diff --git a/sentry-log4j2/src/main/java/io/sentry/log4j2/SentryAppender.java b/sentry-log4j2/src/main/java/io/sentry/log4j2/SentryAppender.java
index 70a0ae48e23..6885cdb81fd 100644
--- a/sentry-log4j2/src/main/java/io/sentry/log4j2/SentryAppender.java
+++ b/sentry-log4j2/src/main/java/io/sentry/log4j2/SentryAppender.java
@@ -184,7 +184,10 @@ public void start() {
             Optional.ofNullable(transportFactory).ifPresent(options::setTransportFactory);
           });
     } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-      LOGGER.warn("Failed to init Sentry during appender initialization: " + e.getMessage());
+      final @Nullable String errorMessage = e.getMessage();
+      if (errorMessage == null || !errorMessage.startsWith("DSN is required.")) {
+        LOGGER.warn("Failed to init Sentry during appender initialization: " + errorMessage);
+      }
     }
     addPackageAndIntegrationInfo();
     super.start();
diff --git a/sentry-logback/src/main/java/io/sentry/logback/SentryAppender.java b/sentry-logback/src/main/java/io/sentry/logback/SentryAppender.java
index 7e8edaca89d..20fdf304bda 100644
--- a/sentry-logback/src/main/java/io/sentry/logback/SentryAppender.java
+++ b/sentry-logback/src/main/java/io/sentry/logback/SentryAppender.java
@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ public void start() {
       try {
         Sentry.init(options);
       } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-        addWarn("Failed to init Sentry during appender initialization: " + e.getMessage());
+        final @Nullable String errorMessage = e.getMessage();
+        if (errorMessage == null || !errorMessage.startsWith("DSN is required.")) {
+          addWarn("Failed to init Sentry during appender initialization: " + errorMessage);
+        }
       }
     } else if (!Sentry.isEnabled()) {
       options