diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 40dbf27080..1b426acf6f 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -127,6 +127,16 @@ async function run(context, plugins) {
 
   context.lastRelease = await getLastRelease(context);
 
+  if (context.lastRelease.gitTag) {
+    logger.log(
+      `Found git tag ${context.lastRelease.gitTag} associated with version ${context.lastRelease.version} on branch ${
+        context.branch.name
+      }`
+    );
+  } else {
+    logger.log(`No git tag version found on branch ${context.branch.name}`);
+  }
+
   context.commits = await getCommits(context);
 
   const nextRelease = {
diff --git a/lib/get-last-release.js b/lib/get-last-release.js
index 1fbf4a7e04..10557184fc 100644
--- a/lib/get-last-release.js
+++ b/lib/get-last-release.js
@@ -23,17 +23,15 @@ const {makeTag} = require('./utils');
  *
  * @return {LastRelease} The last tagged release or empty object if none is found.
  */
-module.exports = ({branch: {name, tags, type}, options: {tagFormat}, logger}, {before} = {}) => {
+module.exports = ({branch: {tags, type}, options: {tagFormat}}, {before} = {}) => {
   const [{version, gitTag, gitHead, channel} = {}] = tags
     .filter(tag => type === 'prerelease' || !semver.prerelease(tag.version))
     .filter(tag => isUndefined(before) || semver.lt(tag.version, before))
     .sort((a, b) => semver.rcompare(a.version, b.version));
 
   if (gitTag) {
-    logger.log(`Found git tag ${gitTag} associated with version ${version} on branch ${name}`);
     return {version, gitTag, gitHead, channel, name: makeTag(tagFormat, version)};
   }
 
-  logger.log(`No git tag version found on branch ${name}`);
   return {};
 };
diff --git a/test/get-last-release.test.js b/test/get-last-release.test.js
index f61200f297..08d54f4685 100644
--- a/test/get-last-release.test.js
+++ b/test/get-last-release.test.js
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 import test from 'ava';
-import {stub} from 'sinon';
 import getLastRelease from '../lib/get-last-release';
 
-test.beforeEach(t => {
-  // Stub the logger functions
-  t.context.log = stub();
-  t.context.logger = {log: t.context.log};
-});
-
 test('Get the highest non-prerelease valid tag', t => {
   const result = getLastRelease({
     branch: {
@@ -20,11 +13,9 @@ test('Get the highest non-prerelease valid tag', t => {
       type: 'release',
     },
     options: {tagFormat: `v\${version}`},
-    logger: t.context.logger,
   });
 
   t.deepEqual(result, {version: '2.0.0', gitTag: 'v2.0.0', name: 'v2.0.0', gitHead: '222', channel: undefined});
-  t.deepEqual(t.context.log.args[0][0], 'Found git tag v2.0.0 associated with version 2.0.0 on branch master');
 });
 
 test('Return empty object if no valid tag is found', t => {
@@ -35,11 +26,9 @@ test('Return empty object if no valid tag is found', t => {
       type: 'release',
     },
     options: {tagFormat: `v\${version}`},
-    logger: t.context.logger,
   });
 
   t.deepEqual(result, {});
-  t.deepEqual(t.context.log.args[0][0], 'No git tag version found on branch master');
 });
 
 test('Get the highest non-prerelease valid tag before a certain version', t => {
@@ -58,11 +47,9 @@ test('Get the highest non-prerelease valid tag before a certain version', t => {
         type: 'release',
       },
       options: {tagFormat: `v\${version}`},
-      logger: t.context.logger,
     },
     {before: '2.1.0'}
   );
 
   t.deepEqual(result, {version: '2.0.0', gitTag: 'v2.0.0', name: 'v2.0.0', gitHead: '333', channel: undefined});
-  t.deepEqual(t.context.log.args[0][0], 'Found git tag v2.0.0 associated with version 2.0.0 on branch master');
 });
diff --git a/test/get-releases-to-add.test.js b/test/get-releases-to-add.test.js
index e4c28ac4a9..65c83fc5bc 100644
--- a/test/get-releases-to-add.test.js
+++ b/test/get-releases-to-add.test.js
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 import test from 'ava';
-import {stub} from 'sinon';
 import getReleasesToAdd from '../lib/get-releases-to-add';
 
-test.beforeEach(t => {
-  // Stub the logger functions
-  t.context.log = stub();
-  t.context.logger = {log: t.context.log};
-});
-
 test('Return versions merged from release to maintenance branch', t => {
   const result = getReleasesToAdd({
     branch: {
@@ -22,7 +15,6 @@ test('Return versions merged from release to maintenance branch', t => {
     },
     branches: [{name: '1.x', channel: '1.x'}, {name: 'master'}],
     options: {tagFormat: `v\${version}`},
-    logger: t.context.logger,
   });
 
   t.deepEqual(result, [
@@ -80,7 +72,6 @@ test('Return versions merged from future branch to release branch', t => {
     },
     branches: [{name: 'master'}, {name: 'next', channel: 'next'}, {name: 'next-major', channel: 'next-major'}],
     options: {tagFormat: `v\${version}`},
-    logger: t.context.logger,
   });
 
   t.deepEqual(result, [
@@ -138,7 +129,6 @@ test('Return releases sorted by ascending order', t => {
     },
     branches: [{name: 'master'}, {name: 'next', channel: 'next'}, {name: 'next-major', channel: 'next-major'}],
     options: {tagFormat: `v\${version}`},
-    logger: t.context.logger,
   });
 
   t.deepEqual(result, [
@@ -188,7 +178,6 @@ test('no lastRelease', t => {
     branch: {name: 'master', tags: [{gitTag: 'v1.0.0@next', version: '1.0.0', channel: 'next', gitHead: '111'}]},
     branches: [{name: 'master'}, {name: 'next', channel: 'next'}],
     options: {tagFormat: `v\${version}`},
-    logger: t.context.logger,
   });
 
   t.deepEqual(result, [
@@ -231,7 +220,6 @@ test('Ignore pre-release versions', t => {
       {name: 'alpha', type: 'prerelease', channel: 'alpha'},
     ],
     options: {tagFormat: `v\${version}`},
-    logger: t.context.logger,
   });
 
   t.deepEqual(result, [