diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 32e0b73..afacf95 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ es_templates: false
 es_user: elasticsearch
 es_group: elasticsearch
 es_config: {}
-es_config_log4j2: log4j2.properties.j2
 #Need to provide default directories
 es_conf_dir: "/etc/elasticsearch"
 es_pid_dir: "/var/run/elasticsearch"
diff --git a/files/logging/log4j2.properties.custom.j2 b/files/logging/log4j2.properties.custom.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a2a60f..0000000
--- a/files/logging/log4j2.properties.custom.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-#CUSTOM LOG4J FILE
-
-status = error
-
-# log action execution errors for easier debugging
-logger.action.name = org.elasticsearch.action
-logger.action.level = info
-
-appender.console.type = Console
-appender.console.name = console
-appender.console.layout.type = PatternLayout
-appender.console.layout.pattern = [%d{ISO8601}][%-5p][%-25c{1.}] %marker%m%n
-
-appender.rolling.type = RollingFile
-appender.rolling.name = rolling
-appender.rolling.fileName = ${sys:es.logs}.log
-appender.rolling.layout.type = PatternLayout
-appender.rolling.layout.pattern = [%d{ISO8601}][%-5p][%-25c{1.}] %marker%.-10000m%n
-appender.rolling.filePattern = ${sys:es.logs}-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.log
-appender.rolling.policies.type = Policies
-appender.rolling.policies.time.type = TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy
-appender.rolling.policies.time.interval = 1
-appender.rolling.policies.time.modulate = true
-
-rootLogger.level = debug
-rootLogger.appenderRef.console.ref = console
-rootLogger.appenderRef.rolling.ref = rolling
-
-appender.deprecation_rolling.type = RollingFile
-appender.deprecation_rolling.name = deprecation_rolling
-appender.deprecation_rolling.fileName = ${sys:es.logs}_deprecation.log
-appender.deprecation_rolling.layout.type = PatternLayout
-appender.deprecation_rolling.layout.pattern = [%d{ISO8601}][%-5p][%-25c{1.}] %marker%.-10000m%n
-appender.deprecation_rolling.filePattern = ${sys:es.logs}_deprecation-%i.log.gz
-appender.deprecation_rolling.policies.type = Policies
-appender.deprecation_rolling.policies.size.type = SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy
-appender.deprecation_rolling.policies.size.size = 10mb
-appender.deprecation_rolling.strategy.type = DefaultRolloverStrategy
-appender.deprecation_rolling.strategy.max = 4
-
-logger.deprecation.name = org.elasticsearch.deprecation
-logger.deprecation.level = debug
-logger.deprecation.appenderRef.deprecation_rolling.ref = deprecation_rolling
-logger.deprecation.additivity = false
-
-appender.index_search_slowlog_rolling.type = RollingFile
-appender.index_search_slowlog_rolling.name = index_search_slowlog_rolling
-appender.index_search_slowlog_rolling.fileName = ${sys:es.logs}_index_search_slowlog.log
-appender.index_search_slowlog_rolling.layout.type = PatternLayout
-appender.index_search_slowlog_rolling.layout.pattern = [%d{ISO8601}][%-5p][%-25c] %marker%.-10000m%n
-appender.index_search_slowlog_rolling.filePattern = ${sys:es.logs}_index_search_slowlog-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.log
-appender.index_search_slowlog_rolling.policies.type = Policies
-appender.index_search_slowlog_rolling.policies.time.type = TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy
-appender.index_search_slowlog_rolling.policies.time.interval = 1
-appender.index_search_slowlog_rolling.policies.time.modulate = true
-
-logger.index_search_slowlog_rolling.name = index.search.slowlog
-logger.index_search_slowlog_rolling.level = debug
-logger.index_search_slowlog_rolling.appenderRef.index_search_slowlog_rolling.ref = index_search_slowlog_rolling
-logger.index_search_slowlog_rolling.additivity = false
-
-appender.index_indexing_slowlog_rolling.type = RollingFile
-appender.index_indexing_slowlog_rolling.name = index_indexing_slowlog_rolling
-appender.index_indexing_slowlog_rolling.fileName = ${sys:es.logs}_index_indexing_slowlog.log
-appender.index_indexing_slowlog_rolling.layout.type = PatternLayout
-appender.index_indexing_slowlog_rolling.layout.pattern = [%d{ISO8601}][%-5p][%-25c] %marker%.-10000m%n
-appender.index_indexing_slowlog_rolling.filePattern = ${sys:es.logs}_index_indexing_slowlog-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.log
-appender.index_indexing_slowlog_rolling.policies.type = Policies
-appender.index_indexing_slowlog_rolling.policies.time.type = TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy
-appender.index_indexing_slowlog_rolling.policies.time.interval = 1
-appender.index_indexing_slowlog_rolling.policies.time.modulate = true
-
-logger.index_indexing_slowlog.name = index.indexing.slowlog.index
-logger.index_indexing_slowlog.level = debug
-logger.index_indexing_slowlog.appenderRef.index_indexing_slowlog_rolling.ref = index_indexing_slowlog_rolling
-logger.index_indexing_slowlog.additivity = false
diff --git a/tasks/elasticsearch-config.yml b/tasks/elasticsearch-config.yml
index c8bc1cf..c4e01fb 100644
--- a/tasks/elasticsearch-config.yml
+++ b/tasks/elasticsearch-config.yml
@@ -45,12 +45,6 @@
        - reload systemd configuration
        - restart elasticsearch
 
-#Copy the logging.yml
-- name: Copy log4j2.properties File
-  become: yes
-  template: src={{ es_config_log4j2 }} dest={{ es_conf_dir }}/log4j2.properties owner=root group={{ es_group }} mode=0660 force=yes
-  notify: restart elasticsearch
-
 - name: Copy jvm.options File
   become: yes
   template: src=jvm.options.j2 dest={{ es_conf_dir }}/jvm.options owner=root group={{ es_group }} mode=0660 force=yes
diff --git a/templates/log4j2.properties.j2 b/templates/log4j2.properties.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index b4754c1..0000000
--- a/templates/log4j2.properties.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-status = error
-
-# log action execution errors for easier debugging
-logger.action.name = org.elasticsearch.action
-logger.action.level = debug
-
-appender.console.type = Console
-appender.console.name = console
-appender.console.layout.type = PatternLayout
-appender.console.layout.pattern = [%d{ISO8601}][%-5p][%-25c{1.}] %marker%m%n
-
-appender.rolling.type = RollingFile
-appender.rolling.name = rolling
-appender.rolling.fileName = ${sys:es.logs.base_path}${sys:file.separator}${sys:es.logs.cluster_name}.log
-appender.rolling.layout.type = PatternLayout
-appender.rolling.layout.pattern = [%d{ISO8601}][%-5p][%-25c{1.}] %marker%.-10000m%n
-appender.rolling.filePattern = ${sys:es.logs.base_path}${sys:file.separator}${sys:es.logs.cluster_name}-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}-%i.log.gz
-appender.rolling.policies.type = Policies
-appender.rolling.policies.time.type = TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy
-appender.rolling.policies.time.interval = 1
-appender.rolling.policies.time.modulate = true
-appender.rolling.policies.size.type = SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy
-appender.rolling.policies.size.size = 128MB
-appender.rolling.strategy.type = DefaultRolloverStrategy
-appender.rolling.strategy.fileIndex = nomax
-appender.rolling.strategy.action.type = Delete
-appender.rolling.strategy.action.basepath = ${sys:es.logs.base_path}
-appender.rolling.strategy.action.condition.type = IfFileName
-appender.rolling.strategy.action.condition.glob = ${sys:es.logs.cluster_name}-*
-appender.rolling.strategy.action.condition.nested_condition.type = IfAccumulatedFileSize
-appender.rolling.strategy.action.condition.nested_condition.exceeds = 2GB
-rootLogger.level = info
-rootLogger.appenderRef.console.ref = console
-rootLogger.appenderRef.rolling.ref = rolling
-
-appender.deprecation_rolling.type = RollingFile
-appender.deprecation_rolling.name = deprecation_rolling
-appender.deprecation_rolling.fileName = ${sys:es.logs.base_path}${sys:file.separator}${sys:es.logs.cluster_name}_deprecation.log
-appender.deprecation_rolling.layout.type = PatternLayout
-appender.deprecation_rolling.layout.pattern = [%d{ISO8601}][%-5p][%-25c{1.}] %marker%.-10000m%n
-appender.deprecation_rolling.filePattern = ${sys:es.logs.base_path}${sys:file.separator}${sys:es.logs.cluster_name}_deprecation-%i.log.gz
-appender.deprecation_rolling.policies.type = Policies
-appender.deprecation_rolling.policies.size.type = SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy
-appender.deprecation_rolling.policies.size.size = 1GB
-appender.deprecation_rolling.strategy.type = DefaultRolloverStrategy
-appender.deprecation_rolling.strategy.max = 4
-
-logger.deprecation.name = org.elasticsearch.deprecation
-logger.deprecation.level = warn
-logger.deprecation.appenderRef.deprecation_rolling.ref = deprecation_rolling
-logger.deprecation.additivity = false
-
-appender.index_search_slowlog_rolling.type = RollingFile
-appender.index_search_slowlog_rolling.name = index_search_slowlog_rolling
-appender.index_search_slowlog_rolling.fileName = ${sys:es.logs}_index_search_slowlog.log
-appender.index_search_slowlog_rolling.fileName = ${sys:es.logs.base_path}${sys:file.separator}${sys:es.logs.cluster_name}_index_search_slowlog.log
-appender.index_search_slowlog_rolling.layout.type = PatternLayout
-appender.index_search_slowlog_rolling.layout.pattern = [%d{ISO8601}][%-5p][%-25c] %marker%.-10000m%n
-appender.index_search_slowlog_rolling.filePattern = ${sys:es.logs}_index_search_slowlog-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.log
-appender.index_search_slowlog_rolling.filePattern = ${sys:es.logs.base_path}${sys:file.separator}${sys:es.logs.cluster_name}_index_search_slowlog-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.log
-appender.index_search_slowlog_rolling.policies.type = Policies
-appender.index_search_slowlog_rolling.policies.time.type = TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy
-appender.index_search_slowlog_rolling.policies.time.interval = 1
-appender.index_search_slowlog_rolling.policies.time.modulate = true
-
-logger.index_search_slowlog_rolling.name = index.search.slowlog
-logger.index_search_slowlog_rolling.level = trace
-logger.index_search_slowlog_rolling.appenderRef.index_search_slowlog_rolling.ref = index_search_slowlog_rolling
-logger.index_search_slowlog_rolling.additivity = false
-
-appender.index_indexing_slowlog_rolling.type = RollingFile
-appender.index_indexing_slowlog_rolling.name = index_indexing_slowlog_rolling
-appender.index_indexing_slowlog_rolling.fileName = ${sys:es.logs.base_path}${sys:file.separator}${sys:es.logs.cluster_name}_index_indexing_slowlog.log
-appender.index_indexing_slowlog_rolling.layout.type = PatternLayout
-appender.index_indexing_slowlog_rolling.layout.pattern = [%d{ISO8601}][%-5p][%-25c] %marker%.-10000m%n
-appender.index_indexing_slowlog_rolling.filePattern = ${sys:es.logs.base_path}${sys:file.separator}${sys:es.logs.cluster_name}_index_indexing_slowlog-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.log
-appender.index_indexing_slowlog_rolling.policies.type = Policies
-appender.index_indexing_slowlog_rolling.policies.time.type = TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy
-appender.index_indexing_slowlog_rolling.policies.time.interval = 1
-appender.index_indexing_slowlog_rolling.policies.time.modulate = true
-
-logger.index_indexing_slowlog.name = index.indexing.slowlog.index
-logger.index_indexing_slowlog.level = trace
-logger.index_indexing_slowlog.appenderRef.index_indexing_slowlog_rolling.ref = index_indexing_slowlog_rolling
-logger.index_indexing_slowlog.additivity = false