diff --git a/scripts/gnt-backup b/scripts/gnt-backup
index a838bf121a98b15093f81ff119a58958e659e521..f3e61fb7dc90cc7176486eb0693ace0a87876333 100755
--- a/scripts/gnt-backup
+++ b/scripts/gnt-backup
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ def PrintExportList(opts, args):
   """
   exports = GetClient().QueryExports(opts.nodes)
   for node in exports:
-    print ("Node: %s" % node)
-    print ("Exports:")
+    ToStdout("Node: %s", node)
+    ToStdout("Exports:")
     if isinstance(exports[node], list):
       for instance_name in exports[node]:
-        print ("\t%s" % instance_name)
+        ToStdout("\t%s", instance_name)
     else:
-      print ("  Could not get exports list")
+      ToStdout("  Could not get exports list")
 
 
 def ExportInstance(opts, args):
diff --git a/scripts/gnt-cluster b/scripts/gnt-cluster
index 856d07a8351fc019458148831df66fccac19811e..5578992db5daf1be01202b404890763dea258995 100755
--- a/scripts/gnt-cluster
+++ b/scripts/gnt-cluster
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 import sys
 from optparse import make_option
-import pprint
 import os.path
 
 from ganeti.cli import *
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ def InitCluster(opts, args):
 
   """
   if not opts.lvm_storage and opts.vg_name:
-    print ("Options --no-lvm-storage and --vg-name conflict.")
+    ToStderr("Options --no-lvm-storage and --vg-name conflict.")
     return 1
 
   vg_name = opts.vg_name
@@ -119,8 +118,8 @@ def DestroyCluster(opts, args):
 
   """
   if not opts.yes_do_it:
-    print ("Destroying a cluster is irreversibly. If you really want destroy"
-           " this cluster, supply the --yes-do-it option.")
+    ToStderr("Destroying a cluster is irreversible. If you really want"
+             " destroy this cluster, supply the --yes-do-it option.")
     return 1
 
   op = opcodes.OpDestroyCluster()
@@ -162,11 +161,11 @@ def ShowClusterVersion(opts, args):
   """
   op = opcodes.OpQueryClusterInfo()
   result = SubmitOpCode(op)
-  print ("Software version: %s" % result["software_version"])
-  print ("Internode protocol: %s" % result["protocol_version"])
-  print ("Configuration format: %s" % result["config_version"])
-  print ("OS api version: %s" % result["os_api_version"])
-  print ("Export interface: %s" % result["export_version"])
+  ToStdout("Software version: %s", result["software_version"])
+  ToStdout("Internode protocol: %s", result["protocol_version"])
+  ToStdout("Configuration format: %s", result["config_version"])
+  ToStdout("OS api version: %s", result["os_api_version"])
+  ToStdout("Export interface: %s", result["export_version"])
   return 0
 
 
@@ -177,7 +176,7 @@ def ShowClusterMaster(opts, args):
     opts - class with options as members
 
   """
-  print GetClient().QueryConfigValues(["master_node"])[0]
+  ToStdout("%s", GetClient().QueryConfigValues(["master_node"])[0])
   return 0
 
 
@@ -188,27 +187,27 @@ def ShowClusterConfig(opts, args):
   op = opcodes.OpQueryClusterInfo()
   result = SubmitOpCode(op)
 
-  print ("Cluster name: %s" % result["name"])
+  ToStdout("Cluster name: %s", result["name"])
 
-  print ("Master node: %s" % result["master"])
+  ToStdout("Master node: %s", result["master"])
 
-  print ("Architecture (this node): %s (%s)" %
-         (result["architecture"][0], result["architecture"][1]))
+  ToStdout("Architecture (this node): %s (%s)",
+           result["architecture"][0], result["architecture"][1])
 
-  print ("Default hypervisor: %s" % result["hypervisor_type"])
-  print ("Enabled hypervisors: %s" % ", ".join(result["enabled_hypervisors"]))
+  ToStdout("Default hypervisor: %s", result["hypervisor_type"])
+  ToStdout("Enabled hypervisors: %s", ", ".join(result["enabled_hypervisors"]))
 
-  print "Hypervisor parameters:"
+  ToStdout("Hypervisor parameters:")
   for hv_name, hv_dict in result["hvparams"].items():
-    print "  - %s:" % hv_name
+    ToStdout("  - %s:", hv_name)
     for item, val in hv_dict.iteritems():
-      print "      %s: %s" % (item, val)
+      ToStdout("      %s: %s", item, val)
 
-  print "Cluster parameters:"
+  ToStdout("Cluster parameters:")
   for gr_name, gr_dict in result["beparams"].items():
-    print "  - %s:" % gr_name
+    ToStdout("  - %s:", gr_name)
     for item, val in gr_dict.iteritems():
-      print "      %s: %s" % (item, val)
+      ToStdout("      %s: %s", item, val)
 
   return 0
 
@@ -239,8 +238,7 @@ def ClusterCopyFile(opts, args):
   srun = ssh.SshRunner(cluster_name=cluster_name)
   for node in results:
     if not srun.CopyFileToNode(node, filename):
-      print >> sys.stderr, ("Copy of file %s to node %s failed" %
-                            (filename, node))
+      ToStderr("Copy of file %s to node %s failed", filename, node)
 
   return 0
 
@@ -273,10 +271,10 @@ def RunClusterCommand(opts, args):
 
   for name in nodes:
     result = srun.Run(name, "root", command)
-    print ("------------------------------------------------")
-    print ("node: %s" % name)
-    print ("%s" % result.output)
-    print ("return code = %s" % result.exit_code)
+    ToStdout("------------------------------------------------")
+    ToStdout("node: %s", name)
+    ToStdout("%s", result.output)
+    ToStdout("return code = %s", result.exit_code)
 
   return 0
 
@@ -313,17 +311,17 @@ def VerifyDisks(opts, args):
   nodes, nlvm, instances, missing = result
 
   if nodes:
-    print "Nodes unreachable or with bad data:"
+    ToStdout("Nodes unreachable or with bad data:")
     for name in nodes:
-      print "\t%s" % name
+      ToStdout("\t%s", name)
   retcode = constants.EXIT_SUCCESS
 
   if nlvm:
     for node, text in nlvm.iteritems():
-      print ("Error on node %s: LVM error: %s" %
-             (node, text[-400:].encode('string_escape')))
+      ToStdout("Error on node %s: LVM error: %s",
+               node, text[-400:].encode('string_escape'))
       retcode |= 1
-      print "You need to fix these nodes first before fixing instances"
+      ToStdout("You need to fix these nodes first before fixing instances")
 
   if instances:
     for iname in instances:
@@ -331,29 +329,28 @@ def VerifyDisks(opts, args):
         continue
       op = opcodes.OpActivateInstanceDisks(instance_name=iname)
       try:
-        print "Activating disks for instance '%s'" % iname
+        ToStdout("Activating disks for instance '%s'", iname)
         SubmitOpCode(op)
       except errors.GenericError, err:
         nret, msg = FormatError(err)
         retcode |= nret
-        print >> sys.stderr, ("Error activating disks for instance %s: %s" %
-                              (iname, msg))
+        ToStderr("Error activating disks for instance %s: %s", iname, msg)
 
   if missing:
     for iname, ival in missing.iteritems():
       all_missing = utils.all(ival, lambda x: x[0] in nlvm)
       if all_missing:
-        print ("Instance %s cannot be verified as it lives on"
-               " broken nodes" % iname)
+        ToStdout("Instance %s cannot be verified as it lives on"
+                 " broken nodes", iname)
       else:
-        print "Instance %s has missing logical volumes:" % iname
+        ToStdout("Instance %s has missing logical volumes:", iname)
         ival.sort()
         for node, vol in ival:
           if node in nlvm:
-            print ("\tbroken node %s /dev/xenvg/%s" % (node, vol))
+            ToStdout("\tbroken node %s /dev/xenvg/%s", node, vol)
           else:
-            print ("\t%s /dev/xenvg/%s" % (node, vol))
-    print ("You need to run replace_disks for all the above"
+            ToStdout("\t%s /dev/xenvg/%s", node, vol)
+    ToStdout("You need to run replace_disks for all the above"
            " instances, if this message persist after fixing nodes.")
     retcode |= 1
 
@@ -382,7 +379,7 @@ def SearchTags(opts, args):
   result = list(result)
   result.sort()
   for path, tag in result:
-    print "%s %s" % (path, tag)
+    ToStdout("%s %s", path, tag)
 
 
 def SetClusterParams(opts, args):
@@ -395,12 +392,12 @@ def SetClusterParams(opts, args):
   if not (not opts.lvm_storage or opts.vg_name or
           opts.enabled_hypervisors or opts.hvparams or
           opts.beparams):
-    print "Please give at least one of the parameters."
+    ToStderr("Please give at least one of the parameters.")
     return 1
 
   vg_name = opts.vg_name
   if not opts.lvm_storage and opts.vg_name:
-    print ("Options --no-lvm-storage and --vg-name conflict.")
+    ToStdout("Options --no-lvm-storage and --vg-name conflict.")
     return 1
 
   hvlist = opts.enabled_hypervisors
@@ -433,11 +430,11 @@ def QueueOps(opts, args):
     client.SetQueueDrainFlag(drain_flag)
   elif command == "info":
     result = client.QueryConfigValues(["drain_flag"])
-    print "The drain flag is",
     if result[0]:
-      print "set"
+      val = "set"
     else:
-      print "unset"
+      val = "unset"
+    ToStdout("The drain flag is %s" % val)
   return 0
 
 # this is an option common to more than one command, so we declare
diff --git a/scripts/gnt-debug b/scripts/gnt-debug
index b9aba607f6935882032146f30132c2c011940fbb..722e654ab1fa29a75ebdbe779f34342ce5607659 100755
--- a/scripts/gnt-debug
+++ b/scripts/gnt-debug
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ from cStringIO import StringIO
 
 from ganeti.cli import *
 from ganeti import opcodes
-from ganeti import logger
 from ganeti import constants
 from ganeti import utils
 from ganeti import errors
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ def GenericOpCodes(opts, args):
   op_list = [opcodes.OpCode.LoadOpCode(val) for val in op_data]
   job = opcodes.Job(op_list=op_list)
   jid = SubmitJob(job)
-  print "Job id:", jid
+  ToStdout("Job id: %s", jid)
   query = {
     "object": "jobs",
     "fields": ["status"],
@@ -70,11 +69,11 @@ def GenericOpCodes(opts, args):
     jdata = SubmitQuery(query)
     if not jdata:
       # job not found, gone away!
-      print "Job lost!"
+      ToStderr("Job lost!")
       return 1
 
     status = jdata[0][0]
-    print status
+    ToStdout(status)
     if status in (opcodes.Job.STATUS_SUCCESS, opcodes.Job.STATUS_FAIL):
       break
 
@@ -86,12 +85,12 @@ def GenericOpCodes(opts, args):
   jdata = SubmitQuery(query)
   if not jdata:
     # job not found, gone away!
-    print "Job lost!"
+    ToStderr("Job lost!")
     return 1
-  print jdata[0]
+  ToStdout(jdata[0])
   status, op_list, op_status, op_result = jdata[0]
   for idx, op in enumerate(op_list):
-    print idx, op.OP_ID, op_status[idx], op_result[idx]
+    ToStdout("%s %s %s %s", idx, op.OP_ID, op_status[idx], op_result[idx])
   return 0
 
 
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ def TestAllocator(opts, args):
     disks = [{"size": utils.ParseUnit(val), "mode": 'w'}
              for val in opts.disks.split(",")]
   except errors.UnitParseError, err:
-    print >> sys.stderr, "Invalid disks parameter '%s': %s" % (opts.disks, err)
+    ToStderr("Invalid disks parameter '%s': %s", opts.disks, err)
     return 1
 
   nics = [val.split("/") for val in opts.nics.split(",")]
@@ -132,7 +131,7 @@ def TestAllocator(opts, args):
                                allocator=opts.allocator,
                                )
   result = SubmitOpCode(op)
-  print result
+  ToStdout("%s" % result)
   return 0
 
 
diff --git a/scripts/gnt-instance b/scripts/gnt-instance
index ffcbcf24f8375cf100220be987b27fc5e40a7866..7fa21752ed8fb79bbbb9e52e6b21b17051d042d1 100755
--- a/scripts/gnt-instance
+++ b/scripts/gnt-instance
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ from cStringIO import StringIO
 from ganeti.cli import *
 from ganeti import cli
 from ganeti import opcodes
-from ganeti import logger
 from ganeti import constants
 from ganeti import utils
 from ganeti import errors
@@ -252,7 +251,7 @@ def ListInstances(opts, args):
                        numfields=numfields, data=output)
 
   for line in data:
-    logger.ToStdout(line)
+    ToStdout(line)
 
   return 0
 
@@ -418,7 +417,7 @@ def BatchCreate(opts, args):
                                   file_storage_dir=specs['file_storage_dir'],
                                   file_driver=specs['file_driver'])
 
-    print '%s: %s' % (name, cli.SendJob([op]))
+    ToStdout("%s: %s", name, cli.SendJob([op]))
 
   return 0
 
@@ -438,14 +437,14 @@ def ReinstallInstance(opts, args):
     result = SubmitOpCode(op)
 
     if not result:
-      logger.ToStdout("Can't get the OS list")
+      ToStdout("Can't get the OS list")
       return 1
 
-    logger.ToStdout("Available OS templates:")
+    ToStdout("Available OS templates:")
     number = 0
     choices = []
     for entry in result:
-      logger.ToStdout("%3s: %s" % (number, entry[0]))
+      ToStdout("%3s: %s", number, entry[0])
       choices.append(("%s" % number, entry[0], entry[0]))
       number = number + 1
 
@@ -454,7 +453,7 @@ def ReinstallInstance(opts, args):
                        choices)
 
     if selected == 'exit':
-      logger.ToStdout("User aborted reinstall, exiting")
+      ToStdout("User aborted reinstall, exiting")
       return 1
 
     os = selected
@@ -526,7 +525,7 @@ def ActivateDisks(opts, args):
   op = opcodes.OpActivateInstanceDisks(instance_name=instance_name)
   disks_info = SubmitOrSend(op, opts)
   for host, iname, nname in disks_info:
-    print "%s:%s:%s" % (host, iname, nname)
+    ToStdout("%s:%s:%s", host, iname, nname)
   return 0
 
 
@@ -581,12 +580,12 @@ def StartupInstance(opts, args):
                                    force=opts.force,
                                    extra_args=opts.extra_args)
     if multi_on:
-      logger.ToStdout("Starting up %s" % name)
+      ToStdout("Starting up %s", name)
     try:
       SubmitOrSend(op, opts)
     except JobSubmittedException, err:
       _, txt = FormatError(err)
-      logger.ToStdout("%s" % txt)
+      ToStdout("%s", txt)
   return 0
 
 
@@ -636,12 +635,12 @@ def ShutdownInstance(opts, args):
   for name in inames:
     op = opcodes.OpShutdownInstance(instance_name=name)
     if multi_on:
-      logger.ToStdout("Shutting down %s" % name)
+      ToStdout("Shutting down %s", name)
     try:
       SubmitOrSend(op, opts)
     except JobSubmittedException, err:
       _, txt = FormatError(err)
-      logger.ToStdout("%s" % txt)
+      ToStdout("%s", txt)
   return 0
 
 
@@ -721,13 +720,13 @@ def ConnectToInstanceConsole(opts, args):
   cmd = SubmitOpCode(op)
 
   if opts.show_command:
-    print utils.ShellQuoteArgs(cmd)
+    ToStdout("%s", utils.ShellQuoteArgs(cmd))
   else:
     try:
       os.execvp(cmd[0], cmd)
     finally:
-      sys.stderr.write("Can't run console command %s with arguments:\n'%s'" %
-                       (cmd, " ".join(argv)))
+      ToStderr("Can't run console command %s with arguments:\n'%s'",
+               cmd, " ".join(argv))
       os._exit(1)
 
 
@@ -812,7 +811,7 @@ def ShowInstanceConfig(opts, args):
   op = opcodes.OpQueryInstanceData(instances=args, static=opts.static)
   result = SubmitOpCode(op)
   if not result:
-    logger.ToStdout("No instances.")
+    ToStdout("No instances.")
     return 1
 
   buf = StringIO()
@@ -883,7 +882,7 @@ def ShowInstanceConfig(opts, args):
     for device in instance["disks"]:
       _FormatBlockDevInfo(buf, device, 1, opts.static)
 
-  logger.ToStdout(buf.getvalue().rstrip('\n'))
+  ToStdout(buf.getvalue().rstrip('\n'))
   return retcode
 
 
@@ -901,7 +900,7 @@ def SetInstanceParams(opts, args):
   """
   if not (opts.ip or opts.bridge or opts.mac or
           opts.hypervisor or opts.beparams):
-    logger.ToStdout("Please give at least one of the parameters.")
+    ToStderr("Please give at least one of the parameters.")
     return 1
 
   if constants.BE_MEMORY in opts.beparams:
@@ -919,11 +918,11 @@ def SetInstanceParams(opts, args):
   result = SubmitOrSend(op, opts)
 
   if result:
-    logger.ToStdout("Modified instance %s" % args[0])
+    ToStdout("Modified instance %s", args[0])
     for param, data in result:
-      logger.ToStdout(" - %-5s -> %s" % (param, data))
-    logger.ToStdout("Please don't forget that these parameters take effect"
-                    " only at the next start of the instance.")
+      ToStdout(" - %-5s -> %s", param, data)
+    ToStdout("Please don't forget that these parameters take effect"
+             " only at the next start of the instance.")
   return 0
 
 
diff --git a/scripts/gnt-job b/scripts/gnt-job
index d9a22539d0dc102e54765d8bcdc42a07fd932a4b..d8e532546edf2ffebe400c722b60fe3b0524169a 100755
--- a/scripts/gnt-job
+++ b/scripts/gnt-job
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ from cStringIO import StringIO
 
 from ganeti.cli import *
 from ganeti import opcodes
-from ganeti import logger
 from ganeti import constants
 from ganeti import utils
 from ganeti import errors
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ def ListJobs(opts, args):
                        fields=selected_fields, unitfields=unitfields,
                        numfields=numfields, data=output)
   for line in data:
-    print line
+    ToStdout(line)
 
   return 0
 
@@ -146,7 +145,7 @@ def ShowJobs(opts, args):
   """
   def format(level, text):
     """Display the text indented."""
-    print "%s%s" % ("  " * level, text)
+    ToStdout("%s%s", "  " * level, text)
 
   def result_helper(value):
     """Format a result field in a nice way."""
diff --git a/scripts/gnt-node b/scripts/gnt-node
index 46dc36e8d7d205f62c7cccf0dc48ef41b5909237..8fe069fc5a683bf093b2e57a59e230786451e871 100755
--- a/scripts/gnt-node
+++ b/scripts/gnt-node
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ from optparse import make_option
 
 from ganeti.cli import *
 from ganeti import opcodes
-from ganeti import logger
 from ganeti import utils
 from ganeti import constants
 from ganeti import errors
@@ -52,14 +51,16 @@ def AddNode(opts, args):
     except (errors.OpPrereqError, errors.OpExecError):
       pass
     else:
-      logger.ToStderr("Node %s already in the cluster (as %s)"
-                      " - please use --readd" % (args[0], output[0][0]))
+      ToStderr("Node %s already in the cluster (as %s)"
+               " - please use --readd", args[0], output[0][0])
       return 1
 
-  logger.ToStderr("-- WARNING -- \n"
-    "Performing this operation is going to replace the ssh daemon keypair\n"
-    "on the target machine (%s) with the ones of the current one\n"
-    "and grant full intra-cluster ssh root access to/from it\n" % node)
+  ToStderr("-- WARNING -- \n"
+           "Performing this operation is going to replace the ssh daemon"
+           " keypair\n"
+           "on the target machine (%s) with the ones of the"
+           " current one\n"
+           "and grant full intra-cluster ssh root access to/from it\n", node)
 
   bootstrap.SetupNodeDaemon(node, opts.ssh_key_check)
 
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ def ListNodes(opts, args):
                        fields=selected_fields, unitfields=unitfields,
                        numfields=numfields, data=output)
   for line in data:
-    logger.ToStdout(line)
+    ToStdout(line)
 
   return 0
 
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ def EvacuateNode(opts, args):
                                src_node)
 
   if not sinst:
-    logger.ToStderr("No secondary instances on node %s, exiting." % src_node)
+    ToStderr("No secondary instances on node %s, exiting.", src_node)
     return constants.EXIT_SUCCESS
 
   sinst = utils.NiceSort(sinst)
@@ -167,23 +168,21 @@ def EvacuateNode(opts, args):
                                 mode=constants.REPLACE_DISK_ALL,
                                 disks=["sda", "sdb"])
     try:
-      logger.ToStdout("Replacing disks for instance %s" % iname)
+      ToStdout("Replacing disks for instance %s", iname)
       SubmitOpCode(op)
-      logger.ToStdout("Instance %s has been relocated" % iname)
+      ToStdout("Instance %s has been relocated", iname)
       good_cnt += 1
     except errors.GenericError, err:
       nret, msg = FormatError(err)
       retcode |= nret
-      logger.ToStderr("Error replacing disks for instance %s: %s" %
-                      (iname, msg))
+      ToStderr("Error replacing disks for instance %s: %s", iname, msg)
       bad_cnt += 1
 
   if retcode == constants.EXIT_SUCCESS:
-    logger.ToStdout("All %d instance(s) relocated successfully." % good_cnt)
+    ToStdout("All %d instance(s) relocated successfully.", good_cnt)
   else:
-    logger.ToStdout("There were errors during the relocation:\n"
-                    "%d error(s) out of %d instance(s)." %
-                    (bad_cnt, good_cnt + bad_cnt))
+    ToStdout("There were errors during the relocation:\n"
+             "%d error(s) out of %d instance(s).", bad_cnt, good_cnt + bad_cnt)
   return retcode
 
 
@@ -199,7 +198,7 @@ def FailoverNode(opts, args):
   node, pinst = result[0]
 
   if not pinst:
-    logger.ToStderr("No primary instances on node %s, exiting." % node)
+    ToStderr("No primary instances on node %s, exiting.", node)
     return 0
 
   pinst = utils.NiceSort(pinst)
@@ -215,22 +214,21 @@ def FailoverNode(opts, args):
     op = opcodes.OpFailoverInstance(instance_name=iname,
                                     ignore_consistency=opts.ignore_consistency)
     try:
-      logger.ToStdout("Failing over instance %s" % iname)
+      ToStdout("Failing over instance %s", iname)
       SubmitOpCode(op)
-      logger.ToStdout("Instance %s has been failed over" % iname)
+      ToStdout("Instance %s has been failed over", iname)
       good_cnt += 1
     except errors.GenericError, err:
       nret, msg = FormatError(err)
       retcode |= nret
-      logger.ToStderr("Error failing over instance %s: %s" % (iname, msg))
+      ToStderr("Error failing over instance %s: %s", iname, msg)
       bad_cnt += 1
 
   if retcode == 0:
-    logger.ToStdout("All %d instance(s) failed over successfully." % good_cnt)
+    ToStdout("All %d instance(s) failed over successfully.", good_cnt)
   else:
-    logger.ToStdout("There were errors during the failover:\n"
-                    "%d error(s) out of %d instance(s)." %
-                    (bad_cnt, good_cnt + bad_cnt))
+    ToStdout("There were errors during the failover:\n"
+             "%d error(s) out of %d instance(s).", bad_cnt, good_cnt + bad_cnt)
   return retcode
 
 
@@ -244,21 +242,21 @@ def ShowNodeConfig(opts, args):
   result = SubmitOpCode(op)
 
   for name, primary_ip, secondary_ip, pinst, sinst in result:
-    logger.ToStdout("Node name: %s" % name)
-    logger.ToStdout("  primary ip: %s" % primary_ip)
-    logger.ToStdout("  secondary ip: %s" % secondary_ip)
+    ToStdout("Node name: %s", name)
+    ToStdout("  primary ip: %s", primary_ip)
+    ToStdout("  secondary ip: %s", secondary_ip)
     if pinst:
-      logger.ToStdout("  primary for instances:")
+      ToStdout("  primary for instances:")
       for iname in pinst:
-        logger.ToStdout("    - %s" % iname)
+        ToStdout("    - %s", iname)
     else:
-      logger.ToStdout("  primary for no instances")
+      ToStdout("  primary for no instances")
     if sinst:
-      logger.ToStdout("  secondary for instances:")
+      ToStdout("  secondary for instances:")
       for iname in sinst:
-        logger.ToStdout("    - %s" % iname)
+        ToStdout("    - %s", iname)
     else:
-      logger.ToStdout("  secondary for no instances")
+      ToStdout("  secondary for no instances")
 
   return 0
 
@@ -301,7 +299,7 @@ def ListVolumes(opts, args):
                        numfields=numfields, data=output)
 
   for line in data:
-    logger.ToStdout(line)
+    ToStdout(line)
 
   return 0
 
diff --git a/scripts/gnt-os b/scripts/gnt-os
index e4041c728d9b2d9d203aca30edcaa2ffbae3ddb3..642545eae6cdb776ae3a6c286b54d576dcee1c06 100755
--- a/scripts/gnt-os
+++ b/scripts/gnt-os
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ from optparse import make_option
 
 from ganeti.cli import *
 from ganeti import opcodes
-from ganeti import logger
 from ganeti import objects
 from ganeti import utils
 from ganeti import errors
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ def ListOS(opts, args):
   result = SubmitOpCode(op)
 
   if not result:
-    logger.ToStdout("Can't get the OS list")
+    ToStderr("Can't get the OS list")
     return 1
 
   if not opts.no_headers:
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ def ListOS(opts, args):
                        data=[[row[0]] for row in result if row[1]])
 
   for line in data:
-    logger.ToStdout(line)
+    ToStdout(line)
 
   return 0
 
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ def DiagnoseOS(opts, args):
   result = SubmitOpCode(op)
 
   if not result:
-    logger.ToStdout("Can't get the OS list")
+    ToStderr("Can't get the OS list")
     return 1
 
   has_bad = False
@@ -102,15 +101,14 @@ def DiagnoseOS(opts, args):
     def _OutputPerNodeOSStatus(msg_map):
       map_k = utils.NiceSort(msg_map.keys())
       for node_name in map_k:
-        logger.ToStdout("  Node: %s, status: %s" %
-                        (node_name, msg_map[node_name]))
+        ToStdout("  Node: %s, status: %s", node_name, msg_map[node_name])
         for msg in nodes_hidden[node_name]:
-          logger.ToStdout(msg)
+          ToStdout(msg)
 
-    logger.ToStdout("OS: %s [global status: %s]" % (os_name, status))
+    ToStdout("OS: %s [global status: %s]", os_name, status)
     _OutputPerNodeOSStatus(nodes_valid)
     _OutputPerNodeOSStatus(nodes_bad)
-    logger.ToStdout("")
+    ToStdout("")
 
   return int(has_bad)