diff --git a/src/Monolog/Formatter/ErrorLogFormatter.php b/src/Monolog/Formatter/ErrorLogFormatter.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 57765ed3..00000000
--- a/src/Monolog/Formatter/ErrorLogFormatter.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/*
- * This file is part of the Monolog package.
- *
- * (c) Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
- *
- * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
- * file that was distributed with this source code.
- */
-
-namespace Monolog\Formatter;
-
-/**
- * @author Henrique Moody <henriquemoody@gmail.com>
- */
-class ErrorLogFormatter extends LineFormatter
-{
-    const SIMPLE_FORMAT = "[%datetime%] %channel%.%level_name%: %message% %context% %extra%";
-}
diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/ErrorLogHandler.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/ErrorLogHandler.php
index d151e172..038db4e5 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Handler/ErrorLogHandler.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/ErrorLogHandler.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 namespace Monolog\Handler;
 
-use Monolog\Formatter\ErrorLogFormatter;
+use Monolog\Formatter\LineFormatter;
 use Monolog\Logger;
 
 /**
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class ErrorLogHandler extends AbstractProcessingHandler
      */
     protected function getDefaultFormatter()
     {
-        return new ErrorLogFormatter();
+        return new LineFormatter('[%datetime%] %channel%.%level_name%: %message% %context% %extra%');
     }
 
     /**