diff --git a/apps/app_verbose.c b/apps/app_verbose.c
index f094dc149551c3c08a39adafd42b3ddf96c95160..b4c6a638499f15b3f49b815ac8aabc5c1e611e17 100644
--- a/apps/app_verbose.c
+++ b/apps/app_verbose.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static char *app_log = "Log";
 		<syntax>
 			<parameter name="level">
 				<para>Level must be one of <literal>ERROR</literal>, <literal>WARNING</literal>, <literal>NOTICE</literal>,
-				<literal>DEBUG</literal>, <literal>VERBOSE</literal>, <literal>DTMF</literal> or <literal>SECURITY</literal>.</para>	
+				<literal>DEBUG</literal>, <literal>VERBOSE</literal> or <literal>DTMF</literal>.</para>	
 			</parameter>
 			<parameter name="message" required="true">
 				<para>Output text message.</para>
@@ -146,8 +146,6 @@ static int log_exec(struct ast_channel *chan, void *data)
 		lnum = __LOG_VERBOSE;
 	} else if (!strcasecmp(args.level, "DTMF")) {
 		lnum = __LOG_DTMF;
-	} else if (!strcasecmp(args.level, "SECURITY")) {
-		lnum = __LOG_SECURITY;
 	} else if (!strcasecmp(args.level, "EVENT")) {
 		lnum = __LOG_EVENT;
 	} else {
diff --git a/configs/logger.conf.sample b/configs/logger.conf.sample
index 84edd57e6bc57ff8c098fe5561f84423c7895c81..a441ebd8f539a86f7e4a0eacf03263c425185319 100644
--- a/configs/logger.conf.sample
+++ b/configs/logger.conf.sample
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@
 ;    error
 ;    verbose
 ;    dtmf
-;    security
 ;
 ; Special filename "console" represents the system console
 ;
@@ -90,7 +89,6 @@ console => notice,warning,error
 ;console => notice,warning,error,debug
 messages => notice,warning,error
 ;full => notice,warning,error,debug,verbose
-security => security
 
 ;syslog keyword : This special keyword logs to syslog facility 
 ;
diff --git a/include/asterisk/logger.h b/include/asterisk/logger.h
index 1941accbc7ab40ed53ef29ff8e1a5240d219f46f..65448cfe44c7ea04ff3cca6490a7657ca1c71512 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/logger.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/logger.h
@@ -189,18 +189,7 @@ void ast_console_toggle_loglevel(int fd, int level, int state);
 #endif
 #define AST_LOG_DTMF    __LOG_DTMF, _A_
 
-#ifdef LOG_SECURITY
-#undef LOG_SECURITY
-#endif
-#define __LOG_SECURITY  7
-#define LOG_SECURITY    __LOG_SECURITY, _A_
-
-#ifdef AST_LOG_SECURITY
-#undef AST_LOG_SECURITY
-#endif
-#define AST_LOG_SECURITY    __LOG_SECURITY, _A_
-
-#define NUMLOGLEVELS 7
+#define NUMLOGLEVELS 6
 
 /*!
  * \brief Get the debug level for a file
diff --git a/main/logger.c b/main/logger.c
index 79fb730d3fe0079b2c811cf30e0eedf4a968ddf0..1635489081217440032f6f90f28ae57e4ec45a0f 100644
--- a/main/logger.c
+++ b/main/logger.c
@@ -162,8 +162,7 @@ static char *levels[] = {
 	"WARNING",
 	"ERROR",
 	"VERBOSE",
-	"DTMF",
-	"SECURITY",
+	"DTMF"
 };
 
 /*! \brief Colors used in the console for logging */
@@ -205,8 +204,6 @@ static int make_components(const char *s, int lineno)
 			res |= (1 << __LOG_VERBOSE);
 		else if (!strcasecmp(w, "dtmf"))
 			res |= (1 << __LOG_DTMF);
-		else if (!strcasecmp(w, "security"))
-			res |= (1 << __LOG_SECURITY);
 		else {
 			fprintf(stderr, "Logfile Warning: Unknown keyword '%s' at line %d of logger.conf\n", w, lineno);
 		}
@@ -359,7 +356,7 @@ static void init_logger_chain(int locked)
 		if (!(chan = ast_calloc(1, sizeof(*chan))))
 			return;
 		chan->type = LOGTYPE_CONSOLE;
-		chan->logmask = (1 << __LOG_WARNING) | (1 << __LOG_NOTICE) | (1 << __LOG_ERROR);
+		chan->logmask = 28; /*warning,notice,error */
 		if (!locked)
 			AST_RWLIST_WRLOCK(&logchannels);
 		AST_RWLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&logchannels, chan, list);
@@ -805,8 +802,6 @@ static char *handle_logger_show_channels(struct ast_cli_entry *e, int cmd, struc
 			ast_cli(a->fd, "Debug ");
 		if (chan->logmask & (1 << __LOG_DTMF)) 
 			ast_cli(a->fd, "DTMF ");
-		if (chan->logmask & (1 << __LOG_SECURITY)) 
-			ast_cli(a->fd, "Security ");
 		if (chan->logmask & (1 << __LOG_VERBOSE)) 
 			ast_cli(a->fd, "Verbose ");
 		if (chan->logmask & (1 << __LOG_WARNING))