diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/log4j.properties b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/log4j.properties
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index 0000000000..c5000b932a
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+log4j.rootCategory=WARN, stdout
+
+log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%c{1}: %m%n
+
+log4j.category.org.springframework.integration=INFO
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