diff --git a/pkg/plugins/backendplugin/log_wrapper.go b/pkg/plugins/backendplugin/log_wrapper.go
index 27ca7e49276..fa70e3f8c6b 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/backendplugin/log_wrapper.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/backendplugin/log_wrapper.go
@@ -13,20 +13,41 @@ type logWrapper struct {
 	Logger glog.Logger
 }
 
+func formatArgs(args ...interface{}) []interface{} {
+	if len(args) == 0 || len(args)%2 != 0 {
+		return args
+	}
+
+	res := []interface{}{}
+
+	for n := 0; n < len(args); n = n + 2 {
+		key := args[n]
+
+		if stringKey, ok := key.(string); ok && stringKey == "timestamp" {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		res = append(res, key)
+		res = append(res, args[n+1])
+	}
+
+	return res
+}
+
 func (lw logWrapper) Trace(msg string, args ...interface{}) {
-	lw.Logger.Debug(msg, args...)
+	lw.Logger.Debug(msg, formatArgs(args...)...)
 }
 func (lw logWrapper) Debug(msg string, args ...interface{}) {
-	lw.Logger.Debug(msg, args...)
+	lw.Logger.Debug(msg, formatArgs(args...)...)
 }
 func (lw logWrapper) Info(msg string, args ...interface{}) {
-	lw.Logger.Info(msg, args...)
+	lw.Logger.Info(msg, formatArgs(args...)...)
 }
 func (lw logWrapper) Warn(msg string, args ...interface{}) {
-	lw.Logger.Warn(msg, args...)
+	lw.Logger.Warn(msg, formatArgs(args...)...)
 }
 func (lw logWrapper) Error(msg string, args ...interface{}) {
-	lw.Logger.Error(msg, args...)
+	lw.Logger.Error(msg, formatArgs(args...)...)
 }
 
 func (lw logWrapper) IsTrace() bool { return true }
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/backendplugin/log_wrapper_test.go b/pkg/plugins/backendplugin/log_wrapper_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..751da1d2e8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/plugins/backendplugin/log_wrapper_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package backendplugin
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestLogWrapper(t *testing.T) {
+	tcs := []struct {
+		args           []interface{}
+		expectedResult []interface{}
+	}{
+		{args: []interface{}{}, expectedResult: []interface{}{}},
+		{args: []interface{}{"1", "2", "3"}, expectedResult: []interface{}{"1", "2", "3"}},
+		{args: []interface{}{"1", "2"}, expectedResult: []interface{}{"1", "2"}},
+		{args: []interface{}{"1", "2", "timestamp", time.Now()}, expectedResult: []interface{}{"1", "2"}},
+		{args: []interface{}{"1", "2", "timestamp", time.Now(), "3", "4"}, expectedResult: []interface{}{"1", "2", "3", "4"}},
+	}
+
+	for i, tc := range tcs {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("formatArgs testcase %d", i), func(t *testing.T) {
+			res := formatArgs(tc.args...)
+			assert.Exactly(t, tc.expectedResult, res)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/hclog-wrapper.go b/pkg/plugins/hclog-wrapper.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 7bd031565c1..00000000000
--- a/pkg/plugins/hclog-wrapper.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-package plugins
-
-import (
-	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"log"
-
-	glog "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/log"
-	hclog "github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog"
-)
-
-type LogWrapper struct {
-	Logger glog.Logger
-}
-
-func (lw LogWrapper) Trace(msg string, args ...interface{}) {
-	lw.Logger.Debug(msg, args...)
-}
-func (lw LogWrapper) Debug(msg string, args ...interface{}) {
-	lw.Logger.Debug(msg, args...)
-}
-func (lw LogWrapper) Info(msg string, args ...interface{}) {
-	lw.Logger.Info(msg, args...)
-}
-func (lw LogWrapper) Warn(msg string, args ...interface{}) {
-	lw.Logger.Warn(msg, args...)
-}
-func (lw LogWrapper) Error(msg string, args ...interface{}) {
-	lw.Logger.Error(msg, args...)
-}
-
-func (lw LogWrapper) IsTrace() bool { return true }
-func (lw LogWrapper) IsDebug() bool { return true }
-func (lw LogWrapper) IsInfo() bool  { return true }
-func (lw LogWrapper) IsWarn() bool  { return true }
-func (lw LogWrapper) IsError() bool { return true }
-
-func (lw LogWrapper) With(args ...interface{}) hclog.Logger {
-	return LogWrapper{Logger: lw.Logger.New(args...)}
-}
-func (lw LogWrapper) Named(name string) hclog.Logger {
-	return LogWrapper{Logger: lw.Logger.New()}
-}
-
-func (lw LogWrapper) ResetNamed(name string) hclog.Logger {
-	return LogWrapper{Logger: lw.Logger.New()}
-}
-
-func (lw LogWrapper) StandardLogger(ops *hclog.StandardLoggerOptions) *log.Logger {
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (lw LogWrapper) SetLevel(level hclog.Level) {}
-
-// Return a value that conforms to io.Writer, which can be passed into log.SetOutput()
-func (lw LogWrapper) StandardWriter(opts *hclog.StandardLoggerOptions) io.Writer {
-	return ioutil.Discard
-}
diff --git a/scripts/go/go.mod b/scripts/go/go.mod
index 332724133c5..97b77f1a341 100644
--- a/scripts/go/go.mod
+++ b/scripts/go/go.mod
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/unknwon/com v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/unknwon/log v0.0.0-20150304194804-e617c87089d3 // indirect
 	github.com/urfave/cli v1.20.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191120001058-ad01d5993d97 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/fsnotify/fsnotify.v1 v1.4.7 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/scripts/go/go.sum b/scripts/go/go.sum
index b3ab76eabe8..7e569553417 100644
--- a/scripts/go/go.sum
+++ b/scripts/go/go.sum
@@ -364,6 +364,8 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190912215617-3720d1ec3678/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtn
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190930201159-7c411dea38b0/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191015150414-f936694f27bf h1:60bAcFbqQ3hW1i1JqrAcVJhY4qUUJhgBAimCcAKNvDE=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191015150414-f936694f27bf/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191120001058-ad01d5993d97 h1:u8hSFDulpuhoY0GHMbG6Rp23PzphtTnZrQX3dOvEae0=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191120001058-ad01d5993d97/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 google.golang.org/appengine v1.1.0/go.mod h1:EbEs0AVv82hx2wNQdGPgUI5lhzA/G0D9YwlJXL52JkM=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20180817151627-c66870c02cf8/go.mod h1:JiN7NxoALGmiZfu7CAH4rXhgtRTLTxftemlI0sWmxmc=