diff --git a/UPDATING.md b/UPDATING.md
index cb27425b14..b54c406a0d 100644
--- a/UPDATING.md
+++ b/UPDATING.md
@@ -41,6 +41,36 @@ assists users migrating to a new version.
 
 ## Airflow Master
 
+### Removal of redirect_stdout, redirect_stderr
+
+Function `redirect_stderr` and `redirect_stdout` from `airflow.utils.log.logging_mixin` module has 
+been deleted because it can be easily replaced by the standard library.
+The functions of the standard library are more flexible and can be used in larger cases.
+  
+The code below
+```python
+import logging
+
+from airflow.utils.log.logging_mixin import redirect_stderr, redirect_stdout
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("custom-logger")
+with redirect_stdout(logger, logging.INFO), redirect_stderr(logger, logging.WARN):
+    print("I love Airflow")
+```
+can be replaced by the following code:
+```python
+from contextlib import redirect_stdout, redirect_stderr
+import logging
+
+from airflow.utils.log.logging_mixin import StreamLogWriter
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("custom-logger")
+
+with redirect_stdout(StreamLogWriter(logger, logging.INFO)), \
+        redirect_stderr(StreamLogWriter(logger, logging.WARN)):
+    print("I Love Airflow")
+```
+
 ### Removal of XCom.get_one()
 
 This one is supersede by `XCom.get_many().first()` which will return the same result.
diff --git a/airflow/cli/commands/task_command.py b/airflow/cli/commands/task_command.py
index 15c81a41a8..be1a6452fc 100644
--- a/airflow/cli/commands/task_command.py
+++ b/airflow/cli/commands/task_command.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import json
 import logging
 import os
 import textwrap
+from contextlib import redirect_stderr, redirect_stdout
 
 from airflow import DAG, AirflowException, LoggingMixin, conf, jobs, settings
 from airflow.executors import get_default_executor
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ from airflow.models import DagPickle, TaskInstance
 from airflow.ti_deps.dep_context import SCHEDULER_QUEUED_DEPS, DepContext
 from airflow.utils import cli as cli_utils, db
 from airflow.utils.cli import get_dag, get_dags
-from airflow.utils.log.logging_mixin import redirect_stderr, redirect_stdout
+from airflow.utils.log.logging_mixin import StreamLogWriter
 from airflow.utils.net import get_hostname
 
 
@@ -131,7 +132,8 @@ def task_run(args, dag=None):
     if args.interactive:
         _run(args, dag, ti)
     else:
-        with redirect_stdout(ti.log, logging.INFO), redirect_stderr(ti.log, logging.WARN):
+        with redirect_stdout(StreamLogWriter(ti.log, logging.INFO)), \
+                redirect_stderr(StreamLogWriter(ti.log, logging.WARN)):
             _run(args, dag, ti)
     logging.shutdown()
 
diff --git a/airflow/jobs/scheduler_job.py b/airflow/jobs/scheduler_job.py
index a6b42bc2ff..4a2c1da584 100644
--- a/airflow/jobs/scheduler_job.py
+++ b/airflow/jobs/scheduler_job.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import sys
 import threading
 import time
 from collections import defaultdict
+from contextlib import redirect_stderr, redirect_stdout
 from datetime import timedelta
 from time import sleep
 from typing import List, Set
@@ -122,45 +123,40 @@ class DagFileProcessor(AbstractDagFileProcessor, LoggingMixin):
         # This helper runs in the newly created process
         log = logging.getLogger("airflow.processor")
 
-        stdout = StreamLogWriter(log, logging.INFO)
-        stderr = StreamLogWriter(log, logging.WARN)
-
         set_context(log, file_path)
         setproctitle("airflow scheduler - DagFileProcessor {}".format(file_path))
 
         try:
             # redirect stdout/stderr to log
-            sys.stdout = stdout
-            sys.stderr = stderr
+            with redirect_stdout(StreamLogWriter(log, logging.INFO)),\
+                    redirect_stderr(StreamLogWriter(log, logging.WARN)):
 
-            # Re-configure the ORM engine as there are issues with multiple processes
-            settings.configure_orm()
+                # Re-configure the ORM engine as there are issues with multiple processes
+                settings.configure_orm()
 
-            # Change the thread name to differentiate log lines. This is
-            # really a separate process, but changing the name of the
-            # process doesn't work, so changing the thread name instead.
-            threading.current_thread().name = thread_name
-            start_time = time.time()
+                # Change the thread name to differentiate log lines. This is
+                # really a separate process, but changing the name of the
+                # process doesn't work, so changing the thread name instead.
+                threading.current_thread().name = thread_name
+                start_time = time.time()
 
-            log.info("Started process (PID=%s) to work on %s",
-                     os.getpid(), file_path)
-            scheduler_job = SchedulerJob(dag_ids=dag_id_white_list, log=log)
-            result = scheduler_job.process_file(file_path,
-                                                zombies,
-                                                pickle_dags)
-            result_channel.send(result)
-            end_time = time.time()
-            log.info(
-                "Processing %s took %.3f seconds", file_path, end_time - start_time
-            )
+                log.info("Started process (PID=%s) to work on %s",
+                         os.getpid(), file_path)
+                scheduler_job = SchedulerJob(dag_ids=dag_id_white_list, log=log)
+                result = scheduler_job.process_file(file_path,
+                                                    zombies,
+                                                    pickle_dags)
+                result_channel.send(result)
+                end_time = time.time()
+                log.info(
+                    "Processing %s took %.3f seconds", file_path, end_time - start_time
+                )
         except Exception:
             # Log exceptions through the logging framework.
             log.exception("Got an exception! Propagating...")
             raise
         finally:
             result_channel.close()
-            sys.stdout = sys.__stdout__
-            sys.stderr = sys.__stderr__
             # We re-initialized the ORM within this Process above so we need to
             # tear it down manually here
             settings.dispose_orm()
diff --git a/airflow/utils/log/logging_mixin.py b/airflow/utils/log/logging_mixin.py
index b21e6be4e2..daeb93e831 100644
--- a/airflow/utils/log/logging_mixin.py
+++ b/airflow/utils/log/logging_mixin.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 import logging
 import re
 import sys
-from contextlib import contextmanager
 from logging import Handler, Logger, StreamHandler
 
 # 7-bit C1 ANSI escape sequences
@@ -144,26 +143,6 @@ class RedirectStdHandler(StreamHandler):
         return sys.stdout
 
 
-@contextmanager
-def redirect_stdout(logger, level):
-    writer = StreamLogWriter(logger, level)
-    try:
-        sys.stdout = writer
-        yield
-    finally:
-        sys.stdout = sys.__stdout__
-
-
-@contextmanager
-def redirect_stderr(logger, level):
-    writer = StreamLogWriter(logger, level)
-    try:
-        sys.stderr = writer
-        yield
-    finally:
-        sys.stderr = sys.__stderr__
-
-
 def set_context(logger, value):
     """
     Walks the tree of loggers and tries to set the context for each handler
diff --git a/tests/cli/commands/test_connection_command.py b/tests/cli/commands/test_connection_command.py
index 75a68a04fd..9d810165cb 100644
--- a/tests/cli/commands/test_connection_command.py
+++ b/tests/cli/commands/test_connection_command.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import re
 import subprocess
 import tempfile
 import unittest
-from unittest import mock
+from contextlib import redirect_stdout
 
 from airflow import settings
 from airflow.bin import cli
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ class TestCliConnections(unittest.TestCase):
         cls.parser = cli.CLIFactory.get_parser()
 
     def test_cli_connections_list(self):
-        with mock.patch('sys.stdout', new_callable=io.StringIO) as mock_stdout:
+        with redirect_stdout(io.StringIO()) as stdout:
             connection_command.connections_list(self.parser.parse_args(['connections', 'list']))
-            stdout = mock_stdout.getvalue()
+            stdout = stdout.getvalue()
         conns = [[x.strip("'") for x in re.findall(r"'\w+'", line)[:2]]
                  for ii, line in enumerate(stdout.split('\n'))
                  if ii % 2 == 1]
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class TestCliConnections(unittest.TestCase):
         db.resetdb()
         # Add connections:
         uri = 'postgresql://airflow:airflow@host:5432/airflow'
-        with mock.patch('sys.stdout', new_callable=io.StringIO) as mock_stdout:
+        with redirect_stdout(io.StringIO()) as stdout:
             connection_command.connections_add(self.parser.parse_args(
                 ['connections', 'add', 'new1',
                  '--conn_uri=%s' % uri]))
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class TestCliConnections(unittest.TestCase):
             connection_command.connections_add(self.parser.parse_args(
                 ['connections', 'add', 'new6',
                  '--conn_uri', "", '--conn_type=google_cloud_platform', '--conn_extra', "{'extra': 'yes'}"]))
-            stdout = mock_stdout.getvalue()
+            stdout = stdout.getvalue()
 
         # Check addition stdout
         lines = [l for l in stdout.split('\n') if len(l) > 0]
@@ -112,11 +112,11 @@ class TestCliConnections(unittest.TestCase):
         ])
 
         # Attempt to add duplicate
-        with mock.patch('sys.stdout', new_callable=io.StringIO) as mock_stdout:
+        with redirect_stdout(io.StringIO()) as stdout:
             connection_command.connections_add(self.parser.parse_args(
                 ['connections', 'add', 'new1',
                  '--conn_uri=%s' % uri]))
-            stdout = mock_stdout.getvalue()
+            stdout = stdout.getvalue()
 
         # Check stdout for addition attempt
         lines = [l for l in stdout.split('\n') if len(l) > 0]
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class TestCliConnections(unittest.TestCase):
                                           None, None, "{'extra': 'yes'}"))
 
         # Delete connections
-        with mock.patch('sys.stdout', new_callable=io.StringIO) as mock_stdout:
+        with redirect_stdout(io.StringIO()) as stdout:
             connection_command.connections_delete(self.parser.parse_args(
                 ['connections', 'delete', 'new1']))
             connection_command.connections_delete(self.parser.parse_args(
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class TestCliConnections(unittest.TestCase):
                 ['connections', 'delete', 'new5']))
             connection_command.connections_delete(self.parser.parse_args(
                 ['connections', 'delete', 'new6']))
-            stdout = mock_stdout.getvalue()
+            stdout = stdout.getvalue()
 
         # Check deletion stdout
         lines = [l for l in stdout.split('\n') if len(l) > 0]
@@ -197,10 +197,10 @@ class TestCliConnections(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertTrue(result is None)
 
         # Attempt to delete a non-existing connection
-        with mock.patch('sys.stdout', new_callable=io.StringIO) as mock_stdout:
+        with redirect_stdout(io.StringIO()) as stdout:
             connection_command.connections_delete(self.parser.parse_args(
                 ['connections', 'delete', 'fake']))
-            stdout = mock_stdout.getvalue()
+            stdout = stdout.getvalue()
 
         # Check deletion attempt stdout
         lines = [l for l in stdout.split('\n') if len(l) > 0]
diff --git a/tests/cli/commands/test_dag_command.py b/tests/cli/commands/test_dag_command.py
index 5dbb4a28e7..04cf550ecf 100644
--- a/tests/cli/commands/test_dag_command.py
+++ b/tests/cli/commands/test_dag_command.py
@@ -138,14 +138,12 @@ class TestCliDags(unittest.TestCase):
         mock_run.reset_mock()
         dag = self.dagbag.get_dag('example_bash_operator')
 
-        with mock.patch('sys.stdout', new_callable=io.StringIO) as mock_stdout:
+        with contextlib.redirect_stdout(io.StringIO()) as stdout:
             dag_command.dag_backfill(self.parser.parse_args([
                 'dags', 'backfill', 'example_bash_operator', '-t', 'runme_0', '--dry_run',
                 '-s', DEFAULT_DATE.isoformat()]), dag=dag)
 
-        mock_stdout.seek(0, 0)
-
-        output = mock_stdout.read()
+        output = stdout.getvalue()
         self.assertIn("Dry run of DAG example_bash_operator on {}\n".format(DEFAULT_DATE.isoformat()), output)
         self.assertIn("Task runme_0\n".format(DEFAULT_DATE.isoformat()), output)
 
@@ -179,8 +177,7 @@ class TestCliDags(unittest.TestCase):
         mock_run.reset_mock()
 
     def test_show_dag_print(self):
-        temp_stdout = io.StringIO()
-        with contextlib.redirect_stdout(temp_stdout):
+        with contextlib.redirect_stdout(io.StringIO()) as temp_stdout:
             dag_command.dag_show(self.parser.parse_args([
                 'dags', 'show', 'example_bash_operator']))
         out = temp_stdout.getvalue()
@@ -190,8 +187,7 @@ class TestCliDags(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @mock.patch("airflow.cli.commands.dag_command.render_dag")
     def test_show_dag_dave(self, mock_render_dag):
-        temp_stdout = io.StringIO()
-        with contextlib.redirect_stdout(temp_stdout):
+        with contextlib.redirect_stdout(io.StringIO()) as temp_stdout:
             dag_command.dag_show(self.parser.parse_args([
                 'dags', 'show', 'example_bash_operator', '--save', 'awesome.png']
             ))
@@ -206,8 +202,7 @@ class TestCliDags(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_show_dag_imgcat(self, mock_render_dag, mock_popen):
         mock_render_dag.return_value.pipe.return_value = b"DOT_DATA"
         mock_popen.return_value.communicate.return_value = (b"OUT", b"ERR")
-        temp_stdout = io.StringIO()
-        with contextlib.redirect_stdout(temp_stdout):
+        with contextlib.redirect_stdout(io.StringIO()) as temp_stdout:
             dag_command.dag_show(self.parser.parse_args([
                 'dags', 'show', 'example_bash_operator', '--imgcat']
             ))
diff --git a/tests/cli/commands/test_role_command.py b/tests/cli/commands/test_role_command.py
index 41e0b79a08..cdb0eb1fcc 100644
--- a/tests/cli/commands/test_role_command.py
+++ b/tests/cli/commands/test_role_command.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #
 import io
 import unittest
-from unittest import mock
+from contextlib import redirect_stdout
 
 from airflow import models
 from airflow.bin import cli
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ class TestCliRoles(unittest.TestCase):
         self.appbuilder.sm.add_role('FakeTeamA')
         self.appbuilder.sm.add_role('FakeTeamB')
 
-        with mock.patch('sys.stdout', new_callable=io.StringIO) as mock_stdout:
+        with redirect_stdout(io.StringIO()) as stdout:
             role_command.roles_list(self.parser.parse_args(['roles', 'list']))
-            stdout = mock_stdout.getvalue()
+            stdout = stdout.getvalue()
 
         self.assertIn('FakeTeamA', stdout)
         self.assertIn('FakeTeamB', stdout)
diff --git a/tests/cli/commands/test_task_command.py b/tests/cli/commands/test_task_command.py
index 4a37a05dc2..d125cff461 100644
--- a/tests/cli/commands/test_task_command.py
+++ b/tests/cli/commands/test_task_command.py
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
 # under the License.
 #
 import io
-import sys
 import unittest
 from argparse import Namespace
+from contextlib import redirect_stdout
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from unittest import mock
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock
@@ -122,16 +122,10 @@ class TestCliTasks(unittest.TestCase):
             execution_date=timezone.parse('2018-01-01')
         )
 
-        saved_stdout = sys.stdout
-        try:
-            sys.stdout = out = io.StringIO()
+        with redirect_stdout(io.StringIO()) as stdout:
             task_command.task_test(args)
-
-            output = out.getvalue()
-            # Check that prints, and log messages, are shown
-            self.assertIn("'example_python_operator__print_the_context__20180101'", output)
-        finally:
-            sys.stdout = saved_stdout
+        # Check that prints, and log messages, are shown
+        self.assertIn("'example_python_operator__print_the_context__20180101'", stdout.getvalue())
 
     @mock.patch("airflow.cli.commands.task_command.jobs.LocalTaskJob")
     def test_run_naive_taskinstance(self, mock_local_job):
diff --git a/tests/cli/commands/test_user_command.py b/tests/cli/commands/test_user_command.py
index 76e5f7c11a..775bd4118c 100644
--- a/tests/cli/commands/test_user_command.py
+++ b/tests/cli/commands/test_user_command.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import json
 import os
 import tempfile
 import unittest
-from unittest import mock
+from contextlib import redirect_stdout
 
 from airflow import models
 from airflow.bin import cli
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ class TestCliUsers(unittest.TestCase):
                 '--use_random_password'
             ])
             user_command.users_create(args)
-        with mock.patch('sys.stdout', new_callable=io.StringIO) as mock_stdout:
+        with redirect_stdout(io.StringIO()) as stdout:
             user_command.users_list(self.parser.parse_args(['users', 'list']))
-            stdout = mock_stdout.getvalue()
+            stdout = stdout.getvalue()
         for i in range(0, 3):
             self.assertIn('user{}'.format(i), stdout)
 
diff --git a/tests/cli/commands/test_version_command.py b/tests/cli/commands/test_version_command.py
index 950b4b5814..fc1c70a6be 100644
--- a/tests/cli/commands/test_version_command.py
+++ b/tests/cli/commands/test_version_command.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 import io
 import unittest
-from unittest import mock
+from contextlib import redirect_stdout
 
 import airflow.cli.commands.version_command
 from airflow.bin import cli
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ class TestCliVersion(unittest.TestCase):
         cls.parser = cli.CLIFactory.get_parser()
 
     def test_cli_version(self):
-        with mock.patch('sys.stdout', new_callable=io.StringIO) as mock_stdout:
+        with redirect_stdout(io.StringIO()) as stdout:
             airflow.cli.commands.version_command.version(self.parser.parse_args(['version']))
-            stdout = mock_stdout.getvalue()
-        self.assertIn(version, stdout)
+        self.assertIn(version, stdout.getvalue())
diff --git a/tests/models/test_dag.py b/tests/models/test_dag.py
index 362d02799c..8cfdbc5e00 100644
--- a/tests/models/test_dag.py
+++ b/tests/models/test_dag.py
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ import logging
 import os
 import re
 import unittest
+from contextlib import redirect_stdout
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
-from unittest import mock
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import pendulum
@@ -908,9 +908,9 @@ class TestDag(unittest.TestCase):
             t3 = DummyOperator(task_id="t3")
             t1 >> t2 >> t3
 
-            with mock.patch('sys.stdout', new_callable=io.StringIO) as mock_stdout:
+            with redirect_stdout(io.StringIO()) as stdout:
                 dag.tree_view()
-                stdout = mock_stdout.getvalue()
+                stdout = stdout.getvalue()
 
             stdout_lines = stdout.split("\n")
             self.assertIn('t1', stdout_lines[0])