diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/LogFactoryImpl.java b/src/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/LogFactoryImpl.java
index 0b2532d..796a5f6 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/LogFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/LogFactoryImpl.java
@@ -937,11 +937,6 @@ public class LogFactoryImpl extends LogFactory {
         Class logAdapterClass = null;
         ClassLoader currentCL = getBaseClassLoader();
         
-        //
-        // This variable is used to ensure that the system classloader
-        // is tried only once when getParent is null.
-        boolean systemClassloaderTried = false;
-        
         for(;;) {
             // Loop through the classloader hierarchy trying to find
             // a viable classloader.
@@ -1058,66 +1053,7 @@ public class LogFactoryImpl extends LogFactory {
             }
             
             // try the parent classloader
-            final ClassLoader parentCL = currentCL.getParent();
-            
-            //
-            // getParent may return null to indicate that the parent
-            // is the 'bootstrap classloader'. This term is difficult.
-            // A reasonable way to interpret this is as
-            // the system classloader which is provided as a base
-            // for delegating classloaders.
-            // 
-            // Note that this functionality cannot be easily tested
-            // since it depends upon an optional behaviour of the basic
-            // java libraries. The Sun libraries do not behave in this 
-            // fashion. It may be possible to create a test that
-            // uses a customized boot classpath containing a special 
-            // implementation but this approach
-            // would need to wait until an open source Java implementation
-            // exists. So sadly, this code path is not unit tested.
-            //
-            if (parentCL == null) {
-                if (systemClassloaderTried == true)
-                {
-                    logDiagnostic("Parent classloader is NULL. But System ClassLoader has already been tried.");
-                    break;
-                }
-                // try system classloader
-                try {
-                    final ClassLoader systemClassLoader = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader();
-                    if (systemClassLoader == null) {
-                        logDiagnostic("System classloader is NULL. Cannot find parent of classloader " 
-                                        + objectId(currentCL));
-                        break;
-                    } else if (systemClassLoader.equals(currentCL)) {
-                        // the system classloader has already been tried and failed
-                        logDiagnostic("System classloader tried and failed.");
-                        break;
-                    } else {
-                        // the parent is null indicating that the parent is the boot classloader
-                        // so retry with system classloader
-                        currentCL = systemClassLoader;
-                        
-                        //
-                        // avoid infinite loops by trying the system loader only the
-                        // first time a classloader 
-                        systemClassloaderTried = true;
-                        logDiagnostic("Parent classloader is NULL. Trying System ClassLoader.");
-                    }
-                } catch (Throwable t) {
-                    // getSystemClassLoader is allowed to fail in 
-                    // many strange ways: so need to catch everything
-                    // including errors
-                    logDiagnostic("Failed to get system classloader: '" 
-                                        + t.getMessage() 
-                                        + "'. Cannot find parent of classloader " 
-                                        + objectId(currentCL));
-                    break;
-                }
-            } else {
-                currentCL = parentCL;
-            }
-                
+            currentCL = currentCL.getParent();
         }
 
         if ((logAdapter != null) && affectState) {