Stop log4j from logging into syslog - log4j

Question

I am trying to configure log4j2 to write logs in several files using Routing & RollingFile appenders, and so far everything works well. However, there is an unwanted side effect - it also logs into Linux syslog. Is there any way to disable logging into syslog? Here is my log4j2.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<Configuration name="Staging" status="warn">
<Properties>
<Property name="pattern" value="%-5level [%d{DEFAULT}] %logger{30} %X %marker %msg%n"/>
<Property name="log-path" value="/var/log/application"/>
<Property name="file-size" value="200 MB"/>
<Property name="file-total" value="10"/>
</Properties>
<Appenders>
<RollingFile name="SESSIONS_APPENDER" fileName="${log-path}/sessions.log" filePattern="${log-path}/sessions-%i.log.gz" append="true">
<PatternLayout pattern="${pattern}"/>
<Policies>
<SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy size="${file-size}"/>
</Policies>
<DefaultRolloverStrategy max="${file-total}"/>
</RollingFile>
<RollingFile name="TRANSACTIONS_APPENDER" fileName="${log-path}/transactions.log" filePattern="${log-path}/transactions-%i.log.gz" append="true">
<PatternLayout pattern="${pattern}"/>
<Policies>
<SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy size="${file-size}"/>
</Policies>
<DefaultRolloverStrategy max="${file-total}"/>
</RollingFile>
<RollingFile name="STDROUT_APPENDER" fileName="${log-path}/stdrout.log" filePattern="${log-path}/stdrout-%i.log.gz" append="true">
<PatternLayout pattern="${pattern}"/>
<Policies>
<SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy size="${file-size}"/>
</Policies>
<DefaultRolloverStrategy max="${file-total}"/>
<!-- Filtering from the stdout log, lines that have their own custom appender -->
<Filters>
<MarkerFilter marker="TRANSACTION" onMatch="DENY" onMismatch="NEUTRAL"/>
<MarkerFilter marker="SESSION" onMatch="DENY" onMismatch="NEUTRAL"/>
</Filters>
</RollingFile>
<Routing>
<name>ROUTING_APPENDER</name>
<Routes>
<pattern>$${marker:}</pattern>
<!-- Default appender if no matching marker found -->
<Route ref="STDROUT_APPENDER"/>
<!-- Appender selection for specific marker -->
<Route key="TRANSACTION" ref="TRANSACTIONS_APPENDER"/>
<Route key="SESSION" ref="SESSIONS_APPENDER"/>
</Routes>
</Routing>
</Appenders>
<Loggers>
<Root level="info">
<AppenderRef ref="STDROUT_APPENDER"/>
</Root>
<Logger name="com.application" level="info" additivity="false">
<AppenderRef ref="ROUTING_APPENDER"/>
</Logger>
<Logger name="org.apache" level="error">
<AppenderRef ref="STDROUT_APPENDER"/>
</Logger>
<Logger name="com.amazonaws" level="error">
<AppenderRef ref="STDROUT_APPENDER"/>
</Logger>
</Loggers>
</Configuration>