diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5305b3830f22..944922ea1189 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -676,6 +676,8 @@
                             <exclude>*.internal.*</exclude>
                             <exclude>software.amazon.awssdk.thirdparty.*</exclude>
                             <exclude>software.amazon.awssdk.regions.*</exclude>
+                            <!-- TODO revert - Temporarily disable because system setting USER_REGION was removed -->
+                            <exclude>software.amazon.awssdk.utils.JavaSystemSetting</exclude>
                         </excludes>
 
                         <ignoreMissingOldVersion>true</ignoreMissingOldVersion>
diff --git a/services/ec2/src/test/resources/log4j2.properties b/services/ec2/src/test/resources/log4j2.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index e1bde72cf0b3..000000000000
--- a/services/ec2/src/test/resources/log4j2.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").
-# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# A copy of the License is located at
-#
-#  http://aws.amazon.com/apache2.0
-#
-# or in the "license" file accompanying this file. This file is distributed
-# on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either
-# express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing
-# permissions and limitations under the License.
-#
-
-status = warn
-
-appender.console.type = Console
-appender.console.name = ConsoleAppender
-appender.console.layout.type = PatternLayout
-appender.console.layout.pattern = %d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n%throwable
-
-rootLogger.level = info
-rootLogger.appenderRef.stdout.ref = ConsoleAppender
-
-# Uncomment below to enable more specific logging
-#
-#logger.sdk.name = software.amazon.awssdk
-#logger.sdk.level = debug
-#
-#logger.request.name = software.amazon.awssdk.request
-#logger.request.level = debug
-#
-logger.apache.name = org.apache.http.wire
-logger.apache.level = debug
-#
-#logger.netty.name = io.netty.handler.logging
-#logger.netty.level = debug