diff --git a/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/statistics/util/SpiderDetectorTest.java b/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/statistics/util/SpiderDetectorTest.java
index fb941532ec..bdb99bcd92 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/statistics/util/SpiderDetectorTest.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/statistics/util/SpiderDetectorTest.java
@@ -23,12 +23,6 @@ public class SpiderDetectorTest
 {
     private static final String NOT_A_BOT_ADDRESS = "192.168.0.1";
 
-    @BeforeClass
-    static public void beforeClass()
-    {
-        new MockSolrLogger();
-    }
-
     /**
      * Test method for {@link org.dspace.statistics.util.SpiderDetector#readPatterns(java.io.File)}.
      */