diff --git a/src/Mod/Path/App/Area.cpp b/src/Mod/Path/App/Area.cpp
index 264357b252..da4c27de15 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Path/App/Area.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Path/App/Area.cpp
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ struct WireJoiner {
         BRepBndLib::Add(e,bound);
         bound.SetGap(0.1);
         if (bound.IsVoid()) {
-            if(Area::TraceEnabled())
+            if(FC_LOG_INSTANCE.isEnabled(FC_LOGLEVEL_LOG))
                 AREA_WARN("failed to get bound of edge");
             return false;
         }
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ struct WireJoiner {
                             intersects = true;
                             break;
                         }
-                    }else if(Area::TraceEnabled())
+                    }else if(FC_LOG_INSTANCE.isEnabled(FC_LOGLEVEL_LOG))
                         AREA_WARN("BRepExtrema_DistShapeShape failed");
                 }
             }
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ struct WireJoiner {
                 mkEdge2.Init(curve, pt, pend);
             }
             if(!mkEdge1.IsDone() || !mkEdge2.IsDone()) {
-                if(Area::TraceEnabled())
+                if(FC_LOG_INSTANCE.isEnabled(FC_LOGLEVEL_LOG))
                     AREA_WARN((reversed?"reversed ":"")<<"edge split failed "<<
                             AREA_XYZ(pstart)<<", " << AREA_XYZ(pt)<< ", "<<AREA_XYZ(pend)<< 
                             ", "<<", err: " << mkEdge1.Error() << ", " << mkEdge2.Error());
@@ -1134,12 +1134,14 @@ std::vector<shared_ptr<Area> > Area::makeSections(
             double height = z-tolerance;
             if(z-zMin<myParams.SectionTolerance){
                 height = zMin+myParams.SectionTolerance;
-                AREA_WARN("hit bottom " <<z<<','<<zMin<<','<<height);
+                if(FC_LOG_INSTANCE.isEnabled(FC_LOGLEVEL_LOG))
+                    AREA_WARN("hit bottom " <<z<<','<<zMin<<','<<height);
                 heights.push_back(height);
                 if(myParams.Stepdown>0.0) break;
             }else if(zMax-z<myParams.SectionTolerance) {
                 height = zMax-myParams.SectionTolerance;
-                AREA_WARN("hit top " <<z<<','<<zMax<<','<<height);
+                if(FC_LOG_INSTANCE.isEnabled(FC_LOGLEVEL_LOG))
+                    AREA_WARN("hit top " <<z<<','<<zMax<<','<<height);
                 heights.push_back(height);
                 if(myParams.Stepdown<0.0) break;
             }else
@@ -2982,7 +2984,6 @@ bool Area::aborting() {
 }
 
 AreaStaticParams::AreaStaticParams()
-    :PARAM_INIT(PARAM_FNAME,AREA_PARAMS_EXTRA_CONF)
 {}
     
 AreaStaticParams Area::s_params;
@@ -2995,8 +2996,3 @@ const AreaStaticParams &Area::getDefaultParams() {
     return s_params;
 }
 
-#define AREA_LOG_CHECK_DEFINE(_1,_2,_elem) \
-bool Area::BOOST_PP_CAT(_elem,Enabled)() {\
-    return s_params.LogLevel >= BOOST_PP_CAT(LogLevel,_elem);\
-}
-BOOST_PP_SEQ_FOR_EACH(AREA_LOG_CHECK_DEFINE,_,AREA_PARAM_LOG_LEVEL)
diff --git a/src/Mod/Path/App/Area.h b/src/Mod/Path/App/Area.h
index 043108e6bd..ed1202cb42 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Path/App/Area.h
+++ b/src/Mod/Path/App/Area.h
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ struct PathExport AreaParams: CAreaParams {
 };
 
 struct PathExport AreaStaticParams: AreaParams {
-    PARAM_DECLARE(PARAM_FNAME,AREA_PARAMS_EXTRA_CONF);
-
     AreaStaticParams();
 };
 
@@ -378,13 +376,6 @@ public:
 
     static void setDefaultParams(const AreaStaticParams &params);
     static const AreaStaticParams &getDefaultParams();
-
-
-#define AREA_LOG_CHECK_DECLARE(_1,_2,_elem) \
-    static bool BOOST_PP_CAT(_elem,Enabled)();
-    BOOST_PP_SEQ_FOR_EACH(AREA_LOG_CHECK_DECLARE,_,AREA_PARAM_LOG_LEVEL)
-
-    PARAM_ENUM_DECLARE(AREA_PARAMS_LOG_LEVEL)
 };
 
 } //namespace Path
diff --git a/src/Mod/Path/App/AreaParams.h b/src/Mod/Path/App/AreaParams.h
index 9df150fddc..0291de2baa 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Path/App/AreaParams.h
+++ b/src/Mod/Path/App/AreaParams.h
@@ -255,20 +255,7 @@
     AREA_PARAMS_CONF \
     AREA_PARAMS_OPCODE
 
-#define AREA_PARAM_LOG_LEVEL (Error)(Warning)(Log)(Trace)
-#if FC_DEBUG
-#   define AREA_PARAMS_LOG_LEVEL \
-        ((enum, log_level, LogLevel, 3, "Area log level", AREA_PARAM_LOG_LEVEL))
-#else
-#   define AREA_PARAMS_LOG_LEVEL \
-        ((enum, log_level, LogLevel, 1, "Area log level", AREA_PARAM_LOG_LEVEL))
-#endif
-
-#define AREA_PARAMS_EXTRA_CONF \
-    AREA_PARAMS_LOG_LEVEL 
-
 #define AREA_PARAMS_STATIC_CONF \
-    AREA_PARAMS_CONF \
-    AREA_PARAMS_EXTRA_CONF
+    AREA_PARAMS_CONF
 
 #endif //PATH_AreaParam_H
diff --git a/src/Mod/Path/App/AreaPyImp.cpp b/src/Mod/Path/App/AreaPyImp.cpp
index 42a862ae6f..1be34defcd 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Path/App/AreaPyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Path/App/AreaPyImp.cpp
@@ -149,10 +149,9 @@ static const PyMethodDef areaOverrides[] = {
     },
     {
         "setDefaultParams",(PyCFunction)areaSetParams, METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS|METH_STATIC,
-        "setDefaultParams(" PARAM_PY_ARGS_DOC(NAME,AREA_PARAMS_EXTRA_CONF) ", key=value...):\n"
+        "setDefaultParams(key=value...):\n"
         "Static method to set the default parameters of all following Path.Area, plus the following\n"
         "additional parameters.\n"
-        PARAM_PY_DOC(NAME,AREA_PARAMS_EXTRA_CONF)
     },
     {
         "getDefaultParams",(PyCFunction)areaGetParams, METH_VARARGS|METH_STATIC,