diff --git a/ads/aqua/__init__.py b/ads/aqua/__init__.py
index 779686348..c025083ef 100644
--- a/ads/aqua/__init__.py
+++ b/ads/aqua/__init__.py
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@
 # Licensed under the Universal Permissive License v 1.0 as shown at https://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl/
 
 
-import logging
 import os
-import sys
 
-from ads import set_auth
+from ads import logger, set_auth
 from ads.aqua.utils import fetch_service_compartment
 from ads.config import NB_SESSION_OCID, OCI_RESOURCE_PRINCIPAL_VERSION
 
@@ -21,25 +19,7 @@ def get_logger_level():
     return level
 
 
-def configure_aqua_logger():
-    """Configures the AQUA logger."""
-    log_level = get_logger_level()
-    logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-    logger.setLevel(log_level)
-
-    handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
-    formatter = logging.Formatter(
-        "%(asctime)s - %(name)s.%(module)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s"
-    )
-    handler.setFormatter(formatter)
-    handler.setLevel(log_level)
-
-    logger.addHandler(handler)
-    logger.propagate = False
-    return logger
-
-
-logger = configure_aqua_logger()
+logger.setLevel(get_logger_level())
 
 
 def set_log_level(log_level: str):
diff --git a/ads/aqua/evaluation.py b/ads/aqua/evaluation.py
index e796e3b37..d800482ef 100644
--- a/ads/aqua/evaluation.py
+++ b/ads/aqua/evaluation.py
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ def _build_evaluation_runtime(
         )
 
         return runtime
-    
+
     @staticmethod
     def _get_service_model_name(
         source: Union[ModelDeployment, DataScienceModel]
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ def _get_service_model_name(
                 return source.freeform_tags.get(Tags.AQUA_MODEL_NAME_TAG.value)
             else:
                 return extract_id_and_name_from_tag(fine_tuned_model_tag)[1]
-        
+
         return source.display_name
 
     @staticmethod