diff --git a/include/mbgl/platform/darwin/log_nslog.hpp b/include/mbgl/platform/darwin/log_nslog.hpp
index d40f96303..5b2ed0411 100644
--- a/include/mbgl/platform/darwin/log_nslog.hpp
+++ b/include/mbgl/platform/darwin/log_nslog.hpp
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ class NSLogBackend : public LogBackend {
 public:
     inline ~NSLogBackend() = default;
 
-    void record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, const std::string &msg);
-    void record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, const char* format, ...);
-    void record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, int64_t code);
     void record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, int64_t code, const std::string &msg);
 };
 
diff --git a/include/mbgl/platform/default/log_stderr.hpp b/include/mbgl/platform/default/log_stderr.hpp
index 45f76f0d1..e07357593 100644
--- a/include/mbgl/platform/default/log_stderr.hpp
+++ b/include/mbgl/platform/default/log_stderr.hpp
@@ -9,10 +9,7 @@ class StderrLogBackend : public LogBackend {
 public:
     inline ~StderrLogBackend() = default;
 
-    void record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, const std::string &msg);
-    void record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, const char* format, ...);
-    void record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, int64_t code);
-    void record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, int64_t code, const std::string &msg);
+    void record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, int64_t code, const std::string &msg) override;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/include/mbgl/platform/log.hpp b/include/mbgl/platform/log.hpp
index 8b58921bb..e5431a07c 100644
--- a/include/mbgl/platform/log.hpp
+++ b/include/mbgl/platform/log.hpp
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ namespace mbgl {
 class LogBackend {
 public:
     virtual inline ~LogBackend() = default;
-    virtual void record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, const std::string &msg) = 0;
-    virtual void record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, const char* format, ...) = 0;
-    virtual void record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, int64_t code) = 0;
+
+    void record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, const std::string &msg);
+    void record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, const char* format, ...);
+    void record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, int64_t code);
+
     virtual void record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, int64_t code, const std::string &msg) = 0;
 };
 
diff --git a/platform/android/log_android.cpp b/platform/android/log_android.cpp
index 5e40ce33b..e1bec3e0c 100644
--- a/platform/android/log_android.cpp
+++ b/platform/android/log_android.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #include <mbgl/platform/android/log_android.hpp>
 
-#include <iostream>
-#include <cstdarg>
 #define __STDC_FORMAT_MACROS // NDK bug workaround: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=72349
 #include <cinttypes>
 
@@ -28,30 +26,6 @@ int AndroidLogBackend::severityToPriority(EventSeverity severity) {
     }
 }
 
-void AndroidLogBackend::record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, const std::string &msg) {
-    __android_log_print(severityToPriority(severity), EventClass(event).c_str(), "%s", msg.c_str());
-}
-
-void AndroidLogBackend::record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, const char* format, ...) {
-    va_list args;
-    va_start(args, format);
-
-    const int len = vsnprintf(nullptr, 0, format, args) + 1;
-    char* buf = new char[len];
-    vsnprintf(buf, len, format, args);
-
-    va_end(args);
-
-    __android_log_print(severityToPriority(severity), EventClass(event).c_str(), "%s", buf);
-
-    delete buf;
-    buf  = nullptr;
-}
-
-void AndroidLogBackend::record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, int64_t code) {
-    __android_log_print(severityToPriority(severity), EventClass(event).c_str(), "(%" PRId64 ")", code);
-}
-
 void AndroidLogBackend::record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, int64_t code, const std::string &msg) {
     __android_log_print(severityToPriority(severity), EventClass(event).c_str(), "(%" PRId64 ") %s", code, msg.c_str());
 }
diff --git a/platform/darwin/log_nslog.mm b/platform/darwin/log_nslog.mm
index a82d78a01..edcf41ebb 100644
--- a/platform/darwin/log_nslog.mm
+++ b/platform/darwin/log_nslog.mm
@@ -2,34 +2,8 @@
 
 #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
 
-#include <cstdarg>
-
 namespace mbgl {
 
-void NSLogBackend::record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, const std::string &msg) {
-    NSString *message =
-        [[NSString alloc] initWithBytes:msg.data() length:msg.size() encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
-    NSLog(@"[%s] %s: %@", EventSeverityClass(severity).c_str(), EventClass(event).c_str(), message);
-}
-
-void NSLogBackend::record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, const char *format, ...) {
-    va_list args;
-    va_start(args, format);
-    const size_t len = vsnprintf(NULL, 0, format, args);
-    va_end(args);
-    std::unique_ptr<char[]> buffer(new char[len + 1]);
-    va_start(args, format);
-    vsnprintf(buffer.get(), len + 1, format, args);
-    va_end(args);
-    NSLog(@"[%s] %s: %s", EventSeverityClass(severity).c_str(), EventClass(event).c_str(),
-          buffer.get());
-}
-
-void NSLogBackend::record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, int64_t code) {
-    NSLog(@"[%s] %s: (%lld)", EventSeverityClass(severity).c_str(), EventClass(event).c_str(),
-          code);
-}
-
 void NSLogBackend::record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, int64_t code,
                           const std::string &msg) {
     NSString *message =
diff --git a/platform/default/log_stderr.cpp b/platform/default/log_stderr.cpp
index 62938b6d6..891bfd57f 100644
--- a/platform/default/log_stderr.cpp
+++ b/platform/default/log_stderr.cpp
@@ -1,30 +1,11 @@
 #include <mbgl/platform/default/log_stderr.hpp>
 
 #include <iostream>
-#include <cstdarg>
 
 namespace mbgl {
 
-void StderrLogBackend::record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, const std::string &msg) {
-    std::cerr << "[" << severity << "] " << event << ": " << msg << std::endl;
-}
-
-void StderrLogBackend::record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, const char* format, ...) {
-    std::cerr << "[" << severity << "] " << event << ": ";
-    va_list args;
-    va_start(args, format);
-    vfprintf(stderr, format, args);
-    va_end(args);
-    std::cerr << std::endl;
-}
-
-void StderrLogBackend::record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, int64_t code) {
-    std::cerr << "[" << severity << "] " << event << ": (" << code << ")" << std::endl;
-}
-
 void StderrLogBackend::record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, int64_t code, const std::string &msg) {
     std::cerr << "[" << severity << "] " << event << ": (" << code << ") " << msg << std::endl;
-
 }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/mbgl/platform/log.cpp b/src/mbgl/platform/log.cpp
index b83c7a932..71463dc2f 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/platform/log.cpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/platform/log.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,27 @@
 #include <mbgl/platform/log.hpp>
 
+#include <cstdarg>
+
 namespace mbgl {
 
 std::unique_ptr<LogBackend> Log::Backend;
 
+void LogBackend::record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, const std::string &msg) {
+    record(severity, event, -1, msg);
+}
+
+void LogBackend::record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, const char* format, ...) {
+    va_list args;
+    va_start(args, format);
+    char msg[4096];
+    vsnprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), format, args);
+    va_end(args);
+
+    record(severity, event, -1, msg);
+}
+
+void LogBackend::record(EventSeverity severity, Event event, int64_t code) {
+    record(severity, event, code, std::string());
+}
+
 }