diff --git a/spring-bootstrap/src/test/java/org/springframework/bootstrap/logging/LoggingApplicationContextInitializerTests.java b/spring-bootstrap/src/test/java/org/springframework/bootstrap/logging/LoggingApplicationContextInitializerTests.java
index 01dba3eb755..60a8d1c832e 100644
--- a/spring-bootstrap/src/test/java/org/springframework/bootstrap/logging/LoggingApplicationContextInitializerTests.java
+++ b/spring-bootstrap/src/test/java/org/springframework/bootstrap/logging/LoggingApplicationContextInitializerTests.java
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ public class LoggingApplicationContextInitializerTests {
 		String output = getOutput().trim();
 		assertTrue("Wrong output:\n" + output, output.contains("Hello world"));
 		assertFalse("Wrong output:\n" + output, output.contains("???"));
-		assertTrue("Wrong output:\n" + output, output.startsWith("["));
 	}
 
 	@Test