diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator-log4j/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator-log4j/src/main/resources/application.properties
index a55daff33f..68952c2ab7 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator-log4j/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator-log4j/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-logging.file: /tmp/logs/app.log
+#logging.file: /tmp/logs/app.log
 #server.port: 8080
 #management.port: 8080
 management.address: 127.0.0.1
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator-log4j2/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator-log4j2/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 0f0b272726..d336fdfcb7 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator-log4j2/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator-log4j2/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-logging.file: /tmp/logs/app.log
+#logging.file: /tmp/logs/app.log
 #server.port: 8080
 #management.port: 8080
 management.address: 127.0.0.1
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 1dee69a2f8..e155eac6e5 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-logging.file: /tmp/logs/app.log
-logging.level.org.springframework.security: INFO
+# logging.file: /tmp/logs/app.log
+# logging.level.org.springframework.security: INFO
 management.address: 127.0.0.1
 #management.port: 8181
 endpoints.shutdown.enabled: true
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator/src/main/resources/logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..edd9bda58a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<configuration>
+	<include resource="org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/base.xml" />
+	<include resource="org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/console-appender.xml" />
+	<root level="INFO">
+		<appender-ref ref="CONSOLE" />
+	</root>
+</configuration>