diff --git a/lib/loglevel.js b/lib/loglevel.js
index 1c3636d..48948e5 100644
--- a/lib/loglevel.js
+++ b/lib/loglevel.js
@@ -205,6 +205,15 @@
           }
       }
 
+      function rebuildLoggingMethods() {
+          var level = self.getLevel();
+
+          replaceLoggingMethods.call(self, level, name);
+          if (typeof console === undefinedType && level < self.levels.SILENT) {
+              return "No console available for logging";
+          }
+      }
+
       /*
        *
        * Public logger API - see https://github.com/pimterry/loglevel for details
@@ -228,13 +237,15 @@
           if (persist !== false) {  // defaults to true
               persistLevelIfPossible(level);
           }
-          return self.rebuild();
+          // NOTE: in v2, this should call rebuild(), which is recursive.
+          return rebuildLoggingMethods();
       };
 
       self.setDefaultLevel = function (level) {
           defaultLevel = normalizeLevel(level);
           if (currentLevel == null) {
-            self.rebuild();
+              // NOTE: in v2, this should call rebuild(), which is recursive.
+              rebuildLoggingMethods();
           }
       };
 
@@ -252,20 +263,14 @@
           self.setLevel(self.levels.SILENT, persist);
       };
 
-      self.rebuild = function (includeChildren) {
-          // NOTE: includeChildren should default to `true` in v2.
-          includeChildren = !!includeChildren;
-          var level = self.getLevel();
+      self.rebuild = function () {
+          rebuildLoggingMethods();
 
-          replaceLoggingMethods.call(self, level, name);
-          if (typeof console === undefinedType && level < self.levels.SILENT) {
-              return "No console available for logging";
-          }
+          if (defaultLogger === self) {
+              var level = self.getLevel();
 
-          if (includeChildren && defaultLogger === self) {
               for (var childName in _loggersByName) {
-                var child = _loggersByName[childName];
-                child.setDefaultLevel(level);
+                _loggersByName[childName].setDefaultLevel(level);
               }
           }
       };
diff --git a/test/multiple-logger-test.js b/test/multiple-logger-test.js
index 734a774..9895f6f 100644
--- a/test/multiple-logger-test.js
+++ b/test/multiple-logger-test.js
@@ -134,8 +134,22 @@ define(['test/test-helpers'], function(testHelpers) {
               var newLogger = log.getLogger("newLogger");
               expect(newLogger).toBeAtLevel("trace");
             });
+        });
+
+        describe("logger.rebuild()", function() {
+            beforeEach(function() {
+                window.console = {"log" : jasmine.createSpy("console.log")};
+                jasmine.addMatchers({
+                    "toBeAtLevel" : testHelpers.toBeAtLevel
+                });
+                testHelpers.clearStoredLevels();
+            });
+
+            afterEach(function() {
+                window.console = originalConsole;
+            });
 
-            it("rebuilds existing child loggers via root.rebuild(children=true)", function(log) {
+            it("rebuilds existing child loggers", function(log) {
                 log.setLevel("TRACE");
                 var newLogger = log.getLogger("newLogger");
                 expect(newLogger).toBeAtLevel("TRACE");
@@ -147,7 +161,7 @@ define(['test/test-helpers'], function(testHelpers) {
                 expect(newLogger).toBeAtLevel("ERROR");
             });
 
-            it("should not change a child's persisted level when calling root.rebuild(children=true)", function(log) {
+            it("should not change a child's persisted level", function(log) {
                 testHelpers.setStoredLevel("ERROR", "newLogger");
 
                 log.setLevel("TRACE");
@@ -158,7 +172,7 @@ define(['test/test-helpers'], function(testHelpers) {
                 expect(newLogger).toBeAtLevel("ERROR");
             });
 
-            it("should not change a child's explicitly set level even if un-persisted when calling root.rebuild(children=true)", function(log) {
+            it("should not change a child's explicitly set level even if un-persisted", function(log) {
                 log.setLevel("TRACE");
                 var newLogger = log.getLogger("newLogger");
                 newLogger.setLevel("DEBUG", false);