diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/DefaultLogbackConfiguration.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/DefaultLogbackConfiguration.java
index 0c5b831271a..21728edf958 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/DefaultLogbackConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/DefaultLogbackConfiguration.java
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ class DefaultLogbackConfiguration {
 				"org.springframework.boot");
 		config.start(debugRemapAppender);
 		config.appender("DEBUG_LEVEL_REMAPPER", debugRemapAppender);
-		config.logger("", Level.ERROR);
 		config.logger("org.apache.catalina.startup.DigesterFactory", Level.ERROR);
 		config.logger("org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase", Level.ERROR);
 		config.logger("org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol", Level.WARN);