diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2ab436ff74c7f..bcf6f3fd6fe36 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ ObjectStore
 docker/distroless/bazel-*
 /.apt_generated_tests/
 quarkus.log
+quarkus.log*
 replay_*.logß
 nbactions.xml
 nb-configuration.xml
diff --git a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/logging/FileConfig.java b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/logging/FileConfig.java
index 78bcdb7c7368c..5e9b9239daa78 100644
--- a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/logging/FileConfig.java
+++ b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/logging/FileConfig.java
@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@ public static class RotationConfig {
         /**
          * The maximum file size of the log file after which a rotation is executed.
          */
-        @ConfigItem(defaultValueDocumentation = "10")
-        Optional<MemorySize> maxFileSize;
+        @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "10M")
+        MemorySize maxFileSize;
 
         /**
          * The maximum number of backups to keep.
          */
-        @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "1")
+        @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "5")
         int maxBackupIndex;
 
         /**
diff --git a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/logging/LoggingSetupRecorder.java b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/logging/LoggingSetupRecorder.java
index 3e2affb05babd..4a17b72e49e09 100644
--- a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/logging/LoggingSetupRecorder.java
+++ b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/logging/LoggingSetupRecorder.java
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 import org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.AsyncHandler;
 import org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.ConsoleHandler;
 import org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.FileHandler;
-import org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.PeriodicRotatingFileHandler;
 import org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.PeriodicSizeRotatingFileHandler;
 import org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.SizeRotatingFileHandler;
 import org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.SyslogHandler;
@@ -470,26 +469,20 @@ public void close() throws SecurityException {
 
     private static Handler configureFileHandler(final FileConfig config, final ErrorManager errorManager,
             final LogCleanupFilter cleanupFilter) {
-        FileHandler handler = new FileHandler();
+        FileHandler handler;
         FileConfig.RotationConfig rotationConfig = config.rotation;
-        if ((rotationConfig.maxFileSize.isPresent() || rotationConfig.rotateOnBoot)
-                && rotationConfig.fileSuffix.isPresent()) {
+        if (rotationConfig.fileSuffix.isPresent()) {
             PeriodicSizeRotatingFileHandler periodicSizeRotatingFileHandler = new PeriodicSizeRotatingFileHandler();
             periodicSizeRotatingFileHandler.setSuffix(rotationConfig.fileSuffix.get());
-            rotationConfig.maxFileSize
-                    .ifPresent(memorySize -> periodicSizeRotatingFileHandler.setRotateSize(memorySize.asLongValue()));
+            periodicSizeRotatingFileHandler.setRotateSize(rotationConfig.maxFileSize.asLongValue());
             periodicSizeRotatingFileHandler.setRotateOnBoot(rotationConfig.rotateOnBoot);
             periodicSizeRotatingFileHandler.setMaxBackupIndex(rotationConfig.maxBackupIndex);
             handler = periodicSizeRotatingFileHandler;
-        } else if (rotationConfig.maxFileSize.isPresent()) {
+        } else {
             SizeRotatingFileHandler sizeRotatingFileHandler = new SizeRotatingFileHandler(
-                    rotationConfig.maxFileSize.get().asLongValue(), rotationConfig.maxBackupIndex);
+                    rotationConfig.maxFileSize.asLongValue(), rotationConfig.maxBackupIndex);
             sizeRotatingFileHandler.setRotateOnBoot(rotationConfig.rotateOnBoot);
             handler = sizeRotatingFileHandler;
-        } else if (rotationConfig.fileSuffix.isPresent()) {
-            PeriodicRotatingFileHandler periodicRotatingFileHandler = new PeriodicRotatingFileHandler();
-            periodicRotatingFileHandler.setSuffix(rotationConfig.fileSuffix.get());
-            handler = periodicRotatingFileHandler;
         }
 
         final PatternFormatter formatter = new PatternFormatter(config.format);
diff --git a/integration-tests/test-extension/extension/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/logging/CategoryConfiguredHandlerTest.java b/integration-tests/test-extension/extension/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/logging/CategoryConfiguredHandlerTest.java
index 915db742c6c56..040b517e224e2 100644
--- a/integration-tests/test-extension/extension/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/logging/CategoryConfiguredHandlerTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/test-extension/extension/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/logging/CategoryConfiguredHandlerTest.java
@@ -3,11 +3,15 @@
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.logging.*;
+import java.util.logging.Formatter;
+import java.util.logging.Handler;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.LogManager;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.jboss.logmanager.formatters.PatternFormatter;
 import org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.ConsoleHandler;
-import org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.FileHandler;
+import org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.SizeRotatingFileHandler;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
 
@@ -39,7 +43,7 @@ public void consoleOutputTest() {
         Logger categoryLogger = logManager.getLogger("io.quarkus.category");
         assertThat(categoryLogger).isNotNull();
         assertThat(categoryLogger.getHandlers()).hasSize(2).extracting("class").containsExactlyInAnyOrder(ConsoleHandler.class,
-                FileHandler.class);
+                SizeRotatingFileHandler.class);
 
         Logger otherCategoryLogger = logManager.getLogger("io.quarkus.othercategory");
         assertThat(otherCategoryLogger).isNotNull();