diff --git a/devmapper/deviceset_devmapper.go b/devmapper/deviceset_devmapper.go
index 4544215b63..d163609a7f 100644
--- a/devmapper/deviceset_devmapper.go
+++ b/devmapper/deviceset_devmapper.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package devmapper
 
 import (
+	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/utils"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ func (devices *DeviceSetDM) ensureImage(name string, size int64) (string, error)
 }
 
 func (devices *DeviceSetDM) createPool(dataFile *os.File, metadataFile *os.File) error {
-	log.Printf("Activating device-mapper pool %s", devices.getPoolName())
+	utils.Debugf("Activating device-mapper pool %s", devices.getPoolName())
 	task, err := devices.createTask(DeviceCreate, devices.getPoolName())
 	if task == nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/image.go b/image.go
index 546c54a577..081d28249a 100644
--- a/image.go
+++ b/image.go
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ func (image *Image) ensureImageDevice(devices DeviceSet) error {
 
 	mounted, err := Mounted(mountDir)
 	if err == nil && mounted {
-		log.Printf("Image %s is unexpectedly mounted, unmounting...", image.ID)
+		utils.Debugf("Image %s is unexpectedly mounted, unmounting...", image.ID)
 		err = syscall.Unmount(mountDir, 0)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -347,21 +347,19 @@ func (image *Image) ensureImageDevice(devices DeviceSet) error {
 	}
 
 	if devices.HasDevice(image.ID) {
-		log.Printf("Found non-initialized demove-mapper device for image %s, removing", image.ID)
+		utils.Debugf("Found non-initialized demove-mapper device for image %s, removing", image.ID)
 		err = devices.RemoveDevice(image.ID)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
 
-	log.Printf("Creating device-mapper device for image id %s", image.ID)
-
+	utils.Debugf("Creating device-mapper device for image id %s", image.ID)
 	err = devices.AddDevice(image.ID, image.Parent)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	utils.Debugf("Mounting device %s at %s for image setup", image.ID, mountDir)
 	err = devices.MountDevice(image.ID, mountDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		_ = devices.RemoveDevice(image.ID)
@@ -375,14 +373,12 @@ func (image *Image) ensureImageDevice(devices DeviceSet) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	utils.Debugf("Applying layer %s at %s", image.ID, mountDir)
 	err = image.applyLayer(layerPath(root), mountDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		_ = devices.RemoveDevice(image.ID)
 		return err
 	}
 
-	utils.Debugf("Unmounting %s", mountDir)
 	err = syscall.Unmount(mountDir, 0)
 	if err != nil {
 		_ = devices.RemoveDevice(image.ID)
diff --git a/runtime.go b/runtime.go
index ea62353a68..1e07141780 100644
--- a/runtime.go
+++ b/runtime.go
@@ -107,15 +107,15 @@ func (runtime *Runtime) GetMountMethod() MountMethod {
 	if runtime.mountMethod == MountMethodNone {
 		// Try to automatically pick a method
 		if hasFilesystemSupport("aufs") {
-			log.Printf("Using AUFS backend.")
+			utils.Debugf("Using AUFS backend.")
 			runtime.mountMethod = MountMethodAUFS
 		} else {
 			_ = exec.Command("modprobe", "aufs").Run()
 			if hasFilesystemSupport("aufs") {
-				log.Printf("Using AUFS backend.")
+				utils.Debugf("Using AUFS backend.")
 				runtime.mountMethod = MountMethodAUFS
 			} else {
-				log.Printf("Using device-mapper backend.")
+				utils.Debugf("Using device-mapper backend.")
 				runtime.mountMethod = MountMethodDeviceMapper
 			}
 		}