diff --git a/logical/framework/wal.go b/logical/framework/wal.go
index 6e6b234bce..1eaeb6779e 100644
--- a/logical/framework/wal.go
+++ b/logical/framework/wal.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/hashicorp/go-uuid"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/logical"
 )
 
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ func PutWAL(s logical.Storage, kind string, data interface{}) (string, error) {
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	id, err := logical.UUID()
+	id, err := uuid.GenerateUUID()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
diff --git a/logical/uuid.go b/logical/uuid.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 25958da9cd..0000000000
--- a/logical/uuid.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-package logical
-
-import (
-	"crypto/rand"
-	"fmt"
-	"time"
-)
-
-// UUID returns a UUID.
-func UUID() (string, error) {
-	unix := uint32(time.Now().UTC().Unix())
-
-	var b [12]byte
-	if _, err := rand.Read(b[:]); err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%08x-%04x-%04x-%04x-%04x%08x",
-			unix, b[0:2], b[2:4], b[4:6], b[6:8], b[8:]),
-		nil
-}