diff --git a/services/src/main/java/io/druid/cli/GuiceRunnable.java b/services/src/main/java/io/druid/cli/GuiceRunnable.java
index 82d8155611c..1d30176aade 100644
--- a/services/src/main/java/io/druid/cli/GuiceRunnable.java
+++ b/services/src/main/java/io/druid/cli/GuiceRunnable.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import com.google.inject.Injector;
 import com.google.inject.Module;
 
 import io.druid.initialization.Initialization;
-import io.druid.initialization.LogLevelAdjuster;
 import io.druid.java.util.common.lifecycle.Lifecycle;
 import io.druid.java.util.common.logger.Logger;
 import io.druid.server.log.StartupLoggingConfig;
@@ -72,7 +71,6 @@ public abstract class GuiceRunnable implements Runnable
   public Lifecycle initLifecycle(Injector injector)
   {
     try {
-      LogLevelAdjuster.register();
       final Lifecycle lifecycle = injector.getInstance(Lifecycle.class);
       final StartupLoggingConfig startupLoggingConfig = injector.getInstance(StartupLoggingConfig.class);
 
diff --git a/services/src/main/java/io/druid/initialization/LogLevelAdjuster.java b/services/src/main/java/io/druid/initialization/LogLevelAdjuster.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 82a3376d58c..00000000000
--- a/services/src/main/java/io/druid/initialization/LogLevelAdjuster.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to Metamarkets Group Inc. (Metamarkets) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership. Metamarkets licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-package io.druid.initialization;
-
-import org.apache.log4j.Level;
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
-
-import javax.management.ObjectName;
-import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
-
-/**
- */
-public class LogLevelAdjuster implements LogLevelAdjusterMBean
-{
-  private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(LogLevelAdjuster.class);
-
-  private static volatile boolean registered = false;
-  public synchronized static void register() throws Exception
-  {
-    if (! registered) {
-      ManagementFactory.getPlatformMBeanServer().registerMBean(
-          new LogLevelAdjuster(),
-          new ObjectName("log4j:name=log4j")
-      );
-      registered = true;
-    }
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public String getLevel(String packageName)
-  {
-    final Level level = Logger.getLogger(packageName).getEffectiveLevel();
-
-    if (log.isInfoEnabled()) {
-      log.info(String.format("Asked to look up level for package[%s] => [%s]", packageName, level));
-    }
-
-    return level.toString();
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void setLevel(String packageName, String level)
-  {
-    final Level theLevel = Level.toLevel(level, null);
-    if (theLevel == null) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown level: " + level);
-    }
-
-    if (log.isInfoEnabled()) {
-      log.info(String.format("Setting log level for package[%s] => [%s]", packageName, theLevel));
-    }
-
-    Logger.getLogger(packageName).setLevel(theLevel);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/services/src/main/java/io/druid/initialization/LogLevelAdjusterMBean.java b/services/src/main/java/io/druid/initialization/LogLevelAdjusterMBean.java
deleted file mode 100644
index dc099e5f00f..00000000000
--- a/services/src/main/java/io/druid/initialization/LogLevelAdjusterMBean.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to Metamarkets Group Inc. (Metamarkets) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership. Metamarkets licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-package io.druid.initialization;
-
-/**
- */
-public interface LogLevelAdjusterMBean
-{
-  public String getLevel(String packageName);
-  public void setLevel(String packageName, String level);
-}