diff --git a/artemis-hawtio/activemq-branding/pom.xml b/artemis-hawtio/activemq-branding/pom.xml
index b20f6349ac..c34c7bf764 100644
--- a/artemis-hawtio/activemq-branding/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-hawtio/activemq-branding/pom.xml
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.hawt</groupId>
             <artifactId>hawtio-plugin-mbean</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- servlet API is provided by the container -->
@@ -87,11 +93,6 @@
             <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
       <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
           <artifactId>error_prone_core</artifactId>
diff --git a/artemis-hawtio/artemis-plugin/pom.xml b/artemis-hawtio/artemis-plugin/pom.xml
index cdb7ce4256..c388cf21d2 100644
--- a/artemis-hawtio/artemis-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-hawtio/artemis-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -91,16 +91,6 @@
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
         <artifactId>error_prone_core</artifactId>
diff --git a/artemis-hawtio/pom.xml b/artemis-hawtio/pom.xml
index e9ffbefe51..67ceeedb6d 100644
--- a/artemis-hawtio/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-hawtio/pom.xml
@@ -80,12 +80,6 @@
                 <version>${slf4j-version}</version>
                 <scope>provided</scope>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-                <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-                <version>${slf4j-version}</version>
-                <scope>provided</scope>
-            </dependency>
 
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f82dd196c6..7233f95c94 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -357,14 +357,6 @@
              <scope>provided</scope>
             <optional>true</optional>
          </dependency>
-         <!--needed to compile the logging jar-->
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.16</version>
-            <scope>compile</scope>
-            <!-- License: Apache 2.0 -->
-         </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
@@ -519,11 +511,6 @@
              <artifactId>slf4j-nop</artifactId>
              <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
          </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-             <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-             <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
-         </dependency>
          <!-- ## End Examples Dependencies ## -->
 
          <!--needed to compile the bootstrap jar-->
diff --git a/tests/activemq5-unit-tests/pom.xml b/tests/activemq5-unit-tests/pom.xml
index ec2d10ab1b..69bbcecfd5 100644
--- a/tests/activemq5-unit-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/activemq5-unit-tests/pom.xml
@@ -222,18 +222,6 @@
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
 
-      <dependency>
-         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-         <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-         <scope>test</scope>
-      </dependency>
-
-      <dependency>
-         <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-         <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-         <scope>test</scope>
-       </dependency>
-
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
          <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/tests/integration-tests/pom.xml b/tests/integration-tests/pom.xml
index 5618d76382..6800e44408 100644
--- a/tests/integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -397,6 +397,12 @@
          <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
          <artifactId>hadoop-minikdc</artifactId>
          <version>3.3.0</version>
+         <exclusions>
+            <exclusion>
+               <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+               <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+         </exclusions>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>