diff --git a/test/support/src/helpers.h b/test/support/src/helpers.h
index 3aecbc6f817..bf179ff434a 100644
--- a/test/support/src/helpers.h
+++ b/test/support/src/helpers.h
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #ifndef TILEDB_TEST_HELPERS_H
 #define TILEDB_TEST_HELPERS_H
 
-#include <tiledb/common/logger_public.h>
 #include "test/support/src/coords_workaround.h"
 #include "test/support/src/mem_helpers.h"
 #include "tiledb.h"
diff --git a/tiledb/common/logger.cc b/tiledb/common/logger.cc
index ce2e8d769f5..2c7e5235662 100644
--- a/tiledb/common/logger.cc
+++ b/tiledb/common/logger.cc
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 #include <spdlog/fmt/fmt.h>
 #include <spdlog/fmt/ostr.h>
 #include <spdlog/sinks/stdout_sinks.h>
+#include <spdlog/spdlog.h>
+
 #ifndef _WIN32
 #include <spdlog/sinks/stdout_color_sinks.h>
 #endif
@@ -42,6 +44,24 @@
 
 namespace tiledb::common {
 
+spdlog::level::level_enum to_spdlog_level(Logger::Level lvl) {
+  switch (lvl) {
+    case Logger::Level::FATAL:
+      return spdlog::level::critical;
+    case Logger::Level::ERR:
+      return spdlog::level::err;
+    case Logger::Level::WARN:
+      return spdlog::level::warn;
+    case Logger::Level::INFO:
+      return spdlog::level::info;
+    case Logger::Level::DBG:
+      return spdlog::level::debug;
+    default:
+      assert(lvl == Logger::Level::TRACE);
+      return spdlog::level::trace;
+  }
+}
+
 /* ********************************* */
 /*     CONSTRUCTORS & DESTRUCTORS    */
 /* ********************************* */
@@ -189,6 +209,10 @@ void Logger::fatal(const std::stringstream& msg) {
   exit(1);
 }
 
+bool Logger::should_log(Logger::Level lvl) {
+  return logger_->should_log(to_spdlog_level(lvl));
+}
+
 void Logger::set_level(Logger::Level lvl) {
   switch (lvl) {
     case Logger::Level::FATAL:
diff --git a/tiledb/common/logger.h b/tiledb/common/logger.h
index da7a3d9733c..f0de1df2a6c 100644
--- a/tiledb/common/logger.h
+++ b/tiledb/common/logger.h
@@ -29,29 +29,14 @@
  *
  * This file defines class Logger, which is implemented as a wrapper around
  * `spdlog`. By policy `spdlog` must remain encapsulated as an implementation
- * and not be exposed as a dependency of the TileDB library. Accordingly, this
- * header should not be included as a header in any other header file. For
- * inclusion in a header (notably for use within the definition of
- * template-dependent functions), include the header `logger_public.h`.
- *
- * The reason for this restriction is a technical limitation in template
- * instantiation. Part of the interface to `spdlog` consists of template
- * functions with variadic template arguments. Instantiation of such function
- * does not instantiate a variadic function (for exmaple `printf`) but rather a
- * function with a fixed number of arguments that depend upon the argument list.
- * Such variadic template argument lists cannot be forwarded across the
- * boundaries of compilation units, so exposing variadic template arguments
- * necessarily exposes the dependency upon `spdlog`. Thus this file `logger.h`,
- * which does have such arguments, must remain entirely within the library, but
- * `logger_public.h`, which does not have such arguments, may be exposed without
- * creating an additional external dependency.
+ * and not be exposed as a dependency of the TileDB library.
  */
 
 #pragma once
 #ifndef TILEDB_LOGGER_H
 #define TILEDB_LOGGER_H
 
-#include <spdlog/spdlog.h>
+#include <fmt/format.h>
 #include <atomic>
 #include <sstream>
 
@@ -59,6 +44,10 @@
 #include "tiledb/common/heap_memory.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/status.h"
 
+namespace spdlog {
+class logger;
+}
+
 namespace tiledb {
 namespace common {
 
@@ -123,12 +112,15 @@ class Logger {
    *
    * @param fmt A fmtlib format string, see http://fmtlib.net/latest/ for
    *     details.
-   * @param arg positional argument to format.
-   * @param args optional additional positional arguments to format.
+   * @param args positional arguments to format.
    */
-  template <typename Arg1, typename... Args>
-  void trace(std::string_view fmt, const Arg1& arg1, const Args&... args) {
-    logger_->trace(fmt::runtime(fmt), arg1, args...);
+  template <typename... Args>
+  void trace(fmt::format_string<Args...> fmt, Args&&... args) {
+    // Check that this level is enabled to avoid needlessly formatting the
+    // string.
+    if (!should_log(Level::TRACE))
+      return;
+    trace(fmt::format(fmt, std::forward<Args...>(args)...));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -157,12 +149,15 @@ class Logger {
    *
    * @param fmt A fmtlib format string, see http://fmtlib.net/latest/ for
    *     details.
-   * @param arg positional argument to format.
-   * @param args optional additional positional arguments to format.
+   * @param args positional arguments to format.
    */
-  template <typename Arg1, typename... Args>
-  void debug(std::string_view fmt, const Arg1& arg1, const Args&... args) {
-    logger_->debug(fmt::runtime(fmt), arg1, args...);
+  template <typename... Args>
+  void debug(fmt::format_string<Args...> fmt, Args&&... args) {
+    // Check that this level is enabled to avoid needlessly formatting the
+    // string.
+    if (!should_log(Level::DBG))
+      return;
+    debug(fmt::format(fmt, std::forward<Args>(args)...));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -191,12 +186,15 @@ class Logger {
    *
    * @param fmt A fmtlib format string, see http://fmtlib.net/latest/ for
    *     details.
-   * @param arg positional argument to format.
-   * @param args optional additional positional arguments to format.
+   * @param args positional arguments to format.
    */
-  template <typename Arg1, typename... Args>
-  void info(std::string_view fmt, const Arg1& arg1, const Args&... args) {
-    logger_->info(fmt::runtime(fmt), arg1, args...);
+  template <typename... Args>
+  void info(fmt::format_string<Args...> fmt, Args&&... args) {
+    // Check that this level is enabled to avoid needlessly formatting the
+    // string.
+    if (!should_log(Level::INFO))
+      return;
+    info(fmt::format(fmt, std::forward<Args>(args)...));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -225,12 +223,15 @@ class Logger {
    *
    * @param fmt A fmtlib format string, see http://fmtlib.net/latest/ for
    *     details.
-   * @param arg positional argument to format.
-   * @param args optional additional positional arguments to format.
+   * @param args positional arguments to format.
    */
-  template <typename Arg1, typename... Args>
-  void warn(std::string_view fmt, const Arg1& arg1, const Args&... args) {
-    logger_->warn(fmt::runtime(fmt), arg1, args...);
+  template <typename... Args>
+  void warn(fmt::format_string<Args...> fmt, Args&&... args) {
+    // Check that this level is enabled to avoid needlessly formatting the
+    // string.
+    if (!should_log(Level::WARN))
+      return;
+    warn(fmt::format(fmt, std::forward<Args>(args)...));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -258,12 +259,15 @@ class Logger {
    *
    * @param fmt A fmtlib format string, see http://fmtlib.net/latest/ for
    * details.
-   * @param arg1 positional argument to format.
-   * @param args optional additional positional arguments to format.
+   * @param args positional arguments to format.
    */
-  template <typename Arg1, typename... Args>
-  void error(std::string_view fmt, const Arg1& arg1, const Args&... args) {
-    logger_->error(fmt::runtime(fmt), arg1, args...);
+  template <typename... Args>
+  void error(fmt::format_string<Args...> fmt, Args&&... args) {
+    // Check that this level is enabled to avoid needlessly formatting the
+    // string.
+    if (!should_log(Level::ERR))
+      return;
+    error(fmt::format(fmt, std::forward<Args>(args)...));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -287,6 +291,22 @@ class Logger {
    */
   void critical(const std::stringstream& msg);
 
+  /**
+   * A formatted critical statment.
+   *
+   * @param fmt A fmtlib format string, see http://fmtlib.net/latest/ for
+   *     details.
+   * @param args positional arguments to format.
+   */
+  template <typename... Args>
+  void critical(fmt::format_string<Args...> fmt, Args&&... args) {
+    // Check that this level is enabled to avoid needlessly formatting the
+    // string.
+    if (!should_log(Level::FATAL))
+      return;
+    critical(fmt::format(fmt, std::forward<Args>(args)...));
+  }
+
   /**
    * Log a message from a Status object and return
    * the same Status object
@@ -324,17 +344,11 @@ class Logger {
   void fatal(const std::stringstream& msg);
 
   /**
-   * A formatted critical statment.
+   * Check whether events of a given level are logged.
    *
-   * @param fmt A fmtlib format string, see http://fmtlib.net/latest/ for
-   *     details.
-   * @param arg positional argument to format.
-   * @param args optional additional positional arguments to format.
+   * @param lvl The level of events to check.
    */
-  template <typename Arg1, typename... Args>
-  void critical(std::string_view fmt, const Arg1& arg1, const Args&... args) {
-    logger_->critical(fmt::runtime(fmt), arg1, args...);
-  }
+  bool should_log(Logger::Level lvl);
 
   /**
    * Set the logger level.
diff --git a/tiledb/common/logger_public.h b/tiledb/common/logger_public.h
index 58e489feb87..fa64ca3828f 100644
--- a/tiledb/common/logger_public.h
+++ b/tiledb/common/logger_public.h
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@
  * @section DESCRIPTION
  *
  * This file defines simple logging functions that can be exposed (by expedient)
- * to the public API. Their implementations are in `logger.cc`. See the
- * documentation in `logger.h` for the full story.
+ * to the public API. Their implementations are in `logger.cc`. They are
+ * declared in a separate header from `logger.h` for historical reasons, when
+ * `logger.h` was leaking spdlog's headers.
  */
 
 #pragma once
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/array/consistency.h b/tiledb/sm/array/consistency.h
index 67a265e8dad..53eb34138d0 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/array/consistency.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/array/consistency.h
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 #include <map>
 
 #include "tiledb/common/common.h"
-#include "tiledb/common/logger.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/enums/query_type.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/filesystem/uri.h"
 
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/array/test/unit_consistency.cc b/tiledb/sm/array/test/unit_consistency.cc
index af24db27845..c2e2b7cf228 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/array/test/unit_consistency.cc
+++ b/tiledb/sm/array/test/unit_consistency.cc
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <test/support/tdb_catch.h>
 #include <iostream>
 
+#include "tiledb/common/logger.h"
 #include "unit_consistency.h"
 
 using namespace tiledb;
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/array_schema/dimension.h b/tiledb/sm/array_schema/dimension.h
index 45665f6e3ea..a62f78a8ae7 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/array_schema/dimension.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/array_schema/dimension.h
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 
 #include "tiledb/common/blank.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/common.h"
-#include "tiledb/common/logger_public.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/macros.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/memory_tracker.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/status.h"
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/compressors/dict_compressor.h b/tiledb/sm/compressors/dict_compressor.h
index 1aff103ffb5..2dc3c7e6a0d 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/compressors/dict_compressor.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/compressors/dict_compressor.h
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #define TILEDB_DICT_COMPRESSOR_H
 
 #include "tiledb/common/common.h"
-#include "tiledb/common/logger.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/misc/endian.h"
 
 #include <map>
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/consolidator/array_meta_consolidator.h b/tiledb/sm/consolidator/array_meta_consolidator.h
index 6da4cc99748..0393db98e70 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/consolidator/array_meta_consolidator.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/consolidator/array_meta_consolidator.h
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 
 #include "tiledb/common/common.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/heap_memory.h"
-#include "tiledb/common/logger_public.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/status.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/array/array.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/consolidator/consolidator.h"
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/consolidator/commits_consolidator.h b/tiledb/sm/consolidator/commits_consolidator.h
index 27ec1c4375b..b5c1100b4ef 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/consolidator/commits_consolidator.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/consolidator/commits_consolidator.h
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 
 #include "tiledb/common/common.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/heap_memory.h"
-#include "tiledb/common/logger_public.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/status.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/array/array.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/consolidator/consolidator.h"
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/consolidator/consolidator.h b/tiledb/sm/consolidator/consolidator.h
index ddc1b8aea64..8f324995a66 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/consolidator/consolidator.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/consolidator/consolidator.h
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 
 #include "tiledb/common/common.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/heap_memory.h"
-#include "tiledb/common/logger_public.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/status.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/array/array.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/storage_manager/storage_manager_declaration.h"
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/consolidator/fragment_consolidator.h b/tiledb/sm/consolidator/fragment_consolidator.h
index 4c3afb03e54..f1a5141e45e 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/consolidator/fragment_consolidator.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/consolidator/fragment_consolidator.h
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 
 #include "tiledb/common/common.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/heap_memory.h"
-#include "tiledb/common/logger_public.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/pmr.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/status.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/array/array.h"
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/consolidator/fragment_meta_consolidator.h b/tiledb/sm/consolidator/fragment_meta_consolidator.h
index 230d3490f5b..eb5027b0c17 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/consolidator/fragment_meta_consolidator.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/consolidator/fragment_meta_consolidator.h
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 
 #include "tiledb/common/common.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/heap_memory.h"
-#include "tiledb/common/logger_public.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/status.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/array/array.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/consolidator/consolidator.h"
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/filesystem/posix.h b/tiledb/sm/filesystem/posix.h
index 1c397e8e21c..a97e1a0f678 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/filesystem/posix.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/filesystem/posix.h
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
-#include "tiledb/common/logger.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/status.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/config/config.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/filesystem/filesystem_base.h"
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/misc/utils.h b/tiledb/sm/misc/utils.h
index 2dbae1d5f36..804610a968e 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/misc/utils.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/misc/utils.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "constants.h"
-#include "tiledb/common/logger_public.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/status.h"
 
 namespace tiledb {
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/query/legacy/reader.h b/tiledb/sm/query/legacy/reader.h
index d544edee033..6cec8f488a7 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/query/legacy/reader.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/query/legacy/reader.h
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 
 #include "tiledb/common/common.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/indexed_list.h"
-#include "tiledb/common/logger_public.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/status.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/array_schema/dimension.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/query/iquery_strategy.h"
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/query/query.h b/tiledb/sm/query/query.h
index b8d09331025..a2dff571217 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/query/query.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/query/query.h
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
-#include "tiledb/common/logger_public.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/status.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/array_schema/array_schema.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/array_schema/dimension.h"
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/query/readers/dense_reader.h b/tiledb/sm/query/readers/dense_reader.h
index dcbf60f3fa6..e44c7903fdc 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/query/readers/dense_reader.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/query/readers/dense_reader.h
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 #include <atomic>
 
 #include "tiledb/common/common.h"
-#include "tiledb/common/logger_public.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/status.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/array_schema/dimension.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/array_schema/dynamic_array.h"
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/query/readers/ordered_dim_label_reader.h b/tiledb/sm/query/readers/ordered_dim_label_reader.h
index 3c5dd9ff8ef..afb8ad1fc3d 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/query/readers/ordered_dim_label_reader.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/query/readers/ordered_dim_label_reader.h
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 #include <atomic>
 
 #include "tiledb/common/common.h"
-#include "tiledb/common/logger_public.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/status.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/array_schema/dimension.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/misc/types.h"
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/query/readers/sparse_global_order_reader.h b/tiledb/sm/query/readers/sparse_global_order_reader.h
index d213af6a253..c113dc6c612 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/query/readers/sparse_global_order_reader.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/query/readers/sparse_global_order_reader.h
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 #include <atomic>
 
 #include "tiledb/common/common.h"
-#include "tiledb/common/logger_public.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/status.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/array_schema/dimension.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/query/iquery_strategy.h"
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/query/readers/sparse_unordered_with_dups_reader.h b/tiledb/sm/query/readers/sparse_unordered_with_dups_reader.h
index 7f271682c5f..1ec82e2c70c 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/query/readers/sparse_unordered_with_dups_reader.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/query/readers/sparse_unordered_with_dups_reader.h
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 #include <atomic>
 
 #include "tiledb/common/common.h"
-#include "tiledb/common/logger_public.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/status.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/array_schema/dimension.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/query/iquery_strategy.h"
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/query/strategy_base.h b/tiledb/sm/query/strategy_base.h
index d1d157c10c5..8aa91b6301a 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/query/strategy_base.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/query/strategy_base.h
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #define TILEDB_STRATEGY_BASE_H
 
 #include "tiledb/common/common.h"
-#include "tiledb/common/logger_public.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/status.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/array_schema/dimension.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/misc/types.h"
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/query/writers/dense_tiler.h b/tiledb/sm/query/writers/dense_tiler.h
index fdcfa6d5789..9404e0c5de7 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/query/writers/dense_tiler.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/query/writers/dense_tiler.h
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 #include <unordered_map>
 
 #include "tiledb/common/common.h"
-#include "tiledb/common/logger_public.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/status.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/array_schema/array_schema.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/query/query_buffer.h"
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/query_plan/test/unit_query_plan.cc b/tiledb/sm/query_plan/test/unit_query_plan.cc
index 02776c226f1..ba33ddb15df 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/query_plan/test/unit_query_plan.cc
+++ b/tiledb/sm/query_plan/test/unit_query_plan.cc
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "../query_plan.h"
 #include "external/include/nlohmann/json.hpp"
 #include "test/support/src/mem_helpers.h"
+#include "tiledb/common/logger.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/array/array.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/array_schema/dimension.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/enums/array_type.h"
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/rest/curl.h b/tiledb/sm/rest/curl.h
index dc7bf103646..3270f3ce5b6 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/rest/curl.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/rest/curl.h
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
 #include <unordered_map>
 
 #include "tiledb/common/dynamic_memory/dynamic_memory.h"
-#include "tiledb/common/logger_public.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/buffer/buffer.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/buffer/buffer_list.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/config/config.h"
@@ -59,6 +58,11 @@
 using namespace tiledb::common;
 
 namespace tiledb {
+
+namespace common {
+class Logger;
+}
+
 namespace sm {
 
 /**
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/rest/rest_client.h b/tiledb/sm/rest/rest_client.h
index 25eb29507dd..3c03328127f 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/rest/rest_client.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/rest/rest_client.h
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <unordered_map>
 
-#include "tiledb/common/logger_public.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/status.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/thread_pool.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/group/group.h"
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/storage_manager/context.h b/tiledb/sm/storage_manager/context.h
index cfed00dc1bb..a4811694fb0 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/storage_manager/context.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/storage_manager/context.h
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #define TILEDB_CONTEXT_H
 
 #include "tiledb/common/exception/exception.h"
-#include "tiledb/common/logger.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/thread_pool/thread_pool.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/config/config.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/stats/global_stats.h"
@@ -43,6 +42,10 @@
 
 #include <mutex>
 
+namespace tiledb::common {
+class Logger;
+}
+
 using namespace tiledb::common;
 
 namespace tiledb::sm {
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/storage_manager/context_resources.h b/tiledb/sm/storage_manager/context_resources.h
index dea51cfde41..515dcdd450b 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/storage_manager/context_resources.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/storage_manager/context_resources.h
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #define TILEDB_CONTEXT_RESOURCES_H
 
 #include "tiledb/common/exception/exception.h"
-#include "tiledb/common/logger_public.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/thread_pool/thread_pool.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/config/config.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/filesystem/vfs.h"
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/storage_manager/storage_manager_canonical.h b/tiledb/sm/storage_manager/storage_manager_canonical.h
index 9f5017d7a2d..2a255ebd239 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/storage_manager/storage_manager_canonical.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/storage_manager/storage_manager_canonical.h
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 
 #include "tiledb/common/common.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/heap_memory.h"
-#include "tiledb/common/logger_public.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/status.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/thread_pool.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/array/array_directory.h"
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/subarray/subarray.h b/tiledb/sm/subarray/subarray.h
index 30251f07469..c07854bfef2 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/subarray/subarray.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/subarray/subarray.h
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 #include <atomic>
 
 #include "tiledb/common/common.h"
-#include "tiledb/common/logger_public.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/thread_pool.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/buffer/buffer.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/config/config.h"
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/subarray/subarray_partitioner.h b/tiledb/sm/subarray/subarray_partitioner.h
index 2915fd7aefe..e3df1540eb1 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/subarray/subarray_partitioner.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/subarray/subarray_partitioner.h
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include "tiledb/common/common.h"
-#include "tiledb/common/logger_public.h"
 #include "tiledb/common/thread_pool.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/misc/constants.h"
 #include "tiledb/sm/stats/stats.h"