diff --git a/c10/util/Logging.cpp b/c10/util/Logging.cpp
index c463658..a523040 100644
--- a/c10/util/Logging.cpp
+++ b/c10/util/Logging.cpp
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ void UpdateLoggingLevelsFromFlags() {
 
 void ShowLogInfoToStderr() {
   FLAGS_logtostderr = 1;
-  FLAGS_minloglevel = std::min(FLAGS_minloglevel, google::GLOG_INFO);
+  FLAGS_minloglevel = std::min<int>(FLAGS_minloglevel, google::GLOG_INFO);
 }
 } // namespace c10
 
diff --git a/c10/util/Logging.cpp b/c10/util/Logging.cpp
index a523040..04375b6 100644
--- a/c10/util/Logging.cpp
+++ b/c10/util/Logging.cpp
@@ -295,23 +295,13 @@ C10_DEFINE_int(
     google::GLOG_WARNING,
     "The minimum log level that caffe2 will output.");
 
-// Google glog's api does not have an external function that allows one to check
-// if glog is initialized or not. It does have an internal function - so we are
-// declaring it here. This is a hack but has been used by a bunch of others too
-// (e.g. Torch).
-namespace google {
-namespace glog_internal_namespace_ {
-bool IsGoogleLoggingInitialized();
-} // namespace glog_internal_namespace_
-} // namespace google
-
 namespace c10 {
 namespace {
 
 void initGoogleLogging(char const* name) {
 #if !defined(_MSC_VER)
   // This trick can only be used on UNIX platforms
-  if (!::google::glog_internal_namespace_::IsGoogleLoggingInitialized())
+  if (!::google::IsGoogleLoggingInitialized())
 #endif
   {
     ::google::InitGoogleLogging(name);