diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9323e36c5b..fea4b6344b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1215,19 +1215,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.33",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "env_logger"
-version = "0.6.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "aafcde04e90a5226a6443b7aabdb016ba2f8307c847d524724bd9b346dd1a2d3"
-dependencies = [
- "atty",
- "humantime",
- "log",
- "regex",
- "termcolor",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "error-chain"
 version = "0.12.2"
@@ -2023,15 +2010,6 @@ version = "1.3.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cd179ae861f0c2e53da70d892f5f3029f9594be0c41dc5269cd371691b1dc2f9"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "humantime"
-version = "1.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "df004cfca50ef23c36850aaaa59ad52cc70d0e90243c3c7737a4dd32dc7a3c4f"
-dependencies = [
- "quick-error",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper"
 version = "0.12.35"
@@ -3144,17 +3122,6 @@ version = "0.2.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "237a5ed80e274dbc66f86bd59c1e25edc039660be53194b5fe0a482e0f2612ea"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "pretty_env_logger"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "717ee476b1690853d222af4634056d830b5197ffd747726a9a1eee6da9f49074"
-dependencies = [
- "chrono",
- "env_logger",
- "log",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro-crate"
 version = "0.1.5"
@@ -4143,15 +4110,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-xid 0.2.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "termcolor"
-version = "1.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bb6bfa289a4d7c5766392812c0a1f4c1ba45afa1ad47803c11e1f407d846d75f"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi-util",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "textwrap"
 version = "0.11.0"
@@ -4876,7 +4834,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "num 0.2.1",
  "ordered-float",
  "packed_simd",
- "pretty_env_logger",
  "rand 0.7.3",
  "rand_chacha 0.2.2",
  "rayon",
diff --git a/world/Cargo.toml b/world/Cargo.toml
index 663b852d91..dbee670446 100644
--- a/world/Cargo.toml
+++ b/world/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,5 @@ ron = { version = "0.6", default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = "0.3"
-pretty_env_logger = "0.3.0"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.2.3", default-features = false, features = ["fmt", "chrono", "ansi", "smallvec"] }
 minifb = "0.14.0"
diff --git a/world/examples/water.rs b/world/examples/water.rs
index 1b595a1bf1..cba3bc7250 100644
--- a/world/examples/water.rs
+++ b/world/examples/water.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ use common::{
 };
 use rayon::prelude::*;
 use std::{f64, io::Write, path::PathBuf, time::SystemTime};
-use tracing::warn;
-use tracing_subscriber;
+use tracing::{warn, Level};
+use tracing_subscriber::{filter::LevelFilter, EnvFilter, FmtSubscriber};
 use vek::*;
 use veloren_world::{
     sim::{self, get_horizon_map, sample_pos, sample_wpos, WorldOpts},
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ const H: usize = 1024;
 #[allow(clippy::needless_update)] // TODO: Pending review in #587
 #[allow(clippy::unused_io_amount)] // TODO: Pending review in #587
 fn main() {
-    tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
+    FmtSubscriber::builder()
+        .with_max_level(Level::ERROR)
+        .with_env_filter(EnvFilter::from_default_env().add_directive(LevelFilter::INFO.into()))
+        .init();
 
     // To load a map file of your choice, replace map_file with the name of your map
     // (stored locally in the map directory of your Veloren root), and swap the