diff --git a/qa/smoke-test-watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/SmokeTestWatcherClientYamlTestSuiteIT.java b/qa/smoke-test-watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/SmokeTestWatcherClientYamlTestSuiteIT.java
index 4a09bb3179d..30e5654e475 100644
--- a/qa/smoke-test-watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/SmokeTestWatcherClientYamlTestSuiteIT.java
+++ b/qa/smoke-test-watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/SmokeTestWatcherClientYamlTestSuiteIT.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 
 /** Runs rest tests against external cluster */
 @Network // Needed to access to an external Jira server
-@TestLogging("_root:TRACE")
 public class SmokeTestWatcherClientYamlTestSuiteIT extends ESClientYamlSuiteTestCase {
 
     public SmokeTestWatcherClientYamlTestSuiteIT(@Name("yaml") ClientYamlTestCandidate testCandidate) {