diff --git a/jans-config-api/plugins/pom.xml b/jans-config-api/plugins/pom.xml
index 64be5225936..4f0fcb069c9 100644
--- a/jans-config-api/plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/jans-config-api/plugins/pom.xml
@@ -24,13 +24,6 @@
 
 	<dependencies>
 
-		<!-- Logging -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-			<scope>provided</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<!-- CDI -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>javax.enterprise</groupId>
diff --git a/jans-config-api/plugins/sample/demo/pom.xml b/jans-config-api/plugins/sample/demo/pom.xml
index 9bd969d546a..7f75c3a994a 100644
--- a/jans-config-api/plugins/sample/demo/pom.xml
+++ b/jans-config-api/plugins/sample/demo/pom.xml
@@ -136,42 +136,7 @@
 			<version>${resteasy.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<!-- Logging -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${log4j.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>log4j-1.2-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${log4j.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-			<version>${log4j.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
-			<version>${log4j.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>log4j-jul</artifactId>
-			<version>${log4j.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${slf4j.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-			<version>${slf4j.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
+	
 
 		<!-- Othres -->
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/jans-config-api/plugins/sample/helloworld/pom.xml b/jans-config-api/plugins/sample/helloworld/pom.xml
index 08dd4c93afa..111cbe5a9aa 100644
--- a/jans-config-api/plugins/sample/helloworld/pom.xml
+++ b/jans-config-api/plugins/sample/helloworld/pom.xml
@@ -136,42 +136,6 @@
 			<version>${resteasy.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<!-- Logging -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${log4j.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>log4j-1.2-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${log4j.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-			<version>${log4j.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
-			<version>${log4j.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>log4j-jul</artifactId>
-			<version>${log4j.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${slf4j.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-			<version>${slf4j.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Othres -->
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/jans-config-api/server/pom.xml b/jans-config-api/server/pom.xml
index 0211df5ec7d..ce91433fd19 100644
--- a/jans-config-api/server/pom.xml
+++ b/jans-config-api/server/pom.xml
@@ -146,12 +146,6 @@
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<!-- Logging -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<!-- Testing -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
diff --git a/jans-config-api/shared/pom.xml b/jans-config-api/shared/pom.xml
index 9d53ef7c477..fd46e261349 100644
--- a/jans-config-api/shared/pom.xml
+++ b/jans-config-api/shared/pom.xml
@@ -56,13 +56,6 @@
 			<artifactId>weld-core-impl</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<!-- Logging -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-			<scope>provided</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<!-- CDI -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>javax.enterprise</groupId>
@@ -109,14 +102,6 @@
 			<artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<!-- Logging -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
-
-
-
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>