diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/TestReplicationBase.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/TestReplicationBase.java
index c28c6dc065b..003f801a167 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/TestReplicationBase.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/TestReplicationBase.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.replication;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Log4JLogger;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
@@ -30,9 +31,11 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableName;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HBaseAdmin;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HTable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.replication.ReplicationAdmin;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.replication.regionserver.ReplicationSource;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.MiniZooKeeperCluster;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZooKeeperWatcher;
+import org.apache.log4j.Level;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 
@@ -44,6 +47,10 @@ import org.junit.BeforeClass;
  */
 public class TestReplicationBase {
 
+  {
+    ((Log4JLogger) ReplicationSource.LOG).getLogger().setLevel(Level.ALL);
+  }
+
   private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(TestReplicationBase.class);
 
   protected static Configuration conf1 = HBaseConfiguration.create();
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/TestReplicationKillRS.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/TestReplicationKillRS.java
index fc882a029ce..7477a76c651 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/TestReplicationKillRS.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/TestReplicationKillRS.java
@@ -21,16 +21,12 @@ package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.replication;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Log4JLogger;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.LargeTests;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.UnknownScannerException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Result;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.ResultScanner;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Scan;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.replication.regionserver.ReplicationSource;
-import org.apache.log4j.Level;
-import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
@@ -38,10 +34,6 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 @Category(LargeTests.class)
 public class TestReplicationKillRS extends TestReplicationBase {
 
-  {
-    ((Log4JLogger) ReplicationSource.LOG).getLogger().setLevel(Level.ALL);
-  }
-
   private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(TestReplicationKillRS.class);
 
   /**