diff --git a/src/test/resources/log4j.xml b/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
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--- a/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
-<!-- Licensed to Elasticsearch under one or more contributor
-license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional
-information regarding copyright ownership. ElasticSearch licenses this file to you
-under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this
-file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the
-License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by
-applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
-is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language
-governing permissions and limitations under the License. -->
-
-<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
-
-<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/">
-  <appender name="console" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
-    <param name="Target" value="System.out" />
-      <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
-        <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5p - %m%n" />
-      </layout>
-  </appender>
-
-  <logger name="org.elasticsearch">
-    <level value="info" />
-  </logger>
-
-  <logger name="org.elasticsearch.cloud.gce">
-    <level value="trace" />
-  </logger>
-  <logger name="org.elasticsearch.discovery.gce">
-    <level value="trace" />
-  </logger>
-
-  <root>
-    <priority value="info" />
-    <appender-ref ref="console" />
-  </root>
-
-</log4j:configuration>