diff --git a/oak-core/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/query/stats/QuerySimilarCostTest.java b/oak-core/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/query/stats/QuerySimilarCostTest.java
index ea793ef..aebeb22 100644
--- a/oak-core/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/query/stats/QuerySimilarCostTest.java
+++ b/oak-core/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/query/stats/QuerySimilarCostTest.java
@@ -89,11 +89,12 @@ public class QuerySimilarCostTest extends AbstractQueryTest {
                 "with plan testIndexPlan1 and %s with plan testIndexPlan2 have similar costs 11.0 and 11.0 " +
                 "for query Filter(query=SELECT * FROM [nt:base] WHERE [jcr:uuid] is not null, path=*, property=[jcr:uuid=[is not null]]) - check query explanation / index definitions",testIndexProvider.index,testIndexProvider.index);
 
+        listAppender.stop();
         Assertions.assertThat(listAppender.list)
                 .extracting(ILoggingEvent::getMessage, ILoggingEvent::getLevel)
                 .contains(Tuple.tuple(expectedLogMessage, Level.DEBUG));
 
-        queryImplLogger.addAppender(listAppender);
+
     }
 
     private static class TestIndexProvider implements QueryIndexProvider {