diff --git a/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/config/PropertySourceBootstrapConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/config/PropertySourceBootstrapConfiguration.java
index 4d45ef18..1822e5bc 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/config/PropertySourceBootstrapConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/config/PropertySourceBootstrapConfiguration.java
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
 import org.springframework.core.env.MutablePropertySources;
 import org.springframework.core.env.PropertySource;
 import org.springframework.core.env.StandardEnvironment;
-import org.springframework.util.ResourceUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 import static org.springframework.core.env.StandardEnvironment.SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PROPERTY_SOURCE_NAME;
@@ -136,7 +135,6 @@ public class PropertySourceBootstrapConfiguration
 			LogFile logFile = LogFile.get(environment);
 			LoggingSystem system = LoggingSystem.get(LoggingSystem.class.getClassLoader());
 			try {
-				ResourceUtils.getURL(logConfig).openStream().close();
 				// Three step initialization that accounts for the clean up of the logging
 				// context before initialization. Spring Boot doesn't initialize a logging
 				// system that hasn't had this sequence applied (since 1.4.1).