diff --git a/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/AbstractFileSystemTestCase.java b/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/AbstractFileSystemTestCase.java
index 1cbc4098b437204124a590ff545254f857fc4256..13fb5903336fa275dc837dcc3a01839574971947 100644
--- a/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/AbstractFileSystemTestCase.java
+++ b/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/AbstractFileSystemTestCase.java
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.testng.annotations.AfterClass;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
 
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.logging.LogInitializer;
-
 /**
  * An <code>abstract</code> test case which accesses the file system.
  * <p>
@@ -49,7 +47,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileSystemTestCase
     protected AbstractFileSystemTestCase(final boolean cleanAfterMethod)
     {
         workingDirectory = createWorkingDirectory();
-        LogInitializer.init();
         this.cleanAfterMethod = cleanAfterMethod;
     }