diff --git a/test/pom.xml b/test/pom.xml
index c0c7aa971f7b466c24170b2017f577e64bc0fcf8..851d9ab9aa74888a555dc074353e6c0042b924db 100644
--- a/test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/pom.xml
@@ -60,20 +60,6 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.0</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <filesets>
-                        <fileset>
-                            <includes>
-                                <include>**/it_test.log</include>
-                            </includes>
-                        </fileset>
-                    </filesets>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/test/src/test/resources/log4j.xml b/test/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
index 3031095e70521e65a472f18c392d957e3981d35a..7840ab78c110eb870b06b901b75d2094027a1444 100644
--- a/test/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
+++ b/test/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     </appender>
 
     <appender name="TOTAL" class="org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender">
-        <param name="File" value="it_test.log"/>
+        <param name="File" value="target/it_test.log"/>
         <param name="append" value="false"/>
         <param name="MaxFileSize" value="10240000"/>
         <param name="MaxBackupIndex" value="10"/>