diff --git a/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/CheatSheetPlugin.java b/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/CheatSheetPlugin.java
index d0e8e06..22e5a56 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/CheatSheetPlugin.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/CheatSheetPlugin.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- *  Copyright (c) 2002, 2016 IBM Corporation and others.
+ *  Copyright (c) 2002, 2019 IBM Corporation and others.
  *
  *  This program and the accompanying materials
  *  are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  *
  *  Contributors:
  *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
+ *     Christoph Läubrich - Bug 552773 - Simplify logging in platform code base
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.ui.internal.cheatsheets;
 
@@ -132,8 +133,7 @@
 				documentBuilder = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder();
 				documentBuilder.setEntityResolver(new LocalEntityResolver());
 			} catch (Exception e) {
-				IStatus status = new Status(IStatus.ERROR, ICheatSheetResource.CHEAT_SHEET_PLUGIN_ID, IStatus.OK, Messages.ERROR_CREATING_DOCUMENT_BUILDER, e);
-				CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().log(status);
+				CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().error(Messages.ERROR_CREATING_DOCUMENT_BUILDER, e);
 			}
 		}
 		return documentBuilder;
@@ -145,9 +145,7 @@
 	public static synchronized void logError(String message, Throwable ex) {
 		if (message == null)
 			message = ""; //$NON-NLS-1$
-		Status errorStatus = new Status(IStatus.ERROR, PLUGIN_ID, IStatus.OK,
-				message, ex);
-		CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().log(errorStatus);
+		CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().error(message, ex);
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -258,8 +256,7 @@
 			@Override
 			public void handleException(Throwable e) {
 				String message = Messages.ERROR_READING_STATE_FILE;
-				IStatus status = new Status(IStatus.ERROR, ICheatSheetResource.CHEAT_SHEET_PLUGIN_ID, IStatus.OK, message, e);
-				CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().log(status);
+				CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().error(message, e);
 			}
 		});
 	}
@@ -287,8 +284,7 @@
 			// Do nothing, the file will not exist the first time the workbench in used.
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			String message = Messages.ERROR_READING_STATE_FILE;
-			IStatus status = new Status(IStatus.ERROR, ICheatSheetResource.CHEAT_SHEET_PLUGIN_ID, IStatus.OK, message, e);
-			CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().log(status);
+			CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().error(message, e);
 			memento = null;
 		} finally {
 			try {
@@ -297,8 +293,7 @@
 			} catch (IOException e) {
 				// Not much to do, just catch the exception and keep going.
 				String message = Messages.ERROR_READING_STATE_FILE;
-				IStatus status = new Status(IStatus.ERROR, ICheatSheetResource.CHEAT_SHEET_PLUGIN_ID, IStatus.OK, message, e);
-				CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().log(status);
+				CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().error(message, e);
 			}
 		}
 		return memento;
@@ -327,8 +322,7 @@
 			@Override
 			public void handleException(Throwable e) {
 				String message = Messages.ERROR_WRITING_STATE_FILE;
-				IStatus status = new Status(IStatus.ERROR, ICheatSheetResource.CHEAT_SHEET_PLUGIN_ID, IStatus.OK, message, e);
-				CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().log(status);
+				CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().error(message, e);
 			}
 		});
 	}
@@ -360,8 +354,7 @@
 					writer.close();
 			} catch (IOException e) {
 				String message = Messages.ERROR_WRITING_STATE_FILE;
-				IStatus status = new Status(IStatus.ERROR, ICheatSheetResource.CHEAT_SHEET_PLUGIN_ID, IStatus.OK, message, e);
-				CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().log(status);
+				CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().error(message, e);
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/actions/OpenPerspective.java b/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/actions/OpenPerspective.java
index 0570052..979f289 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/actions/OpenPerspective.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/actions/OpenPerspective.java
@@ -10,11 +10,10 @@
  *
  * Contributors:
  *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
+ *     Christoph Läubrich - Bug 552773 - Simplify logging in platform code base
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.ui.internal.cheatsheets.actions;
 
-import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;
-import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Status;
 import org.eclipse.jface.action.Action;
 import org.eclipse.ui.IPerspectiveDescriptor;
 import org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbench;
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@
 import org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets.ICheatSheetAction;
 import org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets.ICheatSheetManager;
 import org.eclipse.ui.internal.cheatsheets.CheatSheetPlugin;
-import org.eclipse.ui.internal.cheatsheets.ICheatSheetResource;
 import org.eclipse.ui.internal.cheatsheets.Messages;
 
 /**
@@ -59,8 +57,7 @@
 			IPerspectiveDescriptor perspective = workbench.getPerspectiveRegistry().findPerspectiveWithId(params[0]);
 			page.setPerspective(perspective);
 		} catch(Exception e) {
-			IStatus status = new Status(IStatus.ERROR, ICheatSheetResource.CHEAT_SHEET_PLUGIN_ID, IStatus.OK, Messages.ERROR_OPENING_PERSPECTIVE, null);
-			CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().log(status);
+			CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().error(Messages.ERROR_OPENING_PERSPECTIVE, null);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/composite/views/TaskEditorManager.java b/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/composite/views/TaskEditorManager.java
index f51a8bc..4f36840 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/composite/views/TaskEditorManager.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/composite/views/TaskEditorManager.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  *
  * Contributors:
  *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
+ *     Christoph Läubrich - Bug 552773 - Simplify logging in platform code base
  *******************************************************************************/
 
 package org.eclipse.ui.internal.cheatsheets.composite.views;
@@ -19,14 +20,11 @@
 import java.net.URL;
 
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.FileLocator;
-import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Path;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform;
-import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Status;
 import org.eclipse.jface.resource.ImageDescriptor;
 import org.eclipse.osgi.util.NLS;
 import org.eclipse.ui.internal.cheatsheets.CheatSheetPlugin;
-import org.eclipse.ui.internal.cheatsheets.ICheatSheetResource;
 import org.eclipse.ui.internal.cheatsheets.Messages;
 import org.eclipse.ui.internal.cheatsheets.registry.CheatSheetRegistryReader;
 import org.eclipse.ui.internal.provisional.cheatsheets.TaskEditor;
@@ -58,8 +56,7 @@
 				extClass = bundle.loadClass(className);
 			} catch (Exception e) {
 				String message = NLS.bind(Messages.ERROR_LOADING_CLASS, (new Object[] {className}));
-				Status status = new Status(IStatus.ERROR, ICheatSheetResource.CHEAT_SHEET_PLUGIN_ID, IStatus.OK, message, e);
-				CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().log(status);
+				CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().error(message, e);
 			}
 			try {
 				if (extClass != null) {
@@ -68,8 +65,7 @@
 				}
 			} catch (Exception e) {
 				String message = NLS.bind(Messages.ERROR_CREATING_CLASS, (new Object[] {className}));
-				IStatus status = new Status(IStatus.ERROR, ICheatSheetResource.CHEAT_SHEET_PLUGIN_ID, IStatus.OK, message, e);
-				CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().log(status);
+				CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().error(message, e);
 			}
 
 			return editorInstance;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/composite/views/TaskExplorerManager.java b/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/composite/views/TaskExplorerManager.java
index bd0a203..eed4b90 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/composite/views/TaskExplorerManager.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/composite/views/TaskExplorerManager.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  *
  * Contributors:
  *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
+ *     Christoph Läubrich - Bug 552773 - Simplify logging in platform code base
  *******************************************************************************/
 
 package org.eclipse.ui.internal.cheatsheets.composite.views;
@@ -21,15 +22,12 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.FileLocator;
-import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Path;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform;
-import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Status;
 import org.eclipse.jface.resource.ImageDescriptor;
 import org.eclipse.osgi.util.NLS;
 import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Image;
 import org.eclipse.ui.internal.cheatsheets.CheatSheetPlugin;
-import org.eclipse.ui.internal.cheatsheets.ICheatSheetResource;
 import org.eclipse.ui.internal.cheatsheets.Messages;
 import org.eclipse.ui.internal.cheatsheets.registry.CheatSheetRegistryReader;
 import org.eclipse.ui.internal.provisional.cheatsheets.TaskExplorer;
@@ -63,8 +61,7 @@
 				extClass = bundle.loadClass(className);
 			} catch (Exception e) {
 				String message = NLS.bind(Messages.ERROR_LOADING_CLASS, (new Object[] {className}));
-				Status status = new Status(IStatus.ERROR, ICheatSheetResource.CHEAT_SHEET_PLUGIN_ID, IStatus.OK, message, e);
-				CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().log(status);
+				CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().error(message, e);
 			}
 			try {
 				if (extClass != null) {
@@ -73,8 +70,7 @@
 				}
 			} catch (Exception e) {
 				String message = NLS.bind(Messages.ERROR_CREATING_CLASS, (new Object[] {className}));
-				IStatus status = new Status(IStatus.ERROR, ICheatSheetResource.CHEAT_SHEET_PLUGIN_ID, IStatus.OK, message, e);
-				CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().log(status);
+				CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().error(message, e);
 			}
 
 			return explorerInstance;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/registry/CheatSheetElement.java b/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/registry/CheatSheetElement.java
index c55c21a..46d358e 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/registry/CheatSheetElement.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/registry/CheatSheetElement.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2002, 2018 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2002, 2019 IBM Corporation and others.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
@@ -10,19 +10,17 @@
  *
  * Contributors:
  *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
+ *     Christoph Läubrich - Bug 552773 - Simplify logging in platform code base
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.ui.internal.cheatsheets.registry;
 
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IConfigurationElement;
-import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform;
-import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Status;
 import org.eclipse.osgi.util.NLS;
 import org.eclipse.ui.IPluginContribution;
 import org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets.CheatSheetListener;
 import org.eclipse.ui.internal.cheatsheets.CheatSheetPlugin;
-import org.eclipse.ui.internal.cheatsheets.ICheatSheetResource;
 import org.eclipse.ui.internal.cheatsheets.Messages;
 import org.eclipse.ui.model.IWorkbenchAdapter;
 import org.eclipse.ui.model.WorkbenchAdapter;
@@ -171,8 +169,7 @@
 			extClass = bundle.loadClass(listenerClass);
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			String message = NLS.bind(Messages.ERROR_LOADING_CLASS, (new Object[] {listenerClass}));
-			IStatus status = new Status(IStatus.ERROR, ICheatSheetResource.CHEAT_SHEET_PLUGIN_ID, IStatus.OK, message, e);
-			CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().log(status);
+			CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().error(message, e);
 		}
 		try {
 			if (extClass != null) {
@@ -180,8 +177,7 @@
 			}
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			String message = NLS.bind(Messages.ERROR_CREATING_CLASS, (new Object[] {listenerClass}));
-			IStatus status = new Status(IStatus.ERROR, ICheatSheetResource.CHEAT_SHEET_PLUGIN_ID, IStatus.OK, message, e);
-			CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().log(status);
+			CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().error(message, e);
 		}
 
 		if (listener != null){
diff --git a/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/registry/CheatSheetItemExtensionElement.java b/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/registry/CheatSheetItemExtensionElement.java
index d7e5a6c..516121a 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/registry/CheatSheetItemExtensionElement.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/registry/CheatSheetItemExtensionElement.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2002, 2017 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2002, 2019 IBM Corporation and others.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  *
  * Contributors:
  *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
+ *     Christoph Läubrich - Bug 552773 - Simplify logging in platform code base
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.ui.internal.cheatsheets.registry;
 
@@ -18,13 +19,10 @@
 
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IConfigurationElement;
-import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform;
-import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Status;
 import org.eclipse.osgi.util.NLS;
 import org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets.AbstractItemExtensionElement;
 import org.eclipse.ui.internal.cheatsheets.CheatSheetPlugin;
-import org.eclipse.ui.internal.cheatsheets.ICheatSheetResource;
 import org.eclipse.ui.internal.cheatsheets.Messages;
 import org.eclipse.ui.model.IWorkbenchAdapter;
 import org.eclipse.ui.model.WorkbenchAdapter;
@@ -121,8 +119,7 @@
 			extClass = bundle.loadClass(className);
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			String message = NLS.bind(Messages.ERROR_LOADING_CLASS, (new Object[] {className}));
-			IStatus status = new Status(IStatus.ERROR, ICheatSheetResource.CHEAT_SHEET_PLUGIN_ID, IStatus.OK, message, e);
-			CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().log(status);
+			CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().error(message, e);
 		}
 		try {
 			if (extClass != null) {
@@ -131,8 +128,7 @@
 			}
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			String message = NLS.bind(Messages.ERROR_CREATING_CLASS, (new Object[] {className}));
-			IStatus status = new Status(IStatus.ERROR, ICheatSheetResource.CHEAT_SHEET_PLUGIN_ID, IStatus.OK, message, e);
-			CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().log(status);
+			CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().error(message, e);
 		}
 
 		if (extElement != null){
diff --git a/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/registry/RegistryReader.java b/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/registry/RegistryReader.java
index 54f36b5..a88cfcb 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/registry/RegistryReader.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/registry/RegistryReader.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  *
  * Contributors:
  *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
+ *     Christoph Läubrich - Bug 552773 - Simplify logging in platform code base
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.ui.internal.cheatsheets.registry;
 
@@ -17,8 +18,6 @@
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IExtension;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IExtensionPoint;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IExtensionRegistry;
-import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;
-import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Status;
 import org.eclipse.ui.internal.cheatsheets.CheatSheetPlugin;
 import org.eclipse.ui.internal.cheatsheets.ICheatSheetResource;
 
@@ -69,8 +68,7 @@
 		buf.append("Plugin " + extension.getContributor().getName() + ", extension " + extension.getExtensionPointUniqueIdentifier()); //$NON-NLS-2$//$NON-NLS-1$
 		buf.append("\n" + text); //$NON-NLS-1$
 
-		IStatus status = new Status(IStatus.ERROR, ICheatSheetResource.CHEAT_SHEET_PLUGIN_ID, IStatus.OK, buf.toString(), null);
-		CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().log(status);
+		CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().error(buf.toString());
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/views/CheatSheetViewer.java b/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/views/CheatSheetViewer.java
index 2605eca..be30048 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/views/CheatSheetViewer.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/cheatsheets/views/CheatSheetViewer.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
  *     Tom Hofmann, Perspectix AG - https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=291750
  *     Asma Smaoui - CEA LIST - https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=517379
+ *     Christoph Läubrich - Bug 552773 - Simplify logging in platform code base
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.ui.internal.cheatsheets.views;
 
@@ -514,8 +515,7 @@
 			// Log the exception
 			String stateFile = saveHelper.getStateFile(currentID).toOSString();
 			String message = NLS.bind(Messages.ERROR_APPLYING_STATE_DATA_LOG, (new Object[] {stateFile, currentID}));
-			IStatus status = new Status(IStatus.ERROR, ICheatSheetResource.CHEAT_SHEET_PLUGIN_ID, IStatus.OK, message, e);
-			CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().log(status);
+			CheatSheetPlugin.getPlugin().getLog().error(message, e);
 
 			// Set the currentID to null so it is not saved during internalDispose()
 			currentID = null;