diff --git a/src/core/server/logging/integration_tests/timezone.test.ts b/src/core/server/logging/integration_tests/timezone.test.ts
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-/*
- * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
- * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
- * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
- * Side Public License, v 1.
- */
-
-import * as kbnTestServer from '../../../test_helpers/kbn_server';
-
-function createRoot() {
-  return kbnTestServer.createRoot({
-    logging: {
-      silent: true, // set "true" in kbnTestServer
-      timezone: 'GMT',
-      appenders: {
-        'test-timezone-SAJHB': {
-          kind: 'console',
-          layout: {
-            highlight: false,
-            kind: 'pattern',
-            pattern: '%date{ISO8601_TZ}{Africa/Johannesburg}',
-          },
-        },
-        'test-timezone-use-root': {
-          kind: 'console',
-          layout: {
-            highlight: false,
-            kind: 'pattern',
-            pattern: '%date',
-          },
-        },
-      },
-      loggers: [
-        {
-          context: 'datemodifiertimezone',
-          appenders: ['test-timezone-SAJHB'],
-          level: 'info',
-        },
-        {
-          context: 'mainloggingtimezone',
-          appenders: ['test-timezone-use-root'],
-          level: 'info',
-        },
-      ],
-    },
-  });
-}
-
-const nonGlobalRegex = new RegExp('^[0-9]+');
-
-describe('logging service', () => {
-  describe('logs date with timezone specified', () => {
-    let root: ReturnType<typeof createRoot>;
-    let mockConsoleLog: jest.SpyInstance;
-    beforeAll(async () => {
-      mockConsoleLog = jest.spyOn(global.console, 'log');
-      root = createRoot();
-
-      await root.setup();
-    }, 30000);
-
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      mockConsoleLog.mockClear();
-    });
-
-    afterAll(async () => {
-      mockConsoleLog.mockRestore();
-      await root.shutdown();
-    });
-
-    it('uses specified date modifier timezone', () => {
-      const logger = root.logger.get('datemodifiertimezone');
-
-      logger.info('info from "datemodifiertimezone" context');
-
-      expect(mockConsoleLog).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-      const dateTimezoneModifier = mockConsoleLog.mock.calls[0][0]
-        .split('.')[1]
-        .replace(nonGlobalRegex, 'x');
-      expect(dateTimezoneModifier.endsWith('+02:00')).toBe(true);
-    });
-
-    it('uses root logging date timezone', () => {
-      const logger = root.logger.get('mainloggingtimezone');
-
-      logger.info('info from "mainloggingtimezone" context');
-      const dateTimezoneModifier = mockConsoleLog.mock.calls[0][0]
-        .split('.')[1]
-        .replace(nonGlobalRegex, 'x');
-      expect(dateTimezoneModifier.endsWith('-05:00')).toBe(true);
-    });
-
-    it('falls back to the root settings', () => {
-      const logger = root.logger.get('fallback');
-
-      logger.info('info from "fallback" context');
-
-      // output muted by silent: true
-      expect(mockConsoleLog).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
-    });
-  });
-});