diff --git a/application/forms/Config/General/LoggingConfigForm.php b/application/forms/Config/General/LoggingConfigForm.php
index e1b0e130f..75b82a330 100644
--- a/application/forms/Config/General/LoggingConfigForm.php
+++ b/application/forms/Config/General/LoggingConfigForm.php
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ class LoggingConfigForm extends Form
                 'label'         => $this->translate('Logging Type'),
                 'description'   => $this->translate('The type of logging to utilize.'),
                 'multiOptions'  => array(
-                    'php'       => $this->translate('Webserver Log', 'app.config.logging.type'),
                     'syslog'    => 'Syslog',
                     'file'      => $this->translate('File', 'app.config.logging.type'),
                     'none'      => $this->translate('None', 'app.config.logging.type')
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ class LoggingConfigForm extends Form
             );
         }
 
-        if (false === isset($formData['logging_log']) || in_array($formData['logging_log'], array('syslog', 'php'))) {
+        if (false === isset($formData['logging_log']) || $formData['logging_log'] === 'syslog') {
             $this->addElement(
                 'text',
                 'logging_application',
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ class LoggingConfigForm extends Form
                     'required'      => true,
                     'label'         => $this->translate('Application Prefix'),
                     'description'   => $this->translate(
-                        'The name of the application by which to prefix log messages.'
+                        'The name of the application by which to prefix syslog messages.'
                     ),
                     'requirement'   => $this->translate('The application prefix must not contain whitespace.'),
                     'value'         => 'icingaweb2',
diff --git a/application/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/icinga.mo b/application/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/icinga.mo
index c538f9dc0..d6f05c01e 100644
Binary files a/application/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/icinga.mo and b/application/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/icinga.mo differ
diff --git a/application/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/icinga.po b/application/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/icinga.po
index 37cf95ea2..f99ff565c 100644
--- a/application/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/icinga.po
+++ b/application/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/icinga.po
@@ -2979,11 +2979,6 @@ msgctxt "app.config.logging.level"
 msgid "Warning"
 msgstr "Warnung"
 
-#: /vagrant/application/forms/Config/General/LoggingConfigForm.php:40
-msgctxt "app.config.logging.type"
-msgid "Webserver Log"
-msgstr "Webserver-Log"
-
 #: /vagrant/application/views/scripts/authentication/login.phtml:5
 msgid ""
 "Welcome to Icinga Web 2. For users of the screen reader Jaws full and "
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Application/Logger/Writer/PhpWriter.php b/library/Icinga/Application/Logger/Writer/PhpWriter.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 310cd7678..000000000
--- a/library/Icinga/Application/Logger/Writer/PhpWriter.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/* Icinga Web 2 | (c) 2016 Icinga Development Team | GPLv2+ */
-
-namespace Icinga\Application\Logger\Writer;
-
-use Icinga\Application\Logger;
-use Icinga\Application\Logger\LogWriter;
-use Icinga\Data\ConfigObject;
-use Icinga\Exception\NotWritableError;
-
-/**
- * Log to the webserver log, a file or syslog
- *
- * @see https://secure.php.net/manual/en/errorfunc.configuration.php#ini.error-log
- */
-class PhpWriter extends LogWriter
-{
-    /**
-     * Prefix to prepend to each message
-     *
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $ident;
-
-    /**
-     * {@inheritDoc}
-     */
-    public function __construct(ConfigObject $config)
-    {
-        parent::__construct($config);
-        $this->ident = $config->get('application', 'icingaweb2');
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
-     */
-    public function log($severity, $message)
-    {
-        if (! error_log($this->ident . ': ' . Logger::$levels[$severity] . ' - ' . (
-            ini_get('error_log') === 'syslog' ? str_replace("\n", '    ', $message) : $message
-        ))) {
-            throw new NotWritableError('Could not log to ' . (ini_get('error_log') ?: 'SAPI'));
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/modules/setup/library/Setup/Steps/GeneralConfigStep.php b/modules/setup/library/Setup/Steps/GeneralConfigStep.php
index 95597f5c3..002bd965b 100644
--- a/modules/setup/library/Setup/Steps/GeneralConfigStep.php
+++ b/modules/setup/library/Setup/Steps/GeneralConfigStep.php
@@ -70,24 +70,12 @@ class GeneralConfigStep extends Step
             $loggingHtml = '<p>' . mt('setup', 'Logging will be disabled.') . '</p>';
         } else {
             $level = $this->data['generalConfig']['logging_level'];
-            switch ($type) {
-                case 'syslog':
-                    $typeText = t('Syslog', 'app.config.logging.type');
-                    break;
-                case 'php':
-                    $typeText = t('Webserver Log', 'app.config.logging.type');
-                    break;
-                case 'file':
-                    $typeText = t('File', 'app.config.logging.type');
-                    break;
-            }
-
             $loggingHtml = ''
                 . '<table>'
                 . '<tbody>'
                 . '<tr>'
                 . '<td><strong>' . t('Type', 'app.config.logging') . '</strong></td>'
-                . '<td>' . $typeText . '</td>'
+                . '<td>' . ($type === 'syslog' ? 'Syslog' : t('File', 'app.config.logging.type')) . '</td>'
                 . '</tr>'
                 . '<tr>'
                 . '<td><strong>' . t('Level', 'app.config.logging') . '</strong></td>'
@@ -100,7 +88,7 @@ class GeneralConfigStep extends Step
                 )) . '</td>'
                 . '</tr>'
                 . '<tr>'
-                . ($type !== 'file' ? (
+                . ($type === 'syslog' ? (
                     '<td><strong>' . t('Application Prefix') . '</strong></td>'
                     . '<td>' . $this->data['generalConfig']['logging_application'] . '</td>'
                 ) : (