--- a/src/main/java/org/dive4elements/artifacts/httpclient/ConsoleClient.java	Mon Mar 22 12:41:23 2021 +0100
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dive4elements/artifacts/httpclient/ConsoleClient.java	Fri Feb 25 15:15:04 2022 +0100
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 
-import java.net.MalformedURLException;
-
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -28,7 +26,6 @@
 import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
 
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
-import org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator;
 
 import org.dive4elements.artifacts.httpclient.http.HttpClient;
 import org.dive4elements.artifacts.httpclient.http.HttpClientImpl;
@@ -48,13 +45,6 @@
 public class ConsoleClient
 {
     /**
-     * The logging is done via Log4j. To configure the logging
-     * a file 'log4j.properties' is search in the configuration directory.
-     */
-    public static final String LOG4J_PROPERTIES = "log4j.properties";
-
-
-    /**
      * The path of the configuration directory.
      */
     public static final String CONFIG_PATH = System.getProperty("config.dir",
@@ -69,32 +59,7 @@
     /**
      * The logger used in this class.
      */
-    private static Logger logger;
-
-
-    static {
-        configureLogging();
-
-        logger = Logger.getLogger(ConsoleClient.class);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Trys to load the Log4j configuration from ${config.dir}/log4j.properties.
-     */
-    public static final void configureLogging() {
-        File configDir = new File(CONFIG_PATH);
-        File propFile  = new File(configDir, LOG4J_PROPERTIES);
-
-        if (propFile.isFile() && propFile.canRead()) {
-            try {
-                PropertyConfigurator.configure(propFile.toURI().toURL());
-            }
-            catch (MalformedURLException mue) {
-                mue.printStackTrace(System.err);
-            }
-        }
-    }
+    private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(ConsoleClient.class);
 
 
     public static final Configuration readConfiguration() {