diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c86e2fb..19e8b13 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Removed
+- **BREAKING** Remove the Cloudwatch Logger [(#81)](https://github.com/ManageIQ/manageiq-loggers/pull/81)
+
 ## [1.2.0] - 2024-09-30
 ### Added
 - Test with ruby 3.1 and 3.0 [(#65)](https://github.com/ManageIQ/manageiq-loggers/pull/65)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 62446ac..0a97bb6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ Some loggers require additional gems to function correctly. These gems are not s
 
 To use the `Journald` logger, users must specify the `systemd-journal` gem as a dependency
 
-To use the `CloudWatch` logger, users must specify the `cloudwatchlogger` gem as a dependency
-
 ## Development
 
 After checking out the repo, run `bin/setup` to install dependencies. Then, run `rake spec` to run the tests. You can also run `bin/console` for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
diff --git a/lib/manageiq/loggers.rb b/lib/manageiq/loggers.rb
index fb9ab81..bdb0068 100644
--- a/lib/manageiq/loggers.rb
+++ b/lib/manageiq/loggers.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 require "manageiq/loggers/base"
 require "manageiq/loggers/json_logger"
 
-require "manageiq/loggers/cloud_watch"
 require "manageiq/loggers/container"
 require "manageiq/loggers/journald"
 
diff --git a/lib/manageiq/loggers/cloud_watch.rb b/lib/manageiq/loggers/cloud_watch.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 18af40a..0000000
--- a/lib/manageiq/loggers/cloud_watch.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-require 'active_support'
-require 'active_support/core_ext/object'
-require 'active_support/logger'
-
-module ManageIQ
-  module Loggers
-    class CloudWatch < Base
-      NAMESPACE_FILE = "/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/namespace".freeze
-
-      def self.new(*args, access_key_id: nil, secret_access_key: nil, log_group: nil, log_stream: nil)
-        access_key_id     ||= ENV["CW_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"].presence
-        secret_access_key ||= ENV["CW_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"].presence
-        log_group         ||= ENV["CLOUD_WATCH_LOG_GROUP"].presence
-        log_stream        ||= ENV["HOSTNAME"].presence
-
-        container_logger = ManageIQ::Loggers::Container.new
-        return container_logger unless access_key_id && secret_access_key && log_group && log_stream
-
-        require 'cloudwatchlogger'
-
-        creds = {:access_key_id => access_key_id, :secret_access_key => secret_access_key}
-        cloud_watch_logdev = CloudWatchLogger::Client.new(creds, log_group, log_stream)
-        cloud_watch_logger = super(cloud_watch_logdev)
-        cloud_watch_logger.wrap(container_logger)
-      end
-
-      def initialize(logdev, *args)
-        super
-        self.formatter = ManageIQ::Loggers::Container::Formatter.new
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/manageiq-loggers.gemspec b/manageiq-loggers.gemspec
index aa908f5..5634635 100644
--- a/manageiq-loggers.gemspec
+++ b/manageiq-loggers.gemspec
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "manageiq-password", "< 2"
 
   spec.add_development_dependency "bundler"
-  spec.add_development_dependency "cloudwatchlogger"
   spec.add_development_dependency "manageiq-style", ">= 1.5.2"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rake", ">= 12.3.3"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rspec", "~> 3.0"
diff --git a/spec/manageiq/cloud_watch_spec.rb b/spec/manageiq/cloud_watch_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 77c774d..0000000
--- a/spec/manageiq/cloud_watch_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-require 'cloudwatchlogger'
-
-describe ManageIQ::Loggers::CloudWatch do
-  it "unconfigured returns a Container logger" do
-    expect(described_class.new).to be_kind_of(ManageIQ::Loggers::Container)
-  end
-
-  context "configured via env" do
-    around do |example|
-      ENV["CW_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"] = "test"
-      ENV["CW_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"] = "test"
-      ENV["CLOUD_WATCH_LOG_GROUP"] = "test"
-      old_hostname = ENV["HOSTNAME"]
-      ENV["HOSTNAME"] = "test"
-
-      example.run
-
-      ENV.delete("CW_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID")
-      ENV.delete("CW_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY")
-      ENV.delete("CLOUD_WATCH_LOG_GROUP")
-      old_hostname.nil? ? ENV.delete("HOSTNAME") : ENV["HOSTNAME"] = old_hostname
-    end
-
-    before do
-      expect(CloudWatchLogger::Client::AWS_SDK::DeliveryThreadManager).to receive(:new).and_return(double("CloudWatchLogger::Client::AWS_SDK::DeliveryThreadManager", :deliver => nil))
-    end
-
-    it "the Container logger also receives the same messages" do
-      container_logger = ManageIQ::Loggers::Container.new
-      expect(ManageIQ::Loggers::Container).to receive(:new).and_return(container_logger)
-
-      expect(container_logger).to receive(:add).with(1, nil, "Testing 1,2,3")
-
-      described_class.new.info("Testing 1,2,3")
-    end
-  end
-
-  context "configured via params" do
-    let(:params) do
-      {
-        access_key_id: 'test',
-        secret_access_key: 'test',
-        log_group: 'test',
-        log_stream: 'test'
-      }
-    end
-
-    before do
-      expect(CloudWatchLogger::Client::AWS_SDK::DeliveryThreadManager).to receive(:new).and_return(double("CloudWatchLogger::Client::AWS_SDK::DeliveryThreadManager", :deliver => nil))
-    end
-
-    it "the Container logger also receives the same messages" do
-      container_logger = ManageIQ::Loggers::Container.new
-      expect(ManageIQ::Loggers::Container).to receive(:new).and_return(container_logger)
-
-      expect(container_logger).to receive(:add).with(1, nil, "Testing 1,2,3")
-
-      described_class.new(**params).info("Testing 1,2,3")
-    end
-  end
-end