diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AvailableSettings.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AvailableSettings.java
index 517cd11748..18834f59ee 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AvailableSettings.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AvailableSettings.java
@@ -2267,6 +2267,15 @@ public interface AvailableSettings {
 	 */
 	String GENERATE_STATISTICS = "hibernate.generate_statistics";
 
+	/**
+	 * Specifies a duration in milliseconds defining the minimum query execution time that
+	 * characterizes a "slow" query. Any SQL query which takes longer than this amount of
+	 * time to execute will be logged.
+	 * <p>
+	 * A value of {@code 0}, the default, disables logging of "slow" queries.
+	 */
+	String LOG_SLOW_QUERY = "hibernate.log_slow_query";
+
 	/**
 	 * Controls whether {@linkplain org.hibernate.stat.SessionStatistics session metrics}
 	 * should be {@linkplain org.hibernate.engine.internal.StatisticalLoggingSessionEventListener
@@ -2277,15 +2286,6 @@ public interface AvailableSettings {
 	 */
 	String LOG_SESSION_METRICS = "hibernate.session.events.log";
 
-	/**
-	 * Specifies a duration in milliseconds defining the minimum query execution time that
-	 * characterizes a "slow" query. Any SQL query which takes longer than this amount of
-	 * time to execute will be logged.
-	 * <p>
-	 * A value of {@code 0}, the default, disables logging of "slow" queries.
-	 */
-	String LOG_SLOW_QUERY = "hibernate.session.events.log.LOG_QUERIES_SLOWER_THAN_MS";
-
 	/**
 	 * Defines a default {@link org.hibernate.SessionEventListener} to be applied to
 	 * newly-opened {@link org.hibernate.Session}s.
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/internal/SqlStatementLoggerInitiator.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/internal/SqlStatementLoggerInitiator.java
index 3615ed9e56..5e3218275c 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/internal/SqlStatementLoggerInitiator.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/internal/SqlStatementLoggerInitiator.java
@@ -9,27 +9,38 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.hibernate.boot.registry.StandardServiceInitiator;
-import org.hibernate.cfg.Environment;
 import org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.spi.SqlStatementLogger;
-import org.hibernate.internal.util.config.ConfigurationHelper;
 import org.hibernate.service.spi.ServiceRegistryImplementor;
 
+import static org.hibernate.cfg.AvailableSettings.FORMAT_SQL;
+import static org.hibernate.cfg.AvailableSettings.HIGHLIGHT_SQL;
+import static org.hibernate.cfg.AvailableSettings.LOG_SLOW_QUERY;
+import static org.hibernate.cfg.AvailableSettings.SHOW_SQL;
+import static org.hibernate.internal.util.config.ConfigurationHelper.getBoolean;
+import static org.hibernate.internal.util.config.ConfigurationHelper.getLong;
+
 /**
  * The {@link SqlStatementLogger} is accessible via {@link org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.spi.JdbcServices},
- * but during service initialization, it might be needed before the {@code JdbcServices} service is initialized.
- *
- * For Hibernate Reactive
+ * but during service initialization, it might be needed before the {@code JdbcServices} service is
+ * initialized.
  */
 public class SqlStatementLoggerInitiator implements StandardServiceInitiator<SqlStatementLogger> {
 
+	// this deprecated property name never respected our conventions
+	private static final String OLD_LOG_SLOW_QUERY = "hibernate.session.events.log.LOG_QUERIES_SLOWER_THAN_MS";
+
 	public static final SqlStatementLoggerInitiator INSTANCE = new SqlStatementLoggerInitiator();
 
 	@Override
 	public SqlStatementLogger initiateService(Map<String, Object> configValues, ServiceRegistryImplementor registry) {
-		final boolean showSQL = ConfigurationHelper.getBoolean( Environment.SHOW_SQL, configValues );
-		final boolean formatSQL = ConfigurationHelper.getBoolean( Environment.FORMAT_SQL, configValues );
-		final boolean highlightSQL = ConfigurationHelper.getBoolean( Environment.HIGHLIGHT_SQL, configValues );
-		final long logSlowQuery = ConfigurationHelper.getLong( Environment.LOG_SLOW_QUERY, configValues, 0 );
+		final boolean showSQL = getBoolean( SHOW_SQL, configValues );
+		final boolean formatSQL = getBoolean( FORMAT_SQL, configValues );
+		final boolean highlightSQL = getBoolean( HIGHLIGHT_SQL, configValues );
+
+		long logSlowQuery = getLong( LOG_SLOW_QUERY, configValues, -2 );
+		if ( logSlowQuery == -2 ) {
+			logSlowQuery = getLong( OLD_LOG_SLOW_QUERY, configValues, 0 );
+		}
 
 		return new SqlStatementLogger( showSQL, formatSQL, highlightSQL, logSlowQuery );
 	}