diff --git a/elasticsearch/qa/smoke-test-plugins-ssl/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/SmokeTestMonitoringWithShieldIT.java b/elasticsearch/qa/smoke-test-plugins-ssl/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/SmokeTestMonitoringWithShieldIT.java
index dd1aa46f8fd..fadd30cbbb4 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/qa/smoke-test-plugins-ssl/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/SmokeTestMonitoringWithShieldIT.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/qa/smoke-test-plugins-ssl/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/SmokeTestMonitoringWithShieldIT.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.transport.InetSocketTransportAddress;
 import org.elasticsearch.plugins.Plugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.shield.transport.netty.ShieldNettyTransport;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ESIntegTestCase;
-import org.elasticsearch.test.junit.annotations.TestLogging;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.XPackPlugin;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThanOrEqualTo;
  * then uses a transport client to check that the data have been correctly received and
  * indexed in the cluster.
  */
-@TestLogging("org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.settings:DEBUG")
 public class SmokeTestMonitoringWithShieldIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
 
     private static final String USER = "test_user";