diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3d9d7bade..414a30d10 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <openjpa.version>${pom.version}</openjpa.version>
-        <openjpa.loglevel>INFO</openjpa.loglevel>
         <openjpa.Log>DefaultLevel=INFO</openjpa.Log>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <checkstyle.config.location>../openjpa-project/checkstyle.xml</checkstyle.config.location>