diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/analysis-extras/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/analysis-extras/pom.xml.template
index 4084e4e6497..04e3f2a7c10 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/analysis-extras/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/analysis-extras/pom.xml.template
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
     <module-directory>solr/contrib/analysis-extras</module-directory>
     <top-level>../../../..</top-level>
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
-    <surefire-top-level>${top-level}/../..</surefire-top-level>
   </properties>
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
@@ -95,17 +94,12 @@
       <testResource>
         <directory>${top-level}/solr/core/src/test-files</directory>
       </testResource>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${top-level}/dev-tools/maven/solr</directory>
+        <includes>
+          <include>maven.testlogging.properties</include>
+        </includes>
+      </testResource>
     </testResources>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <systemPropertyVariables>
-            <java.util.logging.config.file>${surefire-top-level}/solr/testlogging.properties</java.util.logging.config.file>
-          </systemPropertyVariables>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/clustering/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/clustering/pom.xml.template
index 5fa0ebb6690..721ba4c9496 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/clustering/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/clustering/pom.xml.template
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
     <module-directory>solr/contrib/clustering</module-directory>
     <top-level>../../../..</top-level>
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
-    <surefire-top-level>${top-level}/../..</surefire-top-level>
   </properties>
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
@@ -100,17 +99,12 @@
       <testResource>
         <directory>${top-level}/solr/core/src/test-files</directory>
       </testResource>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${top-level}/dev-tools/maven/solr</directory>
+        <includes>
+          <include>maven.testlogging.properties</include>
+        </includes>
+      </testResource>
     </testResources>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <systemPropertyVariables>
-            <java.util.logging.config.file>${surefire-top-level}/solr/testlogging.properties</java.util.logging.config.file>
-          </systemPropertyVariables>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler-extras/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler-extras/pom.xml.template
index 79f50589108..874b3b3a8d0 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler-extras/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler-extras/pom.xml.template
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
     <module-directory>solr/contrib/dataimporthandler-extras</module-directory>
     <top-level>../../../..</top-level>
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
-    <surefire-top-level>${top-level}/../..</surefire-top-level>
   </properties>
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
@@ -98,17 +97,12 @@
       <testResource>
         <directory>${top-level}/solr/core/src/test-files</directory>
       </testResource>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${top-level}/dev-tools/maven/solr</directory>
+        <includes>
+          <include>maven.testlogging.properties</include>
+        </includes>
+      </testResource>
     </testResources>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <systemPropertyVariables>
-            <java.util.logging.config.file>${surefire-top-level}/solr/testlogging.properties</java.util.logging.config.file>
-          </systemPropertyVariables>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler/pom.xml.template
index e1a7894936b..dc21248a96e 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler/pom.xml.template
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
     <module-directory>solr/contrib/dataimporthandler</module-directory>
     <top-level>../../../..</top-level>
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
-    <surefire-top-level>${top-level}/../..</surefire-top-level>
   </properties>
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
@@ -84,6 +83,12 @@
       <testResource>
         <directory>${top-level}/solr/core/src/test-files</directory>
       </testResource>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${top-level}/dev-tools/maven/solr</directory>
+        <includes>
+          <include>maven.testlogging.properties</include>
+        </includes>
+      </testResource>
     </testResources>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
@@ -97,15 +102,6 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <systemPropertyVariables>
-            <java.util.logging.config.file>${surefire-top-level}/solr/testlogging.properties</java.util.logging.config.file>
-          </systemPropertyVariables>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/extraction/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/extraction/pom.xml.template
index 5b235868601..0ded83b32dd 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/extraction/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/extraction/pom.xml.template
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
     <module-directory>solr/contrib/extraction</module-directory>
     <top-level>../../../..</top-level>
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
-    <surefire-top-level>${top-level}/../..</surefire-top-level>
   </properties>
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
@@ -96,17 +95,12 @@
       <testResource>
         <directory>${top-level}/solr/core/src/test-files</directory>
       </testResource>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${top-level}/dev-tools/maven/solr</directory>
+        <includes>
+          <include>maven.testlogging.properties</include>
+        </includes>
+      </testResource>
     </testResources>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <systemPropertyVariables>
-            <java.util.logging.config.file>${surefire-top-level}/solr/testlogging.properties</java.util.logging.config.file>
-          </systemPropertyVariables>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/langid/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/langid/pom.xml.template
index cf4dd8a874f..cd46cca202d 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/langid/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/langid/pom.xml.template
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
     <module-directory>solr/contrib/langid</module-directory>
     <top-level>../../../..</top-level>
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
-    <surefire-top-level>${top-level}/../..</surefire-top-level>
   </properties>
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
@@ -101,17 +100,12 @@
       <testResource>
         <directory>${top-level}/solr/core/src/test-files</directory>
       </testResource>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${top-level}/dev-tools/maven/solr</directory>
+        <includes>
+          <include>maven.testlogging.properties</include>
+        </includes>
+      </testResource>
     </testResources>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <systemPropertyVariables>
-            <java.util.logging.config.file>${surefire-top-level}/solr/testlogging.properties</java.util.logging.config.file>
-          </systemPropertyVariables>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/uima/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/uima/pom.xml.template
index b671ec9f8d5..bc5eed52a51 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/uima/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/uima/pom.xml.template
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
     <module-directory>solr/contrib/uima</module-directory>
     <top-level>../../../..</top-level>
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
-    <surefire-top-level>${top-level}/../..</surefire-top-level>
   </properties>
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
@@ -115,17 +114,12 @@
       <testResource>
         <directory>${module-path}/src/test-files</directory>
       </testResource>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${top-level}/dev-tools/maven/solr</directory>
+        <includes>
+          <include>maven.testlogging.properties</include>
+        </includes>
+      </testResource>
     </testResources>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <systemPropertyVariables>
-            <java.util.logging.config.file>${surefire-top-level}/solr/testlogging.properties</java.util.logging.config.file>
-          </systemPropertyVariables>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/velocity/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/velocity/pom.xml.template
index 51ff7823665..240299368bd 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/velocity/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/velocity/pom.xml.template
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
     <module-directory>solr/contrib/velocity</module-directory>
     <top-level>../../../..</top-level>
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
-    <surefire-top-level>${top-level}/../..</surefire-top-level>
   </properties>
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
@@ -136,17 +135,12 @@
       <testResource>
         <directory>${top-level}/solr/core/src/test-files</directory>
       </testResource>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${top-level}/dev-tools/maven/solr</directory>
+        <includes>
+          <include>maven.testlogging.properties</include>
+        </includes>
+      </testResource>
     </testResources>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <systemPropertyVariables>
-            <java.util.logging.config.file>${surefire-top-level}/solr/testlogging.properties</java.util.logging.config.file>
-          </systemPropertyVariables>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/solr/core/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/solr/core/pom.xml.template
index 37f672ddffa..61a2bb48421 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/solr/core/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/solr/core/pom.xml.template
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
     <module-directory>solr/core</module-directory>
     <top-level>../../..</top-level>
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
-    <surefire-top-level>${top-level}/../..</surefire-top-level>
   </properties>
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
@@ -237,18 +236,14 @@
       <testResource>
         <directory>${top-level}/solr/solrj/src/test-files</directory>
       </testResource>
+      <testResource>
+        <directory>${top-level}/dev-tools/maven/solr</directory>
+        <includes>
+          <include>maven.testlogging.properties</include>
+        </includes>
+      </testResource>
     </testResources>
     <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <systemPropertyVariables>
-            <java.util.logging.config.file>${surefire-top-level}/solr/testlogging.properties</java.util.logging.config.file>
-            <java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level>INFO</java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level>
-          </systemPropertyVariables>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/solr/maven.testlogging.properties b/dev-tools/maven/solr/maven.testlogging.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4a4df0eab77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/solr/maven.testlogging.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+handlers=java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler
+.level=SEVERE
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/solr/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/solr/pom.xml.template
index 6c546006a70..7f69c0b6d88 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/solr/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/solr/pom.xml.template
@@ -99,6 +99,15 @@
             <doctitle>${project.name} ${project.version} API (${now.version})</doctitle>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+          <configuration>
+            <systemPropertyVariables>
+              <java.util.logging.config.file>../test-classes/maven.testlogging.properties</java.util.logging.config.file>
+            </systemPropertyVariables>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
   </build>