diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/feaLib/builder.py b/Lib/fontTools/feaLib/builder.py
index f6fac1c07..9e819f8c8 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/feaLib/builder.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/feaLib/builder.py
@@ -1515,10 +1515,9 @@ class PairPosBuilder(LookupBuilder):
         oldValue = self.glyphPairs.get(key, None)
         if oldValue is not None:
             # the Feature File spec explicitly allows specific pairs generated
-            # by an 'enum' rule to be overridden by preceding single pairs;
-            # we emit a warning and use the previously defined value
+            # by an 'enum' rule to be overridden by preceding single pairs
             otherLoc = self.locations[key]
-            log.warning(
+            log.debug(
                 'Already defined position for pair %s %s at %s:%d:%d; '
                 'choosing the first value',
                 glyph1, glyph2, otherLoc[0], otherLoc[1], otherLoc[2])
diff --git a/Tests/feaLib/builder_test.py b/Tests/feaLib/builder_test.py
index d72a9c936..18ece3b1e 100644
--- a/Tests/feaLib/builder_test.py
+++ b/Tests/feaLib/builder_test.py
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ class BuilderTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_pairPos_redefinition_warning(self):
         # https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/issues/1147
         logger = logging.getLogger("fontTools.feaLib.builder")
-        with CapturingLogHandler(logger, "WARNING") as captor:
+        with CapturingLogHandler(logger, "DEBUG") as captor:
             # the pair "yacute semicolon" is redefined in the enum pos
             font = self.build(
                 "@Y_LC = [y yacute ydieresis];"