diff --git a/src/test/java/de/codecentric/jbehave/junit/monitoring/LoggerTest.java b/src/test/java/de/codecentric/jbehave/junit/monitoring/LoggerTest.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/codecentric/jbehave/junit/monitoring/LoggerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/codecentric/jbehave/junit/monitoring/LoggerTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ public class LoggerTest {
 
 	@Before
 	public void setup() {
+		System.clearProperty(Logger.PROP_JJM_LOGLEVEL);
 		logger = new Logger();
 		MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
 		logger.logStream = stream;
Test was failing at first. Apparently in some random test order (from
infinitest?), the system property was set to a value that enabled
logging. Now unsetting the property in the test setup.