diff --git a/kombu/log.py b/kombu/log.py
index 5ef816d9..47b9074b 100644
--- a/kombu/log.py
+++ b/kombu/log.py
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ from .utils.functional import maybe_evaluate
 
 __all__ = ['LogMixin', 'LOG_LEVELS', 'get_loglevel', 'setup_logging']
 
-LOG_LEVELS = dict(logging._levelNames)
-LOG_LEVELS['FATAL'] = logging.FATAL
-LOG_LEVELS[logging.FATAL] = 'FATAL'
+FATAL = logging.FATAL
+LOG_LEVELS = dict({'FATAL': logging.fatal, FATAL: 'FATAL'},
+                  **logging._levelNames)
 DISABLE_TRACEBACKS = os.environ.get('DISABLE_TRACEBACKS')
 
 
@@ -33,12 +33,6 @@ def get_logger(logger):
     return logger
 
 
-def anon_logger(name):
-    logger = logging.getLogger(name)
-    logger.addHandler(NullHandler())
-    return logger
-
-
 def get_loglevel(level):
     if isinstance(level, string_t):
         return LOG_LEVELS[level]