diff --git a/distributions/openhab/src/main/resources/userdata/etc/log4j2.xml b/distributions/openhab/src/main/resources/userdata/etc/log4j2.xml
index 1170759a7f..8355e94a50 100644
--- a/distributions/openhab/src/main/resources/userdata/etc/log4j2.xml
+++ b/distributions/openhab/src/main/resources/userdata/etc/log4j2.xml
@@ -83,9 +83,6 @@
 			<AppenderRef ref="OSGI"/>
 		</Logger>
 
-		<!-- openHAB user based script logger configuration -->
-		<Logger level="TRACE" name="org.openhab.automation.script" />
-
 		<Logger level="ERROR" name="javax.jmdns"/>
 		<Logger level="ERROR" name="org.jupnp"/>
 
diff --git a/launch/app/runtime/log4j2.xml b/launch/app/runtime/log4j2.xml
index 1391ce48f5..24b0bf8b31 100644
--- a/launch/app/runtime/log4j2.xml
+++ b/launch/app/runtime/log4j2.xml
@@ -87,9 +87,6 @@
 			<AppenderRef ref="STDOUT"/>
 		</Logger>
 
-		<!-- openHAB user based script logger configuration -->
-		<Logger level="TRACE" name="org.openhab.automation.script" />
-		
 		<Logger level="ERROR" name="javax.jmdns"/>
 		<Logger level="ERROR" name="org.jupnp"/>