diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/AbstractLoggingSystem.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/AbstractLoggingSystem.java
index fe1698a5d94..935f4aaf34a 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/AbstractLoggingSystem.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/AbstractLoggingSystem.java
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractLoggingSystem extends LoggingSystem {
 
 	@Override
 	public void beforeInitialize() {
-		initializeWithSensibleDefaults();
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j/Log4JLoggingSystem.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j/Log4JLoggingSystem.java
index da46a2b212b..b054ce8651f 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j/Log4JLoggingSystem.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j/Log4JLoggingSystem.java
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import org.apache.log4j.Level;
 import org.apache.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.bridge.SLF4JBridgeHandler;
 import org.springframework.boot.logging.AbstractLoggingSystem;
 import org.springframework.boot.logging.LogLevel;
 import org.springframework.boot.logging.LoggingSystem;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.Log4jConfigurer;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
@@ -54,6 +56,15 @@ public class Log4JLoggingSystem extends AbstractLoggingSystem {
 		super(classLoader, "log4j.xml", "log4j.properties");
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public void beforeInitialize() {
+		super.beforeInitialize();
+		if (ClassUtils.isPresent("org.slf4j.bridge.SLF4JBridgeHandler", getClassLoader())) {
+			SLF4JBridgeHandler.removeHandlersForRootLogger();
+			SLF4JBridgeHandler.install();
+		}
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void initialize(String configLocation) {
 		Assert.notNull(configLocation, "ConfigLocation must not be null");