diff --git a/moose-core/python/moose/moose_test.py b/moose-core/python/moose/moose_test.py
index eeab9f9467b434bc71a2b6fdc2fe23f1e48cf342..103aba79507dff1e87462907833e07a78c288d90 100644
--- a/moose-core/python/moose/moose_test.py
+++ b/moose-core/python/moose/moose_test.py
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ import time
 logging.basicConfig(
         level=logging.DEBUG,
         format='%(asctime)s %(name)-12s %(levelname)-8s %(message)s',
-        datefmt='%m-%d %H:%M',
-        filename='tests.log',
-        filemode='w'
+        datefmt='%m-%d %H:%M'
         )
 console = logging.StreamHandler()
 console.setLevel(logging.WARNING)