diff --git a/dev/com.ibm.ws.messaging.open_clientcontainer_fat/common/src/com/ibm/ws/messaging/open_clientcontainer/fat/Util.java b/dev/com.ibm.ws.messaging.open_clientcontainer_fat/common/src/com/ibm/ws/messaging/open_clientcontainer/fat/Util.java
index 76bd93ffa7e..2cd44171443 100644
--- a/dev/com.ibm.ws.messaging.open_clientcontainer_fat/common/src/com/ibm/ws/messaging/open_clientcontainer/fat/Util.java
+++ b/dev/com.ibm.ws.messaging.open_clientcontainer_fat/common/src/com/ibm/ws/messaging/open_clientcontainer/fat/Util.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* ============================================================================
- * Copyright (c) 2019, 2024 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 IBM Corporation and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 public class Util {
   public static final String    LS = System.lineSeparator();
   protected static Logger       logger_ = Logger.getLogger("FAT");
-  protected static Level defaultLogLevel = Level.INFO; // Sets the default logging level for Trace and Codepath logging. Allows this test to produce more trace by default. 
   static {
     Level l;
     String p = System.getProperty("fat.test.debug","INFO").toUpperCase();;
@@ -132,8 +131,8 @@ private static StackTraceElement[] gatherStack() {
 
   public static void ALWAYS(Object ... args) { doAlways(args); }
   public static void LOG(Object ...  args) { if (logger_.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) doLog(args); }
-  public static void TRACE(Object ... args) { if (logger_.isLoggable(defaultLogLevel)) doTrace(args); }
-  public static void CODEPATH() { if (logger_.isLoggable(defaultLogLevel)) doTrace("CODEPATH"); }
+  public static void TRACE(Object ... args) { if (logger_.isLoggable(Level.FINEST)) doTrace(args); }
+  public static void CODEPATH() { if (logger_.isLoggable(Level.FINEST)) doTrace("CODEPATH"); }
 
   private static void doAlways(Object ... args) {
     Level keep = logger_.getLevel();
@@ -154,7 +153,7 @@ private static void doLog(Object ... args) {
 
   private static void doTrace(Object ... args) {
     StackTraceElement e = Util.getCaller(2);
-    logger_.logp(defaultLogLevel,e.getClassName(),e.getMethodName(),"["+e.getFileName()+":"+e.getLineNumber()+"] "+assembleMsg(args));
+    logger_.logp(Level.FINEST,e.getClassName(),e.getMethodName(),"["+e.getFileName()+":"+e.getLineNumber()+"] "+assembleMsg(args));
   }
 
   private static String assembleMsg(Object ... args) {