diff --git a/activemq-tooling/activemq-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/activemq-tooling/activemq-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index f1a8a539de..58341c5229 100644
--- a/activemq-tooling/activemq-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-tooling/activemq-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -67,10 +67,6 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
       <artifactId>geronimo-j2ee-management_1.1_spec</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>