diff --git a/broker-instance/bin/artemis b/broker-instance/bin/artemis
index 4f8e2f3b66..5ee4f1e3a0 100755
--- a/broker-instance/bin/artemis
+++ b/broker-instance/bin/artemis
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ HAWTIO_ROLE="NO_HAWTIO_ROLE"
 ARTEMIS_INSTANCE_ETC='/path/to/broker-instance/etc'
 . "$ARTEMIS_INSTANCE_ETC/artemis.profile"
 
-# Set Defaults Properties
-ARTEMIS_LOGGING_CONF="$ARTEMIS_INSTANCE_ETC_URI/logging.properties"
-ARTEMIS_LOG_MANAGER=org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager
-
 
 CLASSPATH="$ARTEMIS_HOME/lib/artemis-boot.jar"
 
@@ -99,21 +95,6 @@ if $cygwin ; then
   CLASSPATH=`cygpath --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
 fi
 
-
-# finding the Log Manager
-LOG_MANAGER=`ls $ARTEMIS_HOME/lib/jboss-logmanager*jar 2>/dev/null`
-
-if [ -z "$LOG_MANAGER" ] ; then
-  # this is the one found when the server was created
-  LOG_MANAGER="$ARTEMIS_HOME/lib/jboss-logmanager-2.1.18.Final.jar"
-fi
-
-WILDFLY_COMMON=`ls $ARTEMIS_HOME/lib/wildfly-common*jar 2>/dev/null`
-if [ -z "$WILDFLY_COMMON" ] ; then
-  # this is the one found when the server was created
-  WILDFLY_COMMON="$ARTEMIS_HOME/lib/wildfly-common-1.5.2.Final.jar"
-fi
-
 if [ -f "$ARTEMIS_OOME_DUMP" ] ; then
   # backup the last OOME heap dump
   mv $ARTEMIS_OOME_DUMP $ARTEMIS_OOME_DUMP.bkp
@@ -122,7 +103,6 @@ fi
 exec "$JAVACMD" \
     $JAVA_ARGS \
     -Dhawtio.role="$HAWTIO_ROLE" \
-    -Xbootclasspath/a:"$LOG_MANAGER:$WILDFLY_COMMON" \
     -Djava.security.auth.login.config="$ARTEMIS_INSTANCE_ETC/login.config" \
     $ARTEMIS_CLUSTER_PROPS \
     -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
@@ -132,8 +112,7 @@ exec "$JAVACMD" \
     -Djava.io.tmpdir="$ARTEMIS_INSTANCE/tmp" \
     -Ddata.dir="$ARTEMIS_DATA_DIR" \
     -Dartemis.instance.etc="$ARTEMIS_INSTANCE_ETC" \
-    -Djava.util.logging.manager="$ARTEMIS_LOG_MANAGER" \
-    -Dlogging.configuration="$ARTEMIS_LOGGING_CONF" \
     -Dartemis.default.sensitive.string.codec.key="$ARTEMIS_DEFAULT_SENSITIVE_STRING_CODEC_KEY" \
     $DEBUG_ARGS \
+    $JAVA_ARGS_APPEND \
     org.apache.activemq.artemis.boot.Artemis "$@"