diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_log.py b/pelican/tests/test_log.py
index 3f9d7250..1f2fb83a 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_log.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_log.py
@@ -12,12 +12,10 @@ class TestLog(unittest.TestCase):
         super().setUp()
         self.logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
         self.handler = LogCountHandler()
-        self.handler.setFormatter(log.get_formatter())
         self.logger.addHandler(self.handler)
 
     def tearDown(self):
         self._reset_limit_filter()
-        self.logger.removeHandler(self.handler)
         super().tearDown()
 
     def _reset_limit_filter(self):
@@ -34,54 +32,6 @@ class TestLog(unittest.TestCase):
             self._reset_limit_filter()
             self.handler.flush()
 
-    def test_log_formatter(self):
-        counter = self.handler.count_formatted_logs
-        with self.reset_logger():
-            # log simple case
-            self.logger.warning('Log %s', 'test')
-            self.assertEqual(
-                counter('Log test', logging.WARNING),
-                1)
-
-        with self.reset_logger():
-            # log multiline message
-            self.logger.warning('Log\n%s', 'test')
-            # Log
-            # | test
-            self.assertEqual(
-                counter('Log', logging.WARNING),
-                1)
-            self.assertEqual(
-                counter(' | test', logging.WARNING),
-                1)
-
-        with self.reset_logger():
-            # log multiline argument
-            self.logger.warning('Log %s', 'test1\ntest2')
-            # Log test1
-            # | test2
-            self.assertEqual(
-                counter('Log test1', logging.WARNING),
-                1)
-            self.assertEqual(
-                counter(' | test2', logging.WARNING),
-                1)
-
-        with self.reset_logger():
-            # log single list
-            self.logger.warning('Log %s', ['foo', 'bar'])
-            self.assertEqual(
-                counter(r"Log \['foo', 'bar'\]", logging.WARNING),
-                1)
-
-        with self.reset_logger():
-            # log single dict
-            self.logger.warning('Log %s', {'foo': 1, 'bar': 2})
-            self.assertEqual(
-                # dict order is not guaranteed
-                counter(r"Log {'.*': \d, '.*': \d}", logging.WARNING),
-                1)
-
     def test_log_filter(self):
         def do_logging():
             for i in range(5):