diff --git a/log4j-api-test/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/status/StatusConsoleListenerTest.java b/log4j-api-test/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/status/StatusConsoleListenerTest.java
index 5fb84eb3173..6ca21afefad 100644
--- a/log4j-api-test/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/status/StatusConsoleListenerTest.java
+++ b/log4j-api-test/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/status/StatusConsoleListenerTest.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ void StatusData_getFormattedStatus_should_be_used() {
     }
 
     @Test
-    void level_and_stream_should_be_honored() throws Exception {
+    void stream_should_be_honored() throws Exception {
 
         // Create the listener.
         final ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ void level_and_stream_should_be_honored() throws Exception {
         final PrintStream printStream = new PrintStream(outputStream, false, encoding);
         final StatusConsoleListener listener = new StatusConsoleListener(Level.WARN, printStream);
 
-        // First, log a message that is expected to be logged.
+        // log a message that is expected to be logged.
         final RuntimeException expectedThrowable = new RuntimeException("expectedThrowable");
         expectedThrowable.setStackTrace(new StackTraceElement[] {
             new StackTraceElement("expectedThrowableClass", "expectedThrowableMethod", "expectedThrowableFile", 1)
@@ -71,29 +71,12 @@ void level_and_stream_should_be_honored() throws Exception {
                 expectedThrowable,
                 null)); // as set by `StatusLogger` itself
 
-        // Second, log a message that is expected to be discarded due to its insufficient level.
-        final RuntimeException discardedThrowable = new RuntimeException("discardedThrowable");
-        discardedThrowable.setStackTrace(new StackTraceElement[] {
-            new StackTraceElement("discardedThrowableClass", "discardedThrowableMethod", "discardedThrowableFile", 2)
-        });
-        final Message discardedMessage = MESSAGE_FACTORY.newMessage("discardedMessage");
-        listener.log(new StatusData(
-                null, // since ignored by `SimpleLogger`
-                Level.INFO,
-                discardedMessage,
-                discardedThrowable,
-                null)); // as set by `StatusLogger` itself
-
         // Collect the output.
         printStream.flush();
         final String output = outputStream.toString(encoding);
 
         // Verify the output.
-        assertThat(output)
-                .contains(expectedThrowable.getMessage())
-                .contains(expectedMessage.getFormattedMessage())
-                .doesNotContain(discardedThrowable.getMessage())
-                .doesNotContain(discardedMessage.getFormattedMessage());
+        assertThat(output).contains(expectedThrowable.getMessage()).contains(expectedMessage.getFormattedMessage());
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/log4j-api/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/status/StatusConsoleListener.java b/log4j-api/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/status/StatusConsoleListener.java
index 99bcd8d1a74..6261c172aa9 100644
--- a/log4j-api/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/status/StatusConsoleListener.java
+++ b/log4j-api/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/status/StatusConsoleListener.java
@@ -134,10 +134,8 @@ public Level getStatusLevel() {
     @Override
     public void log(final StatusData data) {
         requireNonNull(data, "data");
-        if (level.isLessSpecificThan(data.getLevel())) {
-            final String formattedStatus = data.getFormattedStatus();
-            stream.println(formattedStatus);
-        }
+        final String formattedStatus = data.getFormattedStatus();
+        stream.println(formattedStatus);
     }
 
     /**