diff --git a/pax-web-extender-war/src/main/java/org/ops4j/pax/web/extender/war/internal/parser/WebAppParser.java b/pax-web-extender-war/src/main/java/org/ops4j/pax/web/extender/war/internal/parser/WebAppParser.java
index 0b02bcbfa6..dbfd8ca22d 100644
--- a/pax-web-extender-war/src/main/java/org/ops4j/pax/web/extender/war/internal/parser/WebAppParser.java
+++ b/pax-web-extender-war/src/main/java/org/ops4j/pax/web/extender/war/internal/parser/WebAppParser.java
@@ -256,9 +256,8 @@ private void parseApp(WebAppType webAppType, WebApp webApp) {
                 //Descripton Type  or Display Name Type contains no valueable information for pax web, so just ignore it
                 //and make sure there is no warning about it
 			} else {
-				LOG.warn("unhandled element [{}] of type [{}]", jaxbElement.getName(), value.getClass().getSimpleName());
+				LOG.debug("unhandled element [{}] of type [{}]", jaxbElement.getName(), value.getClass().getSimpleName());
 			}
-
 		}
 	}