diff --git a/jetty-quickstart/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/quickstart/AttributeNormalizer.java b/jetty-quickstart/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/quickstart/AttributeNormalizer.java
index 10a85677936..cc897b7ae10 100644
--- a/jetty-quickstart/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/quickstart/AttributeNormalizer.java
+++ b/jetty-quickstart/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/quickstart/AttributeNormalizer.java
@@ -361,42 +361,25 @@ public class AttributeNormalizer
     {
         if(property == null)
         {
-            if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) LOG.debug("getString({}) = <null>", property);
             return null;
         }
 
-        String val = null;
-
         // Use war path (if known)
         if("WAR".equalsIgnoreCase(property))
         {
-            val = warURI.toASCIIString();
-            if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) LOG.debug("getString({})#is(WAR)", property);
+            return warURI.toASCIIString();
         }
         
         // Use known path attributes
-        if (val == null)
+        for (PathAttribute attr : attributes)
         {
-            for (PathAttribute attr : attributes)
+            if (attr.key.equalsIgnoreCase(property))
             {
-                if (attr.key.equalsIgnoreCase(property))
-                {
-                    val = uriSeparators(attr.path.toString());
-                    if (LOG.isDebugEnabled())
-                        LOG.debug("getString({})#isPathAttribute({}) = {}", property, attr, val);
-                    return val;
-                }
+                return uriSeparators(attr.path.toString());
             }
         }
 
-        if(val == null)
-        {
-            // Use system properties next
-            val = System.getProperty(property);
-            if (LOG.isDebugEnabled())
-                LOG.debug("getString({}}#systemProperty = %s", property, val == null ? "<null>" : "\"" + val + "\"");
-        }
-
-        return val;
+        // Use system properties next
+        return System.getProperty(property);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/test-quickstart/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/quickstart/AttributeNormalizerPathTest.java b/tests/test-quickstart/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/quickstart/AttributeNormalizerPathTest.java
index 5470e4b93f0..32c94ebcc59 100644
--- a/tests/test-quickstart/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/quickstart/AttributeNormalizerPathTest.java
+++ b/tests/test-quickstart/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/quickstart/AttributeNormalizerPathTest.java
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@
 
 package org.eclipse.jetty.quickstart;
 
-import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
-
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URI;
@@ -32,16 +29,17 @@ import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain.test.OS;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.resource.Resource;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
-import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameter;
 import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameters;
 
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+
 @RunWith(Parameterized.class)
 public class AttributeNormalizerPathTest
 {
@@ -67,7 +65,7 @@ public class AttributeNormalizerPathTest
      * <p>
      * Eg: on fedora /etc/init.d is a symlink to /etc/rc.d/init.d
      */
-    private static String toSystemPath(String rawpath)
+    public static String toSystemPath(String rawpath)
     {
         Path path = FileSystems.getDefault().getPath(rawpath);
         if (Files.exists(path))
diff --git a/tests/test-quickstart/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/quickstart/AttributeNormalizerTest.java b/tests/test-quickstart/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/quickstart/AttributeNormalizerTest.java
index b201b39f0de..ebc365db593 100644
--- a/tests/test-quickstart/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/quickstart/AttributeNormalizerTest.java
+++ b/tests/test-quickstart/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/quickstart/AttributeNormalizerTest.java
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ public class AttributeNormalizerTest
         AttributeNormalizer normalizer = new AttributeNormalizer(webresource);
 
         // Setup example from windows
-        String userhome = AttributeNormalizer.uriSeparators(System.getProperty("user.home"));
-        LOG.debug("System.getProperty('user.home') = [{}]", System.getProperty("user.home"));
-        LOG.debug("userhome = [{}]", userhome);
-        String path = "jar:file:" + userhome + "/.m2/repository/something/somejar.jar!/META-INF/some.tld";
+        String javaUserHome = System.getProperty("user.home");
+        String realUserHome = AttributeNormalizerPathTest.toSystemPath(javaUserHome);
+        String userHome = AttributeNormalizer.uriSeparators(realUserHome);
+        String path = "jar:file:" + userHome + "/.m2/repository/something/somejar.jar!/META-INF/some.tld";
 
         String result = normalizer.normalize(path);
         assertThat(result, is("jar:file:${user.home}/.m2/repository/something/somejar.jar!/META-INF/some.tld"));
diff --git a/tests/test-quickstart/src/test/resources/jetty-logging.properties b/tests/test-quickstart/src/test/resources/jetty-logging.properties
index 731fa831b87..aec748c60f8 100644
--- a/tests/test-quickstart/src/test/resources/jetty-logging.properties
+++ b/tests/test-quickstart/src/test/resources/jetty-logging.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.class=org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.StdErrLog
 org.eclipse.jetty.LEVEL=INFO
-org.eclipse.jetty.quickstart.AttributeNormalizer.LEVEL=DEBUG
+# org.eclipse.jetty.quickstart.AttributeNormalizer.LEVEL=DEBUG