diff --git a/sslcontext-kickstart/src/main/java/nl/altindag/ssl/util/CertificateUtils.java b/sslcontext-kickstart/src/main/java/nl/altindag/ssl/util/CertificateUtils.java
index f0b70e8a..410ff1d1 100644
--- a/sslcontext-kickstart/src/main/java/nl/altindag/ssl/util/CertificateUtils.java
+++ b/sslcontext-kickstart/src/main/java/nl/altindag/ssl/util/CertificateUtils.java
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 import nl.altindag.ssl.exception.GenericCertificateException;
 import nl.altindag.ssl.exception.GenericIOException;
 import nl.altindag.ssl.util.internal.IOUtils;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import javax.net.ssl.X509TrustManager;
 import javax.security.auth.x500.X500Principal;
@@ -69,8 +67,6 @@
  */
 public final class CertificateUtils {
 
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CertificateUtils.class);
-
     private static final String CERTIFICATE_TYPE = "X.509";
     private static final String P7B_HEADER = "-----BEGIN PKCS7-----";
     private static final String P7B_FOOTER = "-----END PKCS7-----";
@@ -257,7 +253,6 @@ public static List<Certificate> parseDerCertificate(InputStream certificateStrea
                     .generateCertificates(bufferedCertificateStream).stream()
                     .collect(toUnmodifiableList());
         } catch (CertificateException | IOException e) {
-            LOGGER.debug("There is no valid certificate present to parse. Please make sure to supply a valid der formatted certificate", e);
             return Collections.emptyList();
         }
     }
diff --git a/sslcontext-kickstart/src/test/java/nl/altindag/ssl/util/CertificateUtilsShould.java b/sslcontext-kickstart/src/test/java/nl/altindag/ssl/util/CertificateUtilsShould.java
index 59010ee2..b89f7ba6 100644
--- a/sslcontext-kickstart/src/test/java/nl/altindag/ssl/util/CertificateUtilsShould.java
+++ b/sslcontext-kickstart/src/test/java/nl/altindag/ssl/util/CertificateUtilsShould.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  */
 package nl.altindag.ssl.util;
 
-import nl.altindag.log.LogCaptor;
 import nl.altindag.ssl.TestConstants;
 import nl.altindag.ssl.exception.GenericCertificateException;
 import nl.altindag.ssl.exception.GenericIOException;
@@ -643,13 +642,11 @@ void throwsGenericIOExceptionWhenCloseOfTheStreamFails() throws IOException {
     }
 
     @Test
-    void generateDebugMessageWhenUnsupportedDataIsProvided() throws IOException {
-        try(LogCaptor logCaptor = LogCaptor.forClass(CertificateUtils.class);
-            ByteArrayInputStream byteArrayInputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream("Hello".getBytes())) {
+    void returnEmptyListOfCertificatesWhenUnsupportedDataIsProvided() throws IOException {
+        try(ByteArrayInputStream byteArrayInputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream("Hello".getBytes())) {
             List<Certificate> certificates = CertificateUtils.parseDerCertificate(byteArrayInputStream);
 
             assertThat(certificates).isEmpty();
-            assertThat(logCaptor.getDebugLogs()).contains("There is no valid certificate present to parse. Please make sure to supply a valid der formatted certificate");
         }
     }