diff --git a/src/it/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/IntegrationEnv.scala b/src/it/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/IntegrationEnv.scala
index 11bfe0bc..1e0ef73b 100644
--- a/src/it/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/IntegrationEnv.scala
+++ b/src/it/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/IntegrationEnv.scala
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@ import java.util.TimeZone
 import net.snowflake.client.jdbc.internal.fasterxml.jackson.databind.{JsonNode, ObjectMapper}
 import net.snowflake.spark.snowflake.Parameters.MergedParameters
 import org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.{Level, LogManager}
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.{Appender, LoggerContext}
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.FileAppender
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.PatternLayout
 import org.apache.spark.sql._
 import org.apache.spark.{SparkConf, SparkContext}
 import org.scalatest.{BeforeAndAfterAll, BeforeAndAfterEach, FunSuite}
@@ -60,7 +55,7 @@ trait IntegrationEnv
   protected val DEFAULT_LOG4J_PROPERTY = "src/it/resources/log4j_default.properties"
 
   // From spark 3.3, log4j2 is used. For spark 3.2 and older versions, log4j is used.
-  protected val USE_LOG4J2_PROPERTIES = true
+  protected val USE_LOG4J2_PROPERTIES = false
 
   // Reconfigure log4j logging for the test of spark 3.2 and older versions
   protected def reconfigureLogFile(propertyFileName: String): Unit = {
@@ -69,46 +64,6 @@ trait IntegrationEnv
     PropertyConfigurator.configure(log4jfile.getAbsolutePath)
   }
 
-  // Reconfigure log4j2 log level for the test of spark 3.3 and newer versions
-  protected def reconfigureLog4j2LogLevel(logLevel: Level): Unit = {
-    import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager
-    val ctx = LogManager.getContext(false).asInstanceOf[LoggerContext]
-    val config = ctx.getConfiguration
-    val loggerConfig = config.getLoggerConfig(LogManager.ROOT_LOGGER_NAME)
-    log.warn(s"reconfigure log level as $logLevel")
-    loggerConfig.setLevel(logLevel)
-    ctx.updateLoggers()
-  }
-
-  // Add a log4j2 FileAppender for the test of spark 3.3 and newer versions
-  protected def addLog4j2FileAppender(filePath: String, appenderName: String): Unit = {
-    val ctx = LogManager.getContext(false).asInstanceOf[LoggerContext]
-    val config = ctx.getConfiguration
-    val loggerConfig = config.getLoggerConfig(LogManager.ROOT_LOGGER_NAME)
-
-    val layout = PatternLayout.createDefaultLayout(config)
-
-    val appender: Appender = FileAppender.createAppender(
-      filePath, "false", "false", appenderName,
-      "true", "false", "false", "4000",
-      layout, null, "false", null, config)
-
-    appender.start()
-    config.addAppender(appender)
-    loggerConfig.addAppender(appender, null, null)
-    config.addLogger("org.apache.logging.log4j", loggerConfig)
-    ctx.updateLoggers()
-  }
-
-  // Drop a log4j2 FileAppender for the test of spark 3.3 and newer versions
-  protected def dropLog4j2FileAppender(appenderName: String): Unit = {
-    val ctx = LogManager.getContext(false).asInstanceOf[org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext]
-    val config = ctx.getConfiguration.asInstanceOf[AbstractConfiguration]
-    val appender = config.getAppender(appenderName).asInstanceOf[FileAppender]
-    config.removeAppender(appenderName: String)
-    appender.stop()
-    ctx.updateLoggers()
-  }
 
   // Some integration tests are for large Data, it needs long time to run.
   // But when the test suite is run on travis, there are job time limitation.
diff --git a/src/it/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/SecuritySuite.scala b/src/it/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/SecuritySuite.scala
index e0746dca..dc0d6761 100644
--- a/src/it/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/SecuritySuite.scala
+++ b/src/it/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/SecuritySuite.scala
@@ -69,55 +69,6 @@ class SecuritySuite extends IntegrationSuiteBase {
     FileUtils.deleteQuietly(new File(TEST_LOG_FILE_NAME))
   }
 
-  ignore("manual test for addLog4j2FileAppender()/dropLog4j2FileAppender()") {
-    logger.info("Before adding file appender")
-    addLog4j2FileAppender(loggingFilePath, fileAppenderName)
-    logger.info("After adding file appender")
-    dropLog4j2FileAppender(fileAppenderName)
-    logger.info("After dropping file appender")
-  }
-
-  // in JDBC starts to log masked pre-signed url in 3.17.0
-  ignore("verify pre-signed URL are not logged for read & write") {
-    logger.info("Reconfigure to log into file")
-    // Reconfigure log file to output all logging entries.
-    if (USE_LOG4J2_PROPERTIES) {
-      addLog4j2FileAppender(loggingFilePath, fileAppenderName)
-    } else {
-      reconfigureLogFile(TEST_LOG4J_PROPERTY)
-    }
-
-    try {
-      // Read from one snowflake table and write to another snowflake table
-      sparkSession
-        .sql("select * from test_table_large_result order by int_c")
-        .write
-        .format(SNOWFLAKE_SOURCE_NAME)
-        .options(thisConnectorOptionsNoTable)
-        .option("dbtable", test_table_write)
-        .mode(SaveMode.Overwrite)
-        .save()
-
-      // Check pre-signed is used for the test
-      assert(searchInLogFile(".*Spark Connector.*"))
-
-      // Check pre-signed URL are NOT printed in the log
-      // by searching the pre-signed URL domain name.
-      assert(!searchInLogFile(".*https?://.*amazonaws.com.*"))
-      assert(!searchInLogFile(".*https?://.*core.windows.net.*"))
-      assert(!searchInLogFile(".*https?://.*googleapis.com.*"))
-    } finally {
-      // Reconfigure back to the default log file.
-      if (USE_LOG4J2_PROPERTIES) {
-        dropLog4j2FileAppender(fileAppenderName)
-      } else {
-        reconfigureLogFile(DEFAULT_LOG4J_PROPERTY)
-      }
-    }
-
-    logger.info("Restore back to log into STDOUT")
-  }
-
   override def beforeEach(): Unit = {
     super.beforeEach()
   }