diff --git a/glide.lock b/glide.lock
index de8036c1bb..6abf171dcf 100644
--- a/glide.lock
+++ b/glide.lock
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 hash: 153a3e6a1f31b2b29a113e953098f2b42a645103ee3e10040b5e03727a7b003c
-updated: 2017-06-20T10:57:34.1196597-04:00
+updated: 2017-06-28T14:40:45.6812682-04:00
 imports:
 - name: github.com/agl/ed25519
   version: 278e1ec8e8a6e017cd07577924d6766039146ced
   subpackages:
   - edwards25519
 - name: github.com/btcsuite/btclog
-  version: 266a29b6e5ad061d4c055cec1c0049e4aae47092
+  version: 84c8d2346e9fc8c7b947e243b9c24e6df9fd206a
 - name: github.com/btcsuite/go-flags
   version: 6c288d648c1cc1befcb90cb5511dcacf64ae8e61
 - name: github.com/btcsuite/go-socks
@@ -56,16 +56,16 @@ imports:
   - base58
   - bloom
 - name: github.com/jrick/logrotate
-  version: 4ed05ed86ef17d10ff99cce77481e0fcf6f2c7b0
+  version: a93b200c26cbae3bb09dd0dc2c7c7fe1468a034a
   subpackages:
   - rotator
 - name: golang.org/x/crypto
-  version: 0fe963104e9d1877082f8fb38f816fcd97eb1d10
+  version: 84f24dfdf3c414ed893ca1b318d0045ef5a1f607
   subpackages:
   - ripemd160
   - ssh/terminal
 - name: golang.org/x/sys
-  version: e62c3de784db939836898e5c19ffd41bece347da
+  version: 90796e5a05ce440b41c768bd9af257005e470461
   subpackages:
   - unix
 testImports:
diff --git a/log.go b/log.go
index 517b560adc..83426619e5 100644
--- a/log.go
+++ b/log.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ type logWriter struct{}
 
 func (logWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	os.Stdout.Write(p)
-	logRotatorPipe.Write(p)
+	logRotator.Write(p)
 	return len(p), nil
 }
 
@@ -58,10 +57,6 @@ var (
 	// application shutdown.
 	logRotator *rotator.Rotator
 
-	// logRotatorPipe is the write-end pipe for writing to the log rotator.  It
-	// is written to by the Write method of the logWriter type.
-	logRotatorPipe *io.PipeWriter
-
 	adxrLog = backendLog.Logger("ADXR")
 	amgrLog = backendLog.Logger("AMGR")
 	cmgrLog = backendLog.Logger("CMGR")
@@ -123,17 +118,13 @@ func initLogRotator(logFile string) {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "failed to create log directory: %v\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
-	pr, pw := io.Pipe()
-	r, err := rotator.New(pr, logFile, 10*1024, false, 3)
+	r, err := rotator.New(logFile, 10*1024, false, 3)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "failed to create file rotator: %v\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	go r.Run()
-
 	logRotator = r
-	logRotatorPipe = pw
 }
 
 // setLogLevel sets the logging level for provided subsystem.  Invalid