diff --git a/symmetric-server/src/main/deploy/bin/setenv b/symmetric-server/src/main/deploy/bin/setenv
index 94082609eb..f995357406 100644
--- a/symmetric-server/src/main/deploy/bin/setenv
+++ b/symmetric-server/src/main/deploy/bin/setenv
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ SYM_OPTIONS="-Dfile.encoding=utf-8 \
 -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=$SYM_HOME/security/cacerts \
 -Djavax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword=changeit \
 -Dlog4j2.configurationFile=file:$SYM_HOME/conf/log4j2.xml \
--Djava.util.logging.config.file=conf/logging.properties \
--Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.logging.log4j.jul.LogManager \
 -Dsun.net.client.defaultReadTimeout=300000 \
 -Dsun.net.client.defaultConnectTimeout=300000 \
 -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true \
diff --git a/symmetric-server/src/main/deploy/bin/setenv.bat b/symmetric-server/src/main/deploy/bin/setenv.bat
index 20dca5ddd1..ff0e44228a 100644
--- a/symmetric-server/src/main/deploy/bin/setenv.bat
+++ b/symmetric-server/src/main/deploy/bin/setenv.bat
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ set SYM_OPTIONS=-Dfile.encoding=utf-8 ^
 -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore="%SYM_HOME%\security\cacerts" ^
 -Djavax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword=changeit ^
 -Dlog4j2.configurationFile="file:///%SYM_HOME%\conf\log4j2.xml" ^
--Djava.util.logging.config.file=conf/logging.properties ^
--Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.logging.log4j.jul.LogManager ^
 -Dsun.net.client.defaultReadTimeout=300000 ^
 -Dsun.net.client.defaultConnectTimeout=300000 ^
 -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true ^