diff --git a/src/test/kerberos/t/001_auth.pl b/src/test/kerberos/t/001_auth.pl
index 079321bbfc..aca673e97a 100644
--- a/src/test/kerberos/t/001_auth.pl
+++ b/src/test/kerberos/t/001_auth.pl
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use Time::HiRes qw(usleep);
 
 if ($ENV{with_gssapi} eq 'yes')
 {
-	plan tests => 34;
+	plan tests => 26;
 }
 else
 {
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ $node->append_conf(
 	'postgresql.conf', qq{
 listen_addresses = '$hostaddr'
 krb_server_keyfile = '$keytab'
-logging_collector = on
 log_connections = on
 # these ensure stability of test results:
 log_rotation_age = 0
@@ -212,27 +211,13 @@ sub test_access
 	# Verify specified log message is logged in the log file.
 	if ($expect_log_msg ne '')
 	{
-		my $current_logfiles = slurp_file($node->data_dir . '/current_logfiles');
-		note "current_logfiles = $current_logfiles";
-		like($current_logfiles, qr|^stderr log/postgresql-.*log$|,
-			 'current_logfiles is sane');
-
-		my $lfname = $current_logfiles;
-		$lfname =~ s/^stderr //;
-		chomp $lfname;
-
-		# might need to retry if logging collector process is slow...
-		my $max_attempts = 180 * 10;
-		my $first_logfile;
-		for (my $attempts = 0; $attempts < $max_attempts; $attempts++)
-		{
-			$first_logfile = slurp_file($node->data_dir . '/' . $lfname);
-			last if $first_logfile =~ m/\Q$expect_log_msg\E/;
-			usleep(100_000);
-		}
-
+		my $first_logfile = slurp_file($node->logfile);
 		like($first_logfile, qr/\Q$expect_log_msg\E/,
-			 'found expected log file content');
+		     'found expected log file content');
+
+		# Rotate to a new file, for any follow-up check.
+		$node->rotate_logfile;
+		$node->restart;
 	}
 
 	return;