diff --git a/modules/core/distribution/src/repository/conf/log4j.properties b/modules/core/distribution/src/repository/conf/log4j.properties
index 2a47e957..a8a589ac 100644
--- a/modules/core/distribution/src/repository/conf/log4j.properties
+++ b/modules/core/distribution/src/repository/conf/log4j.properties
@@ -241,4 +241,5 @@ log4j.logger.org.wso2.carbon.analytics.spark.core.SparkScriptCAppDeployer=WARN
 log4j.logger.org.wso2.carbon.analytics.eventsink.AnalyticsEventStoreDeployer=WARN
 log4j.logger.org.wso2.carbon.event.processor.core.EventProcessorDeployer=WARN
 log4j.logger.org.wso2.carbon.core.services.util.CarbonAuthenticationUtil=WARN
-log4j.logger.net.sf.ehcache=ERROR
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+log4j.logger.net.sf.ehcache=ERROR
+log4j.logger.org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway.handlers.throttling=ERROR
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