diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d2bb416a..10c8509b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
   src/hydra-eval-jobs/Makefile
   src/hydra-queue-runner/Makefile
   src/sql/Makefile
-  src/xsl/Makefile
   src/ttf/Makefile
   src/lib/Makefile
   src/root/Makefile
diff --git a/release.nix b/release.nix
index 0587e53a..d77d642c 100644
--- a/release.nix
+++ b/release.nix
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ rec {
         ];
 
       hydraPath = lib.makeBinPath (
-        [ libxslt sqlite subversion openssh nix coreutils findutils pixz
+        [ sqlite subversion openssh nix coreutils findutils pixz
           gzip bzip2 lzma gnutar unzip git gitAndTools.topGit mercurial darcs gnused bazaar
         ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [ rpm dpkg cdrkit ] );
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index c760eda1..a28780b6 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-SUBDIRS = hydra-evaluator hydra-eval-jobs hydra-queue-runner sql script lib root xsl ttf
+SUBDIRS = hydra-evaluator hydra-eval-jobs hydra-queue-runner sql script lib root ttf
 BOOTCLEAN_SUBDIRS = $(SUBDIRS)
 DIST_SUBDIRS      = $(SUBDIRS)
diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Build.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Build.pm
index 2571d11b..67707bfe 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Build.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Build.pm
@@ -155,19 +155,14 @@ sub showLog {
         || $size < 64 * 1024 * 1024;
 
     if ($mode eq "pretty") {
-        # !!! quick hack
-        my $pipeline = ($logPath =~ /.bz2$/ ? "bzip2 -d < $logPath" : "cat $logPath")
-            . " | nix-log2xml | xsltproc " . $c->path_to("xsl/mark-errors.xsl") . " -"
-            . " | xsltproc " . $c->path_to("xsl/log2html.xsl") . " -";
         $c->stash->{template} = 'log.tt';
-        $c->stash->{logtext} = decode("utf-8", `ulimit -t 5 ; $pipeline`);
+        $c->stash->{logtext} = logContents($logPath);
     }
 
     elsif ($mode eq "raw") {
         $c->stash->{logPath} = $logPath;
         $c->stash->{finished} = $finished;
         $c->forward('Hydra::View::NixLog');
-        return;
     }
 
     elsif ($mode eq "tail-reload") {
diff --git a/src/root/log.tt b/src/root/log.tt
index 19530b95..36eba0f0 100644
--- a/src/root/log.tt
+++ b/src/root/log.tt
@@ -8,10 +8,8 @@
   [% END %]
 </p>
 
-<hr />
-
-<div class="buildlog">
-[% logtext %]
-</div>
+<pre class="taillog" id="contents">
+[% HTML.escape(logtext) %]
+</pre>
 
 [% END %]
diff --git a/src/root/plain-reload.tt b/src/root/plain-reload.tt
index c6ab6830..19afc8fc 100644
--- a/src/root/plain-reload.tt
+++ b/src/root/plain-reload.tt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-[% WRAPPER layout.tt title=title %]
+[% WRAPPER layout.tt title="Log of " _ (step ? " step $step.stepnr of " : "") _ "build ${build.id} of job $build.project.name:$build.jobset.name:$build.job.name" %]
 [% PROCESS common.tt %]
 
 [% project = build.project %]
 [% jobset = build.jobset %]
 [% job = build.job %]
 
-<h2>Last 50 log lines of [% INCLUDE renderFullJobNameOfBuild %] build <a href="[% c.uri_for('/build' build.id) %]">[% build.id %]</a>[%IF step %] step [% step.stepnr %][% END %]</h2>
+<p>Below are the last 50 log lines. The <a href="[% c.uri_for('/build' build.id 'log') %]">full log</a> is also available.</p>
 
 [% IF reload %]
 <script>
diff --git a/src/root/static/css/hydra.css b/src/root/static/css/hydra.css
index 4bd89c4b..b8d9d7b4 100644
--- a/src/root/static/css/hydra.css
+++ b/src/root/static/css/hydra.css
@@ -119,10 +119,8 @@ span.keep-whitespace {
     max-width: none; /* don't apply responsive design to status images */
 }
 
-pre.taillog {
+pre.log, pre.taillog {
     line-height: 1.2em;
-    max-height: 60em;
-    overflow: hidden;
 }
 
 div.flot-tooltip {
diff --git a/src/root/static/css/logfile.css b/src/root/static/css/logfile.css
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e31bd67..00000000
--- a/src/root/static/css/logfile.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-em.storeref {
-    color: #500000;
-    position: relative;
-    width: 100%;
-}
-
-em.storeref:hover {
-    background-color: #eeeeee;
-}
-
-*.popup {
-    display: none;
-    background: #ffffcd;
-    border: solid #555555 1px;
-    position: absolute;
-    top: 0em;
-    left: 0em;
-    margin: 0;
-    padding: 0;
-    z-index: 100;
-}
-
-em.storeref:hover span.popup {
-    display: inline;
-    width: 40em;
-}
-
-span.code {
-    white-space: pre-wrap;
-    font-family: monospace;
-}
-
-.errorLine {
-    color: #ff0000;
-    font-weight: bold;
-}
-
-.warningLine {
-    color: darkorange;
-    font-weight: bold;
-}
-
-.prio3 {
-    font-style: italic;
-}
-
-a.lineno {
-    color: #909090;
-    float: right;
-}
diff --git a/src/xsl/Makefile.am b/src/xsl/Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index 77a71355..00000000
--- a/src/xsl/Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-EXTRA_DIST = log2html.xsl mark-errors.xsl
-
-xsldir = $(libexecdir)/hydra/xsl
-nobase_xsl_DATA = $(EXTRA_DIST)
diff --git a/src/xsl/log2html.xsl b/src/xsl/log2html.xsl
deleted file mode 100644
index 88c23637..00000000
--- a/src/xsl/log2html.xsl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-
-<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
-
-  <xsl:output method='html' encoding="UTF-8" omit-xml-declaration="yes" />
-
-  <xsl:template match="logfile">
-    <p>
-    <a href="javascript:" class="btn btn-info tree-expand-all"><i class="icon-plus icon-white"></i> Expand all</a>
-    <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
-    <a href="javascript:" class="btn btn-info tree-collapse-all"><i class="icon-minus icon-white"></i> Collapse all</a>
-    </p>
-    <ul class='tree'>
-      <xsl:for-each select='line|nest'>
-        <li>
-          <xsl:apply-templates select='.'/>
-        </li>
-      </xsl:for-each>
-    </ul>
-  </xsl:template>
-
-
-  <xsl:template match="nest">
-
-    <!-- The tree should be collapsed by default if all children are
-         unimportant or if the header is unimportant. -->
-<!--    <xsl:variable name="collapsed"
-                  select="count(.//line[not(@priority = 3)]) = 0 or ./head[@priority = 3]" /> -->
-    <xsl:variable name="collapsed" select="count(.//*[@error]) = 0"/>
-
-    <xsl:variable name="style"><xsl:if test="$collapsed">display: none;</xsl:if></xsl:variable>
-    <xsl:variable name="arg"><xsl:choose><xsl:when test="$collapsed">true</xsl:when><xsl:otherwise>false</xsl:otherwise></xsl:choose></xsl:variable>
-
-    <xsl:if test="line|nest">
-      <a href="javascript:" class="tree-toggle"></a>
-      <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
-    </xsl:if>
-
-    <xsl:apply-templates select='head'/>
-
-    <!-- Be careful to only generate <ul>s if there are <li>s, otherwise it’s malformed. -->
-    <xsl:if test="line|nest">
-
-      <ul class='subtree' style="{$style}">
-        <xsl:for-each select='line|nest'>
-          <li>
-            <xsl:apply-templates select='.'/>
-          </li>
-        </xsl:for-each>
-      </ul>
-    </xsl:if>
-
-  </xsl:template>
-
-
-  <xsl:template match="head|line">
-    <xsl:variable name="lineno"><xsl:number count="head|line" level="any" /></xsl:variable>
-    <a class="lineno" href="#line-{$lineno}" id="line-{$lineno}"><xsl:value-of select="$lineno" /> </a>
-    <span class="code">
-      <xsl:if test="@error">
-        <xsl:attribute name="class">code errorLine</xsl:attribute>
-      </xsl:if>
-      <xsl:if test="@warning">
-        <xsl:attribute name="class">code warningLine</xsl:attribute>
-      </xsl:if>
-      <xsl:if test="@priority = 3">
-        <xsl:attribute name="class">code prio3</xsl:attribute>
-      </xsl:if>
-      <xsl:apply-templates/><br/>
-    </span>
-  </xsl:template>
-
-
-  <xsl:template match="storeref">
-    <em class='storeref'>
-      <span class='popup'><xsl:apply-templates/></span>
-      <span class='elided'>/...</span><xsl:apply-templates select='name'/><xsl:apply-templates select='path'/>
-    </em>
-  </xsl:template>
-
-</xsl:stylesheet>
diff --git a/src/xsl/mark-errors.xsl b/src/xsl/mark-errors.xsl
deleted file mode 100644
index 18876bac..00000000
--- a/src/xsl/mark-errors.xsl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-
-<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
-
-  <xsl:output method='xml' encoding="UTF-8" />
-
-  <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
-    <xsl:copy>
-      <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
-    </xsl:copy>
-  </xsl:template>
-
-  <xsl:template match="line">
-    <line>
-      <xsl:if test="contains(text(), ' *** ') or
-                    contains(text(), 'LaTeX Error') or
-                    contains(text(), 'BUILD FAILED') or
-                    starts-with(text(), 'FAIL:') or
-                    contains(text(), 'FAILURE') or
-                    contains(text(), '[ERROR]') or
-                    contains(text(), ' error: ') or
-                    true">
-         <xsl:attribute name="error"></xsl:attribute>
-      </xsl:if>
-      <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
-    </line>
-  </xsl:template>
-
-</xsl:stylesheet>