diff --git a/webdev/lib/src/logging.dart b/webdev/lib/src/logging.dart
index 644698cf9..7ac54f6ba 100644
--- a/webdev/lib/src/logging.dart
+++ b/webdev/lib/src/logging.dart
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import 'package:logging/logging.dart';
 
 var _verbose = false;
 
+var _loggerName = RegExp(r'^\w+: ');
+
 /// Sets the verbosity of the current [logHandler].
 void setVerbosity(bool verbose) => _verbose = verbose;
 
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ void _colorLog(Level level, String message, {bool verbose}) {
   var multiline = message.contains('\n') && !message.endsWith('\n');
   var eraseLine = _verbose ? '' : '\x1b[2K\r';
   var colorLevel = color.wrap('[$level]');
+  if (!verbose) message = trimLoggerName(message);
 
   stdout.write('$eraseLine$colorLevel $message');
 
@@ -53,6 +56,14 @@ String trimLevel(Level level, String message) => message.startsWith('[$level]')
     ? message.replaceFirst('[$level]', '').trimLeft()
     : message;
 
+/// Removes the logger name from the [message] if one is present.
+String trimLoggerName(String message) {
+  var match = _loggerName.firstMatch(message);
+  // Remove the logger name.
+  if (match != null) message = message.substring(match.end);
+  return message;
+}
+
 /// Detects if the [ServerLog] contains a [Level] and returns the
 /// resulting value.
 ///
diff --git a/webdev/test/logging_test.dart b/webdev/test/logging_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0190acb6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webdev/test/logging_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2019, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+import 'package:build_daemon/data/server_log.dart';
+import 'package:logging/logging.dart';
+import 'package:test/test.dart';
+import 'package:webdev/src/logging.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  group('trimLoggerName', () {
+    test('properly removes logger names', () {
+      expect(trimLoggerName('SomeLogName: foo bar'), equals('foo bar'));
+    });
+
+    test('leaves messages untouched if no logger name is present', () {
+      expect(trimLoggerName('foo bar looksLikeALoggerName: '),
+          equals('foo bar looksLikeALoggerName: '));
+    });
+
+    test('works with empty messages', () {
+      expect(trimLoggerName(''), equals(''));
+    });
+
+    test('assumes logger names is one word', () {
+      expect(trimLoggerName('not a logger: foo bar'),
+          equals('not a logger: foo bar'));
+      expect(trimLoggerName('foo baz: foo bar'), equals('foo baz: foo bar'));
+    });
+
+    test('assumes loggers are directly at the front of a message', () {
+      expect(
+          trimLoggerName(' notLogger: foo bar'), equals(' notLogger: foo bar'));
+    });
+  });
+
+  group('levelForLog', () {
+    test('correctly returns the level from the log', () {
+      expect(levelForLog(ServerLog((b) => b.log = '[INFO] foo bar')),
+          equals(Level.INFO));
+      expect(levelForLog(ServerLog((b) => b.log = '[SEVERE] foo bar')),
+          equals(Level.SEVERE));
+    });
+
+    test('returns null if no level is present', () {
+      expect(levelForLog(ServerLog((b) => b.log = 'foo bar')), isNull);
+    });
+
+    test('only looks for levels at the start of a log', () {
+      expect(levelForLog(ServerLog((b) => b.log = 'foo bar [INFO]')), isNull);
+    });
+  });
+
+  group('trimLevel', () {
+    test('correctly trims the level from the message', () {
+      expect(trimLevel(Level.INFO, '[INFO]foo bar'), equals('foo bar'));
+      expect(trimLevel(Level.INFO, '[INFO]no space'), equals('no space'));
+    });
+
+    test('leaves the message untouched if the level is not present', () {
+      expect(trimLevel(Level.INFO, '[SEVERE] foo bar'),
+          equals('[SEVERE] foo bar'));
+    });
+  });
+}