diff --git a/sql/connect/client/jvm/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connect/test/IntegrationTestUtils.scala b/sql/connect/client/jvm/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connect/test/IntegrationTestUtils.scala
index 6e20db5d3493..b59d419c8c60 100644
--- a/sql/connect/client/jvm/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connect/test/IntegrationTestUtils.scala
+++ b/sql/connect/client/jvm/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connect/test/IntegrationTestUtils.scala
@@ -59,23 +59,21 @@ object IntegrationTestUtils {
     s"$connectClientHomeDir/target/$scalaDir/test-classes"
   }
 
-  private[sql] def debugConfigs: Seq[String] = {
+  private[sql] def log4jConfigs: Seq[String] = {
     val log4j2 = s"$connectClientHomeDir/src/test/resources/log4j2.properties"
-    if (isDebug) {
-      Seq(
-        // Enable to see the server plan change log
-        // "--conf",
-        // "spark.sql.planChangeLog.level=WARN",
-
-        // Enable to see the server grpc received
-        // "--conf",
-        // "spark.connect.grpc.interceptor.classes=" +
-        //  "org.apache.spark.sql.connect.service.LoggingInterceptor",
-
-        // Redirect server log into console
-        "--conf",
-        s"spark.driver.extraJavaOptions=-Dlog4j.configurationFile=$log4j2")
-    } else Seq.empty
+    Seq(
+      // Enable to see the server plan change log
+      // "--conf",
+      // "spark.sql.planChangeLog.level=WARN",
+
+      // Enable to see the server grpc received
+      // "--conf",
+      // "spark.connect.grpc.interceptor.classes=" +
+      //  "org.apache.spark.sql.connect.service.LoggingInterceptor",
+
+      // Redirect server log into console
+      "--conf",
+      s"spark.driver.extraJavaOptions=-Dlog4j.configurationFile=$log4j2")
   }
 
   // Log server start stop debug info into console
diff --git a/sql/connect/client/jvm/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connect/test/RemoteSparkSession.scala b/sql/connect/client/jvm/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connect/test/RemoteSparkSession.scala
index 6229e6e299db..535c0d2180d4 100644
--- a/sql/connect/client/jvm/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connect/test/RemoteSparkSession.scala
+++ b/sql/connect/client/jvm/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connect/test/RemoteSparkSession.scala
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ object SparkConnectServerUtils {
     command += "--jars" += catalystTestJar
     command += "--conf" += s"spark.connect.grpc.binding.port=$port"
     command ++= testConfigs
-    command ++= debugConfigs
+    command ++= log4jConfigs
     command += connectJar
     val cmds = command.result()
     debug {
@@ -90,15 +90,8 @@ object SparkConnectServerUtils {
     builder.directory(new File(sparkHome))
     val environment = builder.environment()
     environment.remove("SPARK_DIST_CLASSPATH")
-    if (isDebug) {
-      builder.redirectError(Redirect.INHERIT)
-      builder.redirectOutput(Redirect.INHERIT)
-    } else {
-      // If output is not consumed, the stdout/stderr pipe buffers will fill up,
-      // causing the server process to block on write() calls
-      builder.redirectError(Redirect.DISCARD)
-      builder.redirectOutput(Redirect.DISCARD)
-    }
+    builder.redirectError(Redirect.INHERIT)
+    builder.redirectOutput(Redirect.INHERIT)
 
     val process = builder.start()
     consoleOut = process.getOutputStream