diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/resources/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j/basic-log4j.properties b/spring-boot/src/main/resources/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j/basic-log4j.properties
index 3e57f86d21..253900fe6b 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/resources/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j/basic-log4j.properties
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/resources/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j/basic-log4j.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-log4j.rootCategory=INFO, CONSOLE, FILE
+log4j.rootCategory=INFO, CONSOLE
 
 PID=????
 LOG_PATTERN=[%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS}] boot%X{context} - ${PID} %5p [%t] --- %c{1}: %m%n