diff --git a/raven/contrib/celery/__init__.py b/raven/contrib/celery/__init__.py
index 56b72474..ba6186e9 100644
--- a/raven/contrib/celery/__init__.py
+++ b/raven/contrib/celery/__init__.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ raven.contrib.celery
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import logging
+
 from celery.signals import after_setup_logger, task_failure
 from raven.handlers.logging import SentryHandler
 
@@ -39,8 +40,6 @@ def register_signal(client):
 def register_logger_signal(client, logger=None, loglevel=logging.ERROR):
     filter_ = CeleryFilter()
 
-    if logger is None:
-        logger = logging.getLogger()
     handler = SentryHandler(client)
     handler.setLevel(loglevel)
     handler.addFilter(filter_)