diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index c117b376..76b59fef 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ subprojects { subproject ->
 	test {
 		// suppress all console output during testing unless running `gradle -i`
 		logging.captureStandardOutput(LogLevel.INFO)
-		jvmArgs "-Dlog4j.debug=true -javaagent:${configurations.jacoco.asPath}=destfile=${buildDir}/jacoco.exec,includes=org.springframework.*"
+		jvmArgs "-javaagent:${configurations.jacoco.asPath}=destfile=${buildDir}/jacoco.exec,includes=org.springframework.*"
 	}
 
 	task testAll() {
diff --git a/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/log4j/AmqpAppenderIntegrationTests.java b/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/log4j/AmqpAppenderIntegrationTests.java
index b95980ac..99d57ecd 100644
--- a/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/log4j/AmqpAppenderIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/log4j/AmqpAppenderIntegrationTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011-2013 by the original author(s).
+ * Copyright (c) 2011-2014 by the original author(s).
  *
  * Licensed 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
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.log4j.MDC;
 import org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent;
 import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Log4jConfigurer;
  * @author Jon Brisbin <jbrisbin@vmware.com>
  * @author Gary Russell
  * @author Gunnar Hillert
+ * @author Artem Bilan
  */
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
 @ContextConfiguration(locations = { "org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.log4j" }, loader = AnnotationConfigContextLoader.class)
@@ -76,6 +78,11 @@ public class AmqpAppenderIntegrationTests {
 		listenerContainer.shutdown();
 	}
 
+	@AfterClass
+	public static void reset() throws Exception {
+		Log4jConfigurer.initLogging("classpath:log4j.properties");
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testInit() {
 		final AtomicInteger count = new AtomicInteger();