diff --git a/bin/hbase b/bin/hbase
index 60cfb8afef9a..4ffc74a197cc 100755
--- a/bin/hbase
+++ b/bin/hbase
@@ -853,7 +853,6 @@ HBASE_OPTS="$HBASE_OPTS -Dhbase.log.dir=$HBASE_LOG_DIR"
 HBASE_OPTS="$HBASE_OPTS -Dhbase.log.file=$HBASE_LOGFILE"
 HBASE_OPTS="$HBASE_OPTS -Dhbase.home.dir=$HBASE_HOME"
 HBASE_OPTS="$HBASE_OPTS -Dhbase.id.str=$HBASE_IDENT_STRING"
-HBASE_OPTS="$HBASE_OPTS -Dhbase.root.logger=${HBASE_ROOT_LOGGER:-INFO,console}"
 if [ "x$JAVA_LIBRARY_PATH" != "x" ]; then
   HBASE_OPTS="$HBASE_OPTS -Djava.library.path=$JAVA_LIBRARY_PATH"
   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$JAVA_LIBRARY_PATH"