diff --git a/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/tcp/InactivityMonitorTest.java b/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/tcp/InactivityMonitorTest.java
index dd5f46618d..76da11eed8 100644
--- a/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/tcp/InactivityMonitorTest.java
+++ b/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/tcp/InactivityMonitorTest.java
@@ -133,8 +133,7 @@ public class InactivityMonitorTest extends CombinationTestSupport implements Tra
 
                 public void onException(IOException error) {
                     if (!ignoreClientError.get()) {
-                        LOG.info("Server transport error:");
-                        error.printStackTrace();
+                        LOG.info("Server transport error:", error);
                         serverErrorCount.incrementAndGet();
                     }
                 }
@@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ public class InactivityMonitorTest extends CombinationTestSupport implements Tra
     }
 
     public void onAcceptError(Exception error) {
-        error.printStackTrace();
+        LOG.trace(error);
     }
 
     public void testClientHang() throws Exception {
diff --git a/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/tcp/TransportUriTest.java b/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/tcp/TransportUriTest.java
index ecc2d87c00..b1e684ad62 100644
--- a/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/tcp/TransportUriTest.java
+++ b/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/tcp/TransportUriTest.java
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ public class TransportUriTest extends EmbeddedBrokerTestSupport {
             connection.start();
             fail("Should have thrown an exception!");
         } catch (Exception expected) {
-            expected.printStackTrace();
         }
     }