletUtils.java
+++ b/user/src/com/google/gwt/user/server/rpc/RPCServletUtils.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream;
 
 import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
@@ -37,6 +39,8 @@
  */
 public class RPCServletUtils {
 
+  private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(RPCServletUtils.class.getName());
+
   public static final String CHARSET_UTF8_NAME = "UTF-8";
 
   /**
@@ -319,12 +323,19 @@ public static boolean shouldGzipResponseContent(HttpServletRequest request,
         && exceedsUncompressedContentLengthLimit(responseContent);
   }
 
+  @Deprecated
+  public static void writeResponse(ServletContext servletContext,
+      HttpServletResponse response, String responseContent, boolean gzipResponse)
+      throws IOException {
+	  writeResponse(response, responseContent, gzipResponse);
+  }
+
+
   /**
    * Write the response content into the {@link HttpServletResponse}. If
    * <code>gzipResponse</code> is <code>true</code>, the response content will
    * be gzipped prior to being written into the response.
    *
-   * @param servletContext servlet context for this response
    * @param response response instance
    * @param responseContent a string containing the response content
    * @param gzipResponse if <code>true</code> the response content will be gzip
@@ -332,7 +343,7 @@ public static boolean shouldGzipResponseContent(HttpServletRequest request,
    * @throws IOException if reading, writing, or closing the response's output
    *           stream fails
    */
-  public static void writeResponse(ServletContext servletContext,
+  public static void writeResponse(
       HttpServletResponse response, String responseContent, boolean gzipResponse)
       throws IOException {
 
@@ -363,7 +374,7 @@ public static void writeResponse(ServletContext servletContext,
       }
 
       if (caught != null) {
-        servletContext.log("Unable to compress response", caught);
+        logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Unable to compress response", caught);
         response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
         return;
       }
@@ -378,18 +389,23 @@ public static void writeResponse(ServletContext servletContext,
     response.getOutputStream().write(responseBytes);
   }
 
+  @Deprecated
+  public static void writeResponseForUnexpectedFailure(
+      ServletContext servletContext, HttpServletResponse response,
+      Throwable failure) {
+    writeResponseForUnexpectedFailure(response, failure);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Called when the servlet itself has a problem, rather than the invoked
    * third-party method. It writes a simple 500 message back to the client.
    *
-   * @param servletContext
    * @param response
    * @param failure
    */
   public static void writeResponseForUnexpectedFailure(
-      ServletContext servletContext, HttpServletResponse response,
-      Throwable failure) {
-    servletContext.log("Exception while dispatching incoming RPC call", failure);
+      HttpServletResponse response, Throwable failure) {
+    logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Exception while dispatching incoming RPC call", failure);
 
     // Send GENERIC_FAILURE_MSG with 500 status.
     //
@@ -403,7 +419,7 @@ public static void writeResponseForUnexpectedFailure(
         response.getWriter().write(GENERIC_FAILURE_MSG);
       }
     } catch (IOException ex) {
-      servletContext.log(
+      logger.log(Level.SEVERE,
           "respondWithUnexpectedFailure failed while sending the previous failure to the client",
           ex);
     }
diff --git a/user/src/com/google/gwt/user/server/rpc/RemoteServiceServlet.java b/user/src/com/google/gwt/user/server/rpc/RemoteServiceServlet.java
index 1bd73e142e..d25733d9df 100644
--- a/user/src/com/google/gwt/user/server/rpc/RemoteServiceServlet.java
+++ b/user/src/com/google/gwt/user/server/rpc/RemoteServiceServlet.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import javax.servlet.ServletConfig;
 import javax.servlet.ServletException;
@@ -45,6 +47,8 @@
 public class RemoteServiceServlet extends AbstractRemoteServiceServlet
     implements SerializationPolicyProvider {
 
+  private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(RemoteServiceServlet.class.getName());
+
   /**
    * Loads a serialization policy stored as a servlet resource in the same
    * ServletContext as this servlet. Returns null if not found.
@@ -62,7 +66,7 @@ static SerializationPolicy loadSerializationPolicy(HttpServlet servlet,
         modulePath = new URL(moduleBaseURL).getPath();
       } catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
         // log the information, we will default
-        servlet.log("Malformed moduleBaseURL: " + moduleBaseURL, ex);
+        logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Malformed moduleBaseURL: " + moduleBaseURL, ex);
       }
     }
 
@@ -74,12 +78,12 @@ static SerializationPolicy loadSerializationPolicy(HttpServlet servlet,
      * this method.
      */
     if (modulePath == null || !modulePath.startsWith(contextPath)) {
-      String message = "ERROR: The module path requested, "
+      String message = "The module path requested, "
           + modulePath
           + ", is not in the same web application as this servlet, "
           + contextPath
           + ".  Your module may not be properly configured or your client and server code maybe out of date.";
-      servlet.log(message);
+      logger.log(Level.SEVERE, message);
     } else {
       // Strip off the context path from the module base URL. It should be a
       // strict prefix.
@@ -98,11 +102,13 @@ static SerializationPolicy loadSerializationPolicy(HttpServlet servlet,
                 null);
             if (serializationPolicy.hasClientFields()) {
               if (ENABLE_ENHANCED_CLASSES) {
-                servlet.log("WARNING: Service deserializes enhanced JPA/JDO classes, which is " +
+                logger.log(Level.WARNING,
+                    "Service deserializes enhanced JPA/JDO classes, which is " +
                         "unsafe. See https://github.com/gwtproject/gwt/issues/9709 for more " +
                         "detail on the vulnerability that this presents.");
               } else {
-                servlet.log("ERROR: Service deserializes enhanced JPA/JDO classes, which is " +
+                logger.log(Level.SEVERE,
+                    "Service deserializes enhanced JPA/JDO classes, which is " +
                         "unsafe. Review build logs to see which classes are affected, or set " +
                         ENABLE_GWT_ENHANCED_CLASSES_PROPERTY + " to true to allow using this " +
                         "service. See https://github.com/gwtproject/gwt/issues/9709 for more " +
@@ -111,17 +117,19 @@ static SerializationPolicy loadSerializationPolicy(HttpServlet servlet,
               }
             }
           } catch (ParseException e) {
-            servlet.log("ERROR: Failed to parse the policy file '"
+            logger.log(Level.SEVERE,
+                "Failed to parse the policy file '"
                 + serializationPolicyFilePath + "'", e);
           } catch (IOException e) {
-            servlet.log("ERROR: Could not read the policy file '"
+            logger.log(Level.SEVERE,
+                "Could not read the policy file '"
                 + serializationPolicyFilePath + "'", e);
           }
         } else {
-          String message = "ERROR: The serialization policy file '"
+          String message = "The serialization policy file '"
               + serializationPolicyFilePath
               + "' was not found; did you forget to include it in this deployment?";
-          servlet.log(message);
+          logger.log(Level.SEVERE, message);
         }
       } finally {
         if (is != null) {
@@ -260,8 +268,8 @@ public final SerializationPolicy getSerializationPolicy(String moduleBaseURL,
 
     if (serializationPolicy == null) {
       // Failed to get the requested serialization policy; use the default
-      log(
-          "WARNING: Failed to get the SerializationPolicy '"
+      logger.log(Level.WARNING,
+          "Failed to get the SerializationPolicy '"
               + strongName
               + "' for module '"
               + moduleBaseURL
@@ -311,7 +319,8 @@ public String processCall(String payload) throws SerializationException {
     try {
       rpcRequest = RPC.decodeRequest(payload, delegate.getClass(), this);
     } catch (IncompatibleRemoteServiceException ex) {
-      log(
+      logger.log(
+          Level.SEVERE,
           "An IncompatibleRemoteServiceException was thrown while processing this call.",
           ex);
       return RPC.encodeResponseForFailedRequest(null, ex);
@@ -350,12 +359,13 @@ public String processCall(RPCRequest rpcRequest) throws SerializationException {
           rpcRequest.getParameters(), rpcRequest.getSerializationPolicy(),
           rpcRequest.getFlags());
     } catch (IncompatibleRemoteServiceException ex) {
-      log(
+      logger.log(Level.SEVERE,
           "An IncompatibleRemoteServiceException was thrown while processing this call.",
           ex);
       return RPC.encodeResponseForFailedRequest(rpcRequest, ex);
     } catch (RpcTokenException tokenException) {
-      log("An RpcTokenException was thrown while processing this call.",
+      logger.log(Level.SEVERE,
+          "An RpcTokenException was thrown while processing this call.",
           tokenException);
       return RPC.encodeResponseForFailedRequest(rpcRequest, tokenException);
     }
@@ -364,9 +374,8 @@ public String processCall(RPCRequest rpcRequest) throws SerializationException {
   /**
    * Standard HttpServlet method: handle the POST.
    * 
-   * This doPost method swallows ALL exceptions, logs them in the
-   * ServletContext, and returns a GENERIC_FAILURE_MSG response with status code
-   * 500.
+   * This doPost method swallows ALL exceptions, logs them,
+   * and returns a GENERIC_FAILURE_MSG response with status code 500.
    * 
    * @throws ServletException
    * @throws SerializationException
@@ -469,12 +478,12 @@ protected SerializationPolicy loadPolicyFromCodeServer(String url) {
 
       @Override
       public void logInfo(String message) {
-        RemoteServiceServlet.this.log(message);
+        logger.log(Level.INFO, message);
       }
 
       @Override
       public void logError(String message, Throwable throwable) {
-        RemoteServiceServlet.this.log(message, throwable);
+        logger.log(Level.SEVERE, message, throwable);
       }
     };
     return CODE_SERVER_CLIENT.loadPolicy(url, adapter);
@@ -541,7 +550,6 @@ private void writeResponse(HttpServletRequest request,
     boolean gzipEncode = RPCServletUtils.acceptsGzipEncoding(request)
         && shouldCompressResponse(request, response, responsePayload);
 
-    RPCServletUtils.writeResponse(getServletContext(), response,
-        responsePayload, gzipEncode);
+    RPCServletUtils.writeResponse(response, responsePayload, gzipEncode);
   }
 }
diff --git a/user/test/com/google/gwt/user/server/rpc/RemoteServiceServletTest.java b/user/test/com/google/gwt/user/server/rpc/RemoteServiceServletTest.java
index 0cd88ac545..a6d3a6c89a 100644
--- a/user/test/com/google/gwt/user/server/rpc/RemoteServiceServletTest.java
+++ b/user/test/com/google/gwt/user/server/rpc/RemoteServiceServletTest.java
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ public String getServletName() {
   }
 
   private class MockServletContext implements ServletContext {
-    private String messageLogged;
 
     public MockServletContext() {
     }
@@ -190,7 +189,7 @@ public void log(String arg0) {
     }
 
     public void log(String arg0, Throwable arg1) {
-      messageLogged = arg0;
+      throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
     }
 
     public void removeAttribute(String arg0) {
@@ -329,7 +328,6 @@ public InputStream getResourceAsStream(String resource) {
     SerializationPolicy serializationPolicy = rss.doGetSerializationPolicy(
         mockRequest, "http://www.google.com/MyModule", "12345");
     assertNull(serializationPolicy);
-    assertNotNull(mockContext.messageLogged);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -337,8 +335,8 @@ public InputStream getResourceAsStream(String resource) {
    * {@link com.google.gwt.user.server.rpc.RemoteServiceServlet#doGetSerializationPolicy(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)}.
    * 
    * This method tests that if the module path is in a different context than
-   * the RemoteServiceServlet which is processing the request, a message will be
-   * logged and null is returned for the SerializationPolicy.
+   * the RemoteServiceServlet which is processing the request,
+   * null is returned for the SerializationPolicy.
    */
   public void testDoGetSerializationPolicy_ModuleInSeparateServlet()
       throws ServletException {
@@ -353,7 +351,6 @@ public void testDoGetSerializationPolicy_ModuleInSeparateServlet()
     mockRequest.contextPath = "/foo";
     SerializationPolicy serializationPolicy = rss.doGetSerializationPolicy(
         mockRequest, "http://www.google.com/MyModule", "");
-    assertNotNull(mockContext.messageLogged);
     assertNull(serializationPolicy);
   }