diff --git a/artemis-junit/artemis-junit-commons/pom.xml b/artemis-junit/artemis-junit-commons/pom.xml
index 3aabb3769a..b3837ba896 100644
--- a/artemis-junit/artemis-junit-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-junit/artemis-junit-commons/pom.xml
@@ -73,11 +73,6 @@
          <groupId>jakarta.jms</groupId>
          <artifactId>jakarta.jms-api</artifactId>
       </dependency>
-
-      <dependency>
-         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-         <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      </dependency>
    </dependencies>
 
 </project>