diff --git a/lib/pact_broker/configuration.rb b/lib/pact_broker/configuration.rb
index fec93dc1e..ed8700d25 100644
--- a/lib/pact_broker/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/pact_broker/configuration.rb
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ def override_runtime_configuration!(overrides)
 
     def logger_from_runtime_configuration
       @logger_from_runtime_configuration ||= begin
-        runtime_configuration.validate_logging_attributes!
         SemanticLogger.default_level = runtime_configuration.log_level
         if runtime_configuration.log_stream == :file
           path = runtime_configuration.log_dir + "/pact_broker.log"