diff --git a/common.ant.xml b/common.ant.xml
index 43833b2..4070dfd 100755
--- a/common.ant.xml
+++ b/common.ant.xml
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
 			<junit dir="@{test.out}" fork="yes" printsummary="yes" failureproperty="junit.failure" >
 				<jvmarg line="${junit.platform.args}" />
 				<jvmarg line="-Xmx512m" />
-				<sysproperty key="gwt.args" value="-logLevel TRACE ${junit.notheadless.arg} @{test.args}" />
+				<sysproperty key="gwt.args" value="${junit.notheadless.arg} @{test.args}" />
 				<sysproperty key="java.awt.headless" value="${junit.headless}" />
 				<sysproperty key="gwt.devjar" value="${gwt.dev.staging.jar}" />
 				<classpath>
diff --git a/dev/core/src/com/google/gwt/dev/shell/GWTShellServlet.java b/dev/core/src/com/google/gwt/dev/shell/GWTShellServlet.java
index ae17f2c..399bec6 100644
--- a/dev/core/src/com/google/gwt/dev/shell/GWTShellServlet.java
+++ b/dev/core/src/com/google/gwt/dev/shell/GWTShellServlet.java
@@ -59,11 +59,6 @@
  */
 public class GWTShellServlet extends HttpServlet {
 
-  /**
-   *  Silence the serialVersionUID warning.
-   */
-  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
   private static class RequestParts {
     public final String moduleName;
 
@@ -148,11 +143,6 @@
   protected void processFileRequest(HttpServletRequest request,
       HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException {
 
-    TreeLogger logger = getLogger();
-    
-    logger.log(TreeLogger.TRACE, "Servlet request for " + 
-        request.getPathInfo() + " from " + request.getRemoteHost());
-
     String pathInfo = request.getPathInfo();
     if (pathInfo.length() == 0 || pathInfo.equals("/")) {
       response.setContentType("text/html");
@@ -163,6 +153,8 @@
       return;
     }
 
+    TreeLogger logger = getLogger();
+
     // Parse the request assuming it is module/resource.
     //
     RequestParts parts;
@@ -211,8 +203,7 @@
       StringBuffer url = request.getRequestURL();
 
       // Branch the logger in case we decide to log more below.
-      logger = logger.branch(TreeLogger.TRACE, "Request " + id + ": " + url +
-          " from " + request.getRemoteHost(),
+      logger = logger.branch(TreeLogger.TRACE, "Request " + id + ": " + url,
           null);
     }
 
@@ -284,7 +275,6 @@
 
     // Load/get the servlet if we found one.
     if (servletClassName != null) {
-      logger.log(TreeLogger.TRACE, "Delegating to " + servletClassName + " for " + moduleDef);
       HttpServlet delegatee = tryGetOrLoadServlet(logger, moduleDef,
           servletClassName);
       if (delegatee == null) {
@@ -617,12 +607,10 @@
   }
 
   /**
-   * We don't actually log this (except at TRACE) on purpose since the client
-   * does anyway.
+   * We don't actually log this on purpose since the client does anyway.
    */
   private ModuleDef getModuleDef(TreeLogger logger, String moduleName)
       throws UnableToCompleteException {
-    logger.log(TreeLogger.TRACE, "Servlet getModuleDef(logger, \"" + moduleName + "\"");
     synchronized (loadedModulesByName) {
       ModuleDef moduleDef = loadedModulesByName.get(moduleName);
       if (moduleDef == null) {
diff --git a/user/src/com/google/gwt/junit/JUnitMessageQueue.java b/user/src/com/google/gwt/junit/JUnitMessageQueue.java
index 5f4ecb8..7466b3c 100644
--- a/user/src/com/google/gwt/junit/JUnitMessageQueue.java
+++ b/user/src/com/google/gwt/junit/JUnitMessageQueue.java
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@
  */
 package com.google.gwt.junit;
 
-import com.google.gwt.core.ext.TreeLogger;
-import com.google.gwt.core.ext.TreeLogger.Type;
-import com.google.gwt.dev.util.log.PrintWriterTreeLogger;
 import com.google.gwt.junit.client.TimeoutException;
 import com.google.gwt.junit.client.impl.JUnitResult;
 import com.google.gwt.junit.client.impl.JUnitHost.TestInfo;
@@ -73,7 +70,6 @@
    */
   private TestInfo currentTest;
 
-  private TreeLogger logger;
   /**
    * The number of TestCase clients executing in parallel.
    */
@@ -84,16 +80,8 @@
    * 
    * @param numClients The number of parallel clients being served by this
    *          queue.
-   * @param loglevel The loglevel to use.  There is a circular dependency in 
-   *          startup; we need the message queue to make the GWTShell, but its
-   *          logger depends on having mainWnd which requires the GWTShell be
-   *          started.  So, initially, we log to a PrintWriterTreeLogger, and
-   *          use setLogger after the bootstrap.
    */
-  JUnitMessageQueue(int numClients, Type loglevel) {
-    PrintWriterTreeLogger consolelog = new PrintWriterTreeLogger();
-    consolelog.setMaxDetail(loglevel);
-    logger = consolelog;
+  JUnitMessageQueue(int numClients) {
     synchronized (clientStatusesLock) {
       this.numClients = numClients;
     }
@@ -142,9 +130,6 @@
 
       // Record that this client has retrieved the current test.
       clientStatus.hasRequestedCurrentTest = true;
-      logger.log(TreeLogger.TRACE, 
-          "Client " + clientId + " has next test info for " +
-          currentTest.getTestClass() + "." + currentTest.getTestMethod());
       return currentTest;
     }
   }
@@ -160,14 +145,8 @@
     synchronized (clientStatusesLock) {
       if (testInfo != null && !testInfo.equals(currentTest)) {
         // A client is reporting results for the wrong test.
-        logger.log(TreeLogger.WARN, 
-            "Wrong (stale?) test report from " + clientId + ": reporting on " + 
-            testInfo.getTestClass() + "." + testInfo.getTestMethod() +
-            " (current test is " + testInfo.getTestClass() + "." + 
-            testInfo.getTestMethod() + ")");
         return;
       }
-      logger.log(TreeLogger.TRACE, "Client " + clientId + "reported results.");
       assert (results != null);
       ClientStatus clientStatus = clientStatuses.get(clientId);
       clientStatus.currentTestResults = results;
@@ -175,10 +154,6 @@
     }
   }
 
-  public void setLogger(TreeLogger newlog) {
-    logger = newlog;
-  }
-  
   /**
    * Returns any new clients that have contacted the server since the last call.
    * The same client will never be returned from this method twice.
diff --git a/user/src/com/google/gwt/junit/JUnitShell.java b/user/src/com/google/gwt/junit/JUnitShell.java
index fa8d0a3..22bafdc 100644
--- a/user/src/com/google/gwt/junit/JUnitShell.java
+++ b/user/src/com/google/gwt/junit/JUnitShell.java
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
       }
 
       unitTestShell.messageQueue = new JUnitMessageQueue(
-          unitTestShell.numClients, unitTestShell.getLogLevel());
+          unitTestShell.numClients);
 
       if (!unitTestShell.startUp()) {
         throw new JUnitFatalLaunchException("Shell failed to start");
@@ -436,16 +436,6 @@
     } else {
       super.initializeLogger();
     }
-    TreeLogger log = getTopLogger();
-    if (log.isLoggable(TreeLogger.ALL)) {
-      log.log(TreeLogger.INFO, "Logging ALL messages.");
-    } else if (log.isLoggable(TreeLogger.SPAM)) {
-      log.log(TreeLogger.INFO, "Logging SPAM messages.");
-    } else if (log.isLoggable(TreeLogger.TRACE)) {
-      log.log(TreeLogger.INFO, "Logging TRACE messages.");
-    } else if (log.isLoggable(TreeLogger.INFO)) {
-      log.log(TreeLogger.INFO, "Logging INFO messages.");
-    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -534,14 +524,12 @@
       throw new UnableToCompleteException();
     }
 
-    TreeLogger log = getTopLogger();
     if (!sameTest) {
       /*
        * Synthesize a synthetic module that derives from the user-specified
        * module but also includes JUnit support.
        */
-      log.log(TreeLogger.TRACE, "Switching to module " + syntheticModuleName);
-      currentModule = ModuleDefLoader.createSyntheticModule(log,
+      currentModule = ModuleDefLoader.createSyntheticModule(getTopLogger(),
           syntheticModuleName, new String[] {
               moduleName, strategy.getModuleInherit()}, true);
       // Replace any user entry points with our test runner.
@@ -552,15 +540,9 @@
           "junit.moduleName");
       moduleNameProp.addKnownValue(moduleName);
       moduleNameProp.setActiveValue(moduleName);
-      long startCompile = System.currentTimeMillis();
       runStyle.maybeCompileModule(syntheticModuleName);
-      double compileTime = (System.currentTimeMillis() - startCompile) / 1000.0D;
-      log.log(TreeLogger.INFO, "Switched to module " + syntheticModuleName + 
-          " (compiled in " + compileTime + "sec)");
     }
 
-    log.log(TreeLogger.TRACE, "Queueing test " + testCase.getClass().getName() + "."
-        + testCase.getName());
     messageQueue.setNextTest(new TestInfo(currentModule.getName(),
         testCase.getClass().getName(), testCase.getName()));
 
@@ -588,7 +570,6 @@
     }
 
     assert (messageQueue.hasResult());
-    log.log(TreeLogger.TRACE, "Completed test, fetching results...");
     Map<String, JUnitResult> results = messageQueue.getResults();
 
     boolean parallelTesting = numClients > 1;
@@ -596,7 +577,6 @@
     for (Entry<String, JUnitResult> entry : results.entrySet()) {
       String clientId = entry.getKey();
       JUnitResult result = entry.getValue();
-      log.log(TreeLogger.TRACE, "Got result from " + clientId + ": " + result);
       assert (result != null);
       Throwable exception = result.getException();
       // In the case that we're running multiple clients at once, we need to
diff --git a/user/src/com/google/gwt/junit/RunStyleRemoteWeb.java b/user/src/com/google/gwt/junit/RunStyleRemoteWeb.java
index c565486..6aa714a 100644
--- a/user/src/com/google/gwt/junit/RunStyleRemoteWeb.java
+++ b/user/src/com/google/gwt/junit/RunStyleRemoteWeb.java
@@ -250,16 +250,11 @@
   @Override
   public boolean wasInterrupted() {
     synchronized (wasInterruptedLock) {
-      if (wasInterrupted) {
-        getLogger().log(TreeLogger.INFO, "A remote test was interrupted.");
-      }
       return wasInterrupted;
     }
   }
 
   private synchronized boolean doKeepAlives() {
-    getLogger().log(TreeLogger.TRACE, "Sending keepalives to browsermanagerservers (time="
-        + System.currentTimeMillis());
     for (RemoteBrowser remoteBrowser : remoteBrowsers) {
       if (remoteBrowser.getToken() > 0) {
         long callStart = System.currentTimeMillis();
@@ -272,7 +267,7 @@
           if (cause instanceof SocketTimeoutException) {
             long elapsed = System.currentTimeMillis() - callStart;
             throw new TimeoutException("Timeout: " + elapsed
-                + "ms keeping alive remote browser at: " + rmiUrl,
+                + "ms  keeping alive remote browser at: " + rmiUrl,
                 e.getCause());
           } else if (e instanceof IllegalStateException) {
             getLogger().log(TreeLogger.INFO,
@@ -291,10 +286,6 @@
     }
 
     synchronized (wasInterruptedLock) {
-      if (wasInterrupted) {
-        getLogger().log(TreeLogger.INFO, 
-            "Remote test was interrupted during keepalives to browsermanagerserver.");
-      }
       return !wasInterrupted;
     }
   }