From 5fbff3f25d30813a821c6d62fa6891010097c185 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Piotr P. Karwasz" <piotr.github@karwasz.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 09:37:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Review corrections for #2278

---
 .../logging/log4j/core/config/AbstractConfiguration.java      | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/config/AbstractConfiguration.java b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/config/AbstractConfiguration.java
index 0345358796b..10a2bcfab47 100644
--- a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/config/AbstractConfiguration.java
+++ b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/config/AbstractConfiguration.java
@@ -674,9 +674,7 @@ protected void doConfigure() {
         boolean setRoot = false;
         for (final Node child : rootNode.getChildren()) {
             if ("Properties".equalsIgnoreCase(child.getName())) {
-                if (tempLookup == runtimeStrSubstitutor.getVariableResolver()) {
-                    LOGGER.error("Properties declaration must be the first element in the configuration");
-                }
+                // We already used this node
                 continue;
             }
             createConfiguration(child, null);