diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cbbb655..0ed79dd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>3.0.0-M3</version>
         <configuration>
-          <systemProperties>
-            <property>
-              <name>loggerPath</name>
-              <value>conf/log4j.properties</value>
-            </property>
-          </systemProperties>
           <argLine>-Xms512m -Xmx1500m</argLine>
           <parallel>methods</parallel>
           <useUnlimitedThreads>true</useUnlimitedThreads>