diff --git a/livingatlas/pipelines/src/main/java/au/org/ala/pipelines/beam/DistributionOutlierPipeline.java b/livingatlas/pipelines/src/main/java/au/org/ala/pipelines/beam/DistributionOutlierPipeline.java
index d5b797e031..2d4d867add 100644
--- a/livingatlas/pipelines/src/main/java/au/org/ala/pipelines/beam/DistributionOutlierPipeline.java
+++ b/livingatlas/pipelines/src/main/java/au/org/ala/pipelines/beam/DistributionOutlierPipeline.java
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ public class DistributionOutlierPipeline {
   static String NEW_RECORD_COUNTER = "NewRecordCounter";
 
   public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
-    log.debug("debug test");
     VersionInfo.print();
     CombinedYamlConfiguration conf = new CombinedYamlConfiguration(args);
     String[] combinedArgs = conf.toArgs("general", "outlier");
diff --git a/livingatlas/pipelines/src/main/resources/logback-test.xml b/livingatlas/pipelines/src/main/resources/logback-test.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 110933b120..0000000000
--- a/livingatlas/pipelines/src/main/resources/logback-test.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-<configuration>
-    <contextListener class="ch.qos.logback.classic.jul.LevelChangePropagator">
-        <resetJUL>true</resetJUL>
-    </contextListener>
-    <!-- Stop output INFO at start -->
-<!--    <statusListener class="ch.qos.logback.core.status.NopStatusListener" />-->
-
-    <property name="defaultPattern" value="%-5level [%date{'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSSZ'}] [%thread] %logger: %msg%n%xEx"/>
-
-    log4j.appender.console.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{dd-MMM} %color-black{%d{HH:mm:ss}} [%color-magenta{%X{step}}] [%color-blue{%X{datasetId}}] [%color{%p}] %color-cyan{%c{1}}: %color-blue{%m%n}
-
-
-    <appender name="CONSOLE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
-        <encoder>
-            <pattern>${defaultPattern}</pattern>
-        </encoder>
-    </appender>
-
-    <logger name="ch.qos.logback" level="error" additivity="false">
-        <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE"/>
-    </logger>
-
-    <logger name="au.org.ala" level="info" additivity="false">
-        <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE"/>
-    </logger>
-
-    <logger name="org.gbif.pipelines" level="info" additivity="false">
-        <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE"/>
-    </logger>
-
-    <logger name="org.spark-project.jetty" level="warn" additivity="false">
-        <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE"/>
-    </logger>
-    <logger name="org.gbif.common.parsers" level="error" additivity="false">
-        <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE"/>
-    </logger>
-    <logger name="org.gbif.geocode.api.cache" level="error" additivity="false">
-        <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE"/>
-    </logger>
-    <logger name="org.gbif.pipelines.core.parsers.location.cache.GeocodeBitmapCache" level="error" additivity="false">
-        <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE"/>
-    </logger>
-
-    <logger name="org.gbif.dwc.terms.TermFactory" level="error" additivity="false">
-        <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE"/>
-    </logger>
-    <logger name="org.gbif.vocabulary.lookup" level="error" additivity="false">
-        <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE"/>
-    </logger>
-    <logger name="org.apache.beam.runners.spark.translation" level="error" additivity="false">
-        <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE"/>
-    </logger>
-
-    <root level="error">
-        <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE"/>
-    </root>
-
-    <!--    Passing external config with -Dlogback.configurationFile=xxxx   -->
-    <!--    Example:                                                        -->
-    <!--    <included>                                                      -->
-    <!--        <logger name="org.gbif" level="info" additivity="false">    -->
-    <!--            <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE"/>                           -->
-    <!--        </logger>                                                   -->
-    <!--    </included>                                                     -->
-
-    <include file="${logback.configurationFile}"/>
-
-</configuration>
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