diff --git a/__tests__/rollupcontext.spec.ts b/__tests__/rollupcontext.spec.ts
index ee88b995..25925aa2 100644
--- a/__tests__/rollupcontext.spec.ts
+++ b/__tests__/rollupcontext.spec.ts
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ import { RollupContext } from "../src/rollupcontext";
 test("RollupContext", () => {
 	const data = {};
 	const stubbedContext = makeStubbedContext(data);
-
 	const context = new RollupContext(5, false, stubbedContext);
-	expect(Object.keys(context)).toEqual(["verbosity", "bail", "context", "prefix", "hasContext"]);
 
 	context.warn("test");
 	expect((data as any).warn).toEqual("test");
@@ -27,23 +25,6 @@ test("RollupContext", () => {
 
 	context.error(() => "test2!");
 	expect((data as any).warn).toEqual("test2!");
-});
-
-test("RollupContext with no logger", () => {
-	const data = {};
-	const stubbedContext = makeStubbedContext(data);
-	delete (stubbedContext as any).warn;
-	delete (stubbedContext as any).error;
-	delete (stubbedContext as any).info;
-	delete (stubbedContext as any).debug;
-
-	const context = new RollupContext(5, false, stubbedContext);
-
-	context.warn("test");
-	expect(console.log).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith("test");
-
-	context.error("test2");
-	expect(console.log).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith("test2");
 
 	context.info("test3");
 	expect(console.log).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith("test3");
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 30352ab7..bd7cf422 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { relative, dirname, normalize as pathNormalize, resolve } from "path";
 import * as tsTypes from "typescript";
 import { PluginImpl, PluginContext, InputOptions, OutputOptions, TransformResult, SourceMap, Plugin } from "rollup";
 import { normalizePath as normalize } from "@rollup/pluginutils";
-import * as _ from "lodash";
 import { blue, red, yellow, green } from "colors/safe";
 import findCacheDir from "find-cache-dir";
 
@@ -103,8 +102,7 @@ const typescript: PluginImpl<RPT2Options> = (options) =>
 			{
 				context.info(`typescript version: ${tsModule.version}`);
 				context.info(`tslib version: ${tslibVersion}`);
-				if (this.meta)
-					context.info(`rollup version: ${this.meta.rollupVersion}`);
+				context.info(`rollup version: ${this.meta.rollupVersion}`);
 
 				context.info(`rollup-plugin-typescript2 version: $RPT2_VERSION`);
 				context.debug(() => `plugin options:\n${JSON.stringify(pluginOptions, (key, value) => key === "typescript" ? `version ${(value as typeof tsModule).version}` : value, 4)}`);
@@ -205,8 +203,7 @@ const typescript: PluginImpl<RPT2Options> = (options) =>
 
 					// since no output was generated, aborting compilation
 					cache().done();
-					if (_.isFunction(this.error))
-						this.error(red(`failed to transpile '${id}'`));
+					this.error(red(`failed to transpile '${id}'`));
 				}
 
 				const references = getAllReferences(id, snapshot, parsedConfig.options);
@@ -219,10 +216,11 @@ const typescript: PluginImpl<RPT2Options> = (options) =>
 			if (!result)
 				return undefined;
 
-			if (watchMode && this.addWatchFile && result.references)
+			if (watchMode && result.references)
 			{
 				if (tsConfigPath)
 					this.addWatchFile(tsConfigPath);
+
 				result.references.map(this.addWatchFile, this);
 				context.debug(() => `${green("    watching")}: ${result.references!.join("\nrpt2:               ")}`);
 			}
diff --git a/src/rollupcontext.ts b/src/rollupcontext.ts
index 9ab52371..68c55dba 100644
--- a/src/rollupcontext.ts
+++ b/src/rollupcontext.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,8 @@ import { IContext, VerbosityLevel } from "./context";
 
 export class RollupContext implements IContext
 {
-	private hasContext: boolean = true;
-
 	constructor(private verbosity: VerbosityLevel, private bail: boolean, private context: PluginContext, private prefix: string = "")
 	{
-		this.hasContext = _.isFunction(this.context.warn) && _.isFunction(this.context.error);
 	}
 
 	public warn(message: string | (() => string)): void
@@ -18,11 +15,7 @@ export class RollupContext implements IContext
 			return;
 
 		const text = _.isFunction(message) ? message() : message;
-
-		if (this.hasContext)
-			this.context.warn(`${text}`);
-		else
-			console.log(`${this.prefix}${text}`);
+		this.context.warn(`${text}`);
 	}
 
 	public error(message: string | (() => string)): void
@@ -32,15 +25,10 @@ export class RollupContext implements IContext
 
 		const text = _.isFunction(message) ? message() : message;
 
-		if (this.hasContext)
-		{
-			if (this.bail)
-				this.context.error(`${text}`);
-			else
-				this.context.warn(`${text}`);
-		}
+		if (this.bail)
+			this.context.error(`${text}`);
 		else
-			console.log(`${this.prefix}${text}`);
+			this.context.warn(`${text}`);
 	}
 
 	public info(message: string | (() => string)): void
@@ -49,7 +37,6 @@ export class RollupContext implements IContext
 			return;
 
 		const text = _.isFunction(message) ? message() : message;
-
 		console.log(`${this.prefix}${text}`);
 	}
 
@@ -59,7 +46,6 @@ export class RollupContext implements IContext
 			return;
 
 		const text = _.isFunction(message) ? message() : message;
-
 		console.log(`${this.prefix}${text}`);
 	}
 }