diff --git a/lapis2/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/lapis2/src/main/resources/logback.xml
index 0f14d069..8cfead90 100644
--- a/lapis2/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/lapis2/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -1,36 +1,7 @@
 <configuration>
 
-    <property name="LOG_FILE" value="LAPIS"/>
-    <property name="STATISTICS_LOG_FILE" value="statistics"/>
-    <property name="LOG_DIR" value="log"/>
     <property name="PATTERN" value="%date %level [%thread] %class: %message%n"/>
 
-    <appender name="RollingFile" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
-        <file>${LOG_DIR}/${LOG_FILE}.log</file>
-        <encoder class="ch.qos.logback.classic.encoder.PatternLayoutEncoder">
-            <Pattern>${PATTERN}</Pattern>
-        </encoder>
-
-        <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedRollingPolicy">
-            <fileNamePattern>${LOG_DIR}/archived/${LOG_FILE}-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.%i.gz</fileNamePattern>
-            <maxFileSize>10GB</maxFileSize>
-            <maxHistory>0</maxHistory>
-        </rollingPolicy>
-    </appender>
-
-    <appender name="StatisticsRollingFile" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
-        <file>${LOG_DIR}/${STATISTICS_LOG_FILE}.log</file>
-        <encoder class="ch.qos.logback.classic.encoder.PatternLayoutEncoder">
-            <Pattern>%message%n</Pattern>
-        </encoder>
-
-        <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedRollingPolicy">
-            <fileNamePattern>${LOG_DIR}/archived/${STATISTICS_LOG_FILE}-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.%i.gz</fileNamePattern>
-            <maxFileSize>10GB</maxFileSize>
-            <maxHistory>0</maxHistory>
-        </rollingPolicy>
-    </appender>
-
     <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
         <layout class="ch.qos.logback.classic.PatternLayout">
             <Pattern>${PATTERN}</Pattern>
@@ -50,7 +21,7 @@
     </root>
 
     <logger name="StatisticsLogger" level="info" additivity="false">
-        <appender-ref ref="StatisticsRollingFile"/>
+        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/>
     </logger>
 
 </configuration>