diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3998bd2c0..38b835352 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-sockaddr v1.0.2
 	github.com/hashicorp/memberlist v0.2.3
 	github.com/opentracing-contrib/go-grpc v0.0.0-20210225150812-73cb765af46e // indirect
+	github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.2.0
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.11.0
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.26.0
diff --git a/spanlogger/spanlogger.go b/spanlogger/spanlogger.go
index a856ceed7..51f909283 100644
--- a/spanlogger/spanlogger.go
+++ b/spanlogger/spanlogger.go
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go/ext"
 	otlog "github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go/log"
 
-	"github.com/cortexproject/cortex/pkg/tenant"
-	util_log "github.com/cortexproject/cortex/pkg/util/log"
+	"github.com/grafana/dskit/dslog"
+	"github.com/grafana/dskit/tenant"
 )
 
 type loggerCtxMarker struct{}
@@ -29,44 +29,30 @@ type SpanLogger struct {
 	opentracing.Span
 }
 
-// New makes a new SpanLogger, where logs will be sent to the global logger.
-func New(ctx context.Context, method string, kvps ...interface{}) (*SpanLogger, context.Context) {
-	return NewWithLogger(ctx, util_log.Logger, method, kvps...)
-}
-
-// NewWithLogger makes a new SpanLogger with a custom log.Logger to send logs
-// to. The provided context will have the logger attached to it and can be
-// retrieved with FromContext or FromContextWithFallback.
-func NewWithLogger(ctx context.Context, l log.Logger, method string, kvps ...interface{}) (*SpanLogger, context.Context) {
+// New makes a new SpanLogger with a log.Logger to send logs to. The provided context will have the logger attached
+// to it and can be retrieved with FromContext.
+func New(ctx context.Context, logger log.Logger, method string, kvps ...interface{}) (*SpanLogger, context.Context) {
 	span, ctx := opentracing.StartSpanFromContext(ctx, method)
-	if ids, _ := tenant.TenantIDs(ctx); len(ids) > 0 {
+	if ids, _ := tenant.IDs(ctx); len(ids) > 0 {
 		span.SetTag(TenantIDTagName, ids)
 	}
-	logger := &SpanLogger{
-		Logger: log.With(util_log.WithContext(ctx, l), "method", method),
+	l := &SpanLogger{
+		Logger: log.With(dslog.WithContext(ctx, logger), "method", method),
 		Span:   span,
 	}
 	if len(kvps) > 0 {
-		level.Debug(logger).Log(kvps...)
+		level.Debug(l).Log(kvps...)
 	}
 
-	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, loggerCtxKey, l)
-	return logger, ctx
-}
-
-// FromContext returns a span logger using the current parent span. If there
-// is no parent span, the SpanLogger will only log to the logger
-// in the context. If the context doesn't have a logger, the global logger
-// is used.
-func FromContext(ctx context.Context) *SpanLogger {
-	return FromContextWithFallback(ctx, util_log.Logger)
+	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, loggerCtxKey, logger)
+	return l, ctx
 }
 
-// FromContextWithFallback returns a span logger using the current parent span.
-// IF there is no parent span, the SpanLogger will only log to the logger
+// FromContext returns a span logger using the current parent span.
+// If there is no parent span, the SpanLogger will only log to the logger
 // within the context. If the context doesn't have a logger, the fallback
 // logger is used.
-func FromContextWithFallback(ctx context.Context, fallback log.Logger) *SpanLogger {
+func FromContext(ctx context.Context, fallback log.Logger) *SpanLogger {
 	logger, ok := ctx.Value(loggerCtxKey).(log.Logger)
 	if !ok {
 		logger = fallback
@@ -76,7 +62,7 @@ func FromContextWithFallback(ctx context.Context, fallback log.Logger) *SpanLogg
 		sp = defaultNoopSpan
 	}
 	return &SpanLogger{
-		Logger: util_log.WithContext(ctx, logger),
+		Logger: dslog.WithContext(ctx, logger),
 		Span:   sp,
 	}
 }
@@ -93,7 +79,7 @@ func (s *SpanLogger) Log(kvps ...interface{}) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Error sets error flag and logs the error on the span, if non-nil.  Returns the err passed in.
+// Error sets error flag and logs the error on the span, if non-nil. Returns the err passed in.
 func (s *SpanLogger) Error(err error) error {
 	if err == nil {
 		return nil
diff --git a/spanlogger/spanlogger_test.go b/spanlogger/spanlogger_test.go
index 4d701fcbb..ae9e6b5f8 100644
--- a/spanlogger/spanlogger_test.go
+++ b/spanlogger/spanlogger_test.go
@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestSpanLogger_Log(t *testing.T) {
-	span, ctx := New(context.Background(), "test", "bar")
+	logger := log.NewNopLogger()
+	span, ctx := New(context.Background(), logger, "test", "bar")
 	_ = span.Log("foo")
-	newSpan := FromContext(ctx)
+	newSpan := FromContext(ctx, logger)
 	require.Equal(t, span.Span, newSpan.Span)
 	_ = newSpan.Log("bar")
-	noSpan := FromContext(context.Background())
+	noSpan := FromContext(context.Background(), logger)
 	_ = noSpan.Log("foo")
 	require.Error(t, noSpan.Error(errors.New("err")))
 	require.NoError(t, noSpan.Error(nil))
@@ -30,13 +31,13 @@ func TestSpanLogger_CustomLogger(t *testing.T) {
 		logged = append(logged, keyvals)
 		return nil
 	}
-	span, ctx := NewWithLogger(context.Background(), logger, "test")
+	span, ctx := New(context.Background(), logger, "test")
 	_ = span.Log("msg", "original spanlogger")
 
-	span = FromContextWithFallback(ctx, log.NewNopLogger())
+	span = FromContext(ctx, log.NewNopLogger())
 	_ = span.Log("msg", "restored spanlogger")
 
-	span = FromContextWithFallback(context.Background(), logger)
+	span = FromContext(context.Background(), logger)
 	_ = span.Log("msg", "fallback spanlogger")
 
 	expect := [][]interface{}{
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ func createSpan(ctx context.Context) *mocktracer.MockSpan {
 	mockTracer := mocktracer.New()
 	opentracing.SetGlobalTracer(mockTracer)
 
-	logger, _ := New(ctx, "name")
+	logger, _ := New(ctx, log.NewNopLogger(), "name")
 	return logger.Span.(*mocktracer.MockSpan)
 }