diff --git a/cmd/ipfs/main.go b/cmd/ipfs/main.go
index 83cc81fca..8b9822c99 100644
--- a/cmd/ipfs/main.go
+++ b/cmd/ipfs/main.go
@@ -12,26 +12,27 @@ import (
 	"runtime/pprof"
 	"time"
 
-	util "github.com/ipfs/kubo/cmd/ipfs/util"
+	"github.com/ipfs/kubo/cmd/ipfs/util"
 	oldcmds "github.com/ipfs/kubo/commands"
-	core "github.com/ipfs/kubo/core"
+	"github.com/ipfs/kubo/core"
 	corecmds "github.com/ipfs/kubo/core/commands"
-	corehttp "github.com/ipfs/kubo/core/corehttp"
-	loader "github.com/ipfs/kubo/plugin/loader"
-	repo "github.com/ipfs/kubo/repo"
-	fsrepo "github.com/ipfs/kubo/repo/fsrepo"
+	"github.com/ipfs/kubo/core/corehttp"
+	"github.com/ipfs/kubo/plugin/loader"
+	"github.com/ipfs/kubo/repo"
+	"github.com/ipfs/kubo/repo/fsrepo"
 	"github.com/ipfs/kubo/tracing"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 
 	cmds "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds/cli"
 	cmdhttp "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds/http"
 	u "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-util"
 	logging "github.com/ipfs/go-log"
-	loggables "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-loggables"
 	ma "github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr"
 	madns "github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr-dns"
 	manet "github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr/net"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 )
 
 // log is the command logger
@@ -77,9 +78,19 @@ func printErr(err error) int {
 	return 1
 }
 
+func newUUID(key string) logging.Metadata {
+	ids := "#UUID-ERROR#"
+	if id, err := uuid.NewRandom(); err == nil {
+		ids = id.String()
+	}
+	return logging.Metadata{
+		key: ids,
+	}
+}
+
 func mainRet() (exitCode int) {
 	rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
-	ctx := logging.ContextWithLoggable(context.Background(), loggables.Uuid("session"))
+	ctx := logging.ContextWithLoggable(context.Background(), newUUID("session"))
 	var err error
 
 	tp, err := tracing.NewTracerProvider(ctx)
@@ -109,7 +120,7 @@ func mainRet() (exitCode int) {
 			os.Args[1] = "version"
 		}
 
-		//Handle `ipfs help` and `ipfs help <sub-command>`
+		// Handle `ipfs help` and `ipfs help <sub-command>`
 		if os.Args[1] == "help" {
 			if len(os.Args) > 2 {
 				os.Args = append(os.Args[:1], os.Args[2:]...)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index eb8be2b58..9192b797e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/facebookgo/atomicfile v0.0.0-20151019160806-2de1f203e7d5
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0
 	github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.4.1
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1
 	github.com/ipfs/go-bitswap v0.10.2
 	github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.0.3
@@ -75,7 +76,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-http v0.2.1
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht v0.18.0
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket v0.4.7
-	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-loggables v0.1.0
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub v0.8.1
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub-router v0.5.0
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-record v0.2.0
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gopacket v1.1.19 // indirect
-	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.7.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7a3c3e8ce..40b45c7da 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -869,7 +869,6 @@ github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket v0.3.1/go.mod h1:oyjT5O7tS9CQurok++ERgc46YLw
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket v0.4.7 h1:spZAcgxifvFZHBD8tErvppbnNiKA5uokDu3CV7axu70=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket v0.4.7/go.mod h1:XyVo99AfQH0foSf176k4jY1xUJ2+jUJIZCSDm7r2YKk=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-loggables v0.0.1/go.mod h1:lDipDlBNYbpyqyPX/KcoO+eq0sJYEVR2JgOexcivchg=
-github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-loggables v0.1.0 h1:h3w8QFfCt2UJl/0/NW4K829HX/0S4KD31PQ7m8UXXO8=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-loggables v0.1.0/go.mod h1:EyumB2Y6PrYjr55Q3/tiJ/o3xoDasoRYM7nOzEpoa90=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-metrics v0.0.1/go.mod h1:jQJ95SXXA/K1VZi13h52WZMa9ja78zjyy5rspMsC/08=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-mplex v0.1.1/go.mod h1:KUQWpGkCzfV7UIpi8SKsAVxyBgz1c9R5EvxgnwLsb/I=