diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 64171788a91..ff2024c074d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -612,6 +612,8 @@
                     <configuration>
                         <!-- locale settings must be set on the command line before startup -->
                         <argLine>-Duser.language=en -Duser.country=US</argLine>
+                        <!-- our tests are very verbose, let's keep the volume down -->
+                        <redirectTestOutputToFile>true</redirectTestOutputToFile>
                     </configuration>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
diff --git a/server/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml b/server/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 13a965a1b61..00000000000
--- a/server/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
-<!--
-  ~ 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.
-  -->
-
-<Configuration status="WARN">
-    <Appenders>
-        <Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
-            <PatternLayout pattern="%d{ISO8601} %p [%t] %c - %m%n"/>
-        </Console>
-    </Appenders>
-    <Loggers>
-        <!-- Override log level for testing to reduce output size -->
-        <Logger name="io.druid.server.coordination.ZkCoordinator" level="warn"/>
-        <Logger name="io.druid.server.coordination.SingleDataSegmentAnnouncer" level="warn"/>
-        <Logger name="io.druid.server.coordination.BatchDataSegmentAnnouncer" level="warn"/>
-        <Root level="info">
-            <AppenderRef ref="Console"/>
-        </Root>
-    </Loggers>
-</Configuration>