diff --git a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/AgentShell.java b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/AgentShell.java
index 18879db8ab1..2164aee6b1f 100644
--- a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/AgentShell.java
+++ b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/AgentShell.java
@@ -627,8 +627,6 @@ public class AgentShell implements IAgentShell {
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         try {
-        	LogUtils.initLog4j("log4j-cloud.xml");
-        	
             AgentShell shell = new AgentShell();
             shell.init(args);
             shell.start();