diff --git a/docker/config/application.tmpl b/docker/config/application.tmpl
index 6174fb409d967a2c67b5013ecc435a72fd763929..ae9d0f8fdc7428c64db713ed99dbf645865a687f 100644
--- a/docker/config/application.tmpl
+++ b/docker/config/application.tmpl
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ logging:
     root: {{ default .Env.LOG_LEVEL "INFO" }}
     org:
       springframework:
-        security: DEBUG
+        security: INFO
         web: {{ default .Env.LOGGING_LEVEL_WEB "WARN" }}
         web.servlet.handler.BeanNameUrlHandlerMapping: WARN
       hibernate: {{ default .Env.LOGGING_LEVEL_HIBERNATE "WARN" }}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/src/main/resources/logback.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0726d82f41564d850f92eaa301010d39ea89b068..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-<configuration>
-    <appender name="FILE1" class="ch.qos.logback.core.FileAppender">
-        <file>logs/portal-backend.txt</file>
-        <append>true</append>
-        <encoder>
-            <pattern>%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} %msg%n</pattern>
-        </encoder>
-    </appender>
-
-	<logger name="eu.hbp.mip">
-		<appender-ref ref="FILE1" />
-	</logger>
-    <include resource="org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/base.xml"/>
-    <logger name="org.springframework.web" level="ERROR">
-		<appender-ref ref="FILE1" />
-	</logger>
-    <logger name="eu.hbp.mip.utils" level="INFO" additivity="false">
-        <appender-ref ref="FILE1" />
-    </logger>
-</configuration>
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