diff --git a/apis/cloudstack/pom.xml b/apis/cloudstack/pom.xml
index da995d62d4..5bab0db9ee 100644
--- a/apis/cloudstack/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/cloudstack/pom.xml
@@ -94,10 +94,16 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jclouds.driver</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jclouds-log4j</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>jclouds-slf4j</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+      <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <profiles>
     <profile>
diff --git a/apis/cloudstack/src/test/java/org/jclouds/cloudstack/compute/CloudStackComputeServiceAdapterLiveTest.java b/apis/cloudstack/src/test/java/org/jclouds/cloudstack/compute/CloudStackComputeServiceAdapterLiveTest.java
index 10fcc168a6..6a3ea0a3a0 100644
--- a/apis/cloudstack/src/test/java/org/jclouds/cloudstack/compute/CloudStackComputeServiceAdapterLiveTest.java
+++ b/apis/cloudstack/src/test/java/org/jclouds/cloudstack/compute/CloudStackComputeServiceAdapterLiveTest.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ import org.jclouds.compute.domain.Template;
 import org.jclouds.compute.functions.DefaultCredentialsFromImageOrOverridingCredentials;
 import org.jclouds.compute.strategy.PrioritizeCredentialsFromTemplate;
 import org.jclouds.domain.Credentials;
-import org.jclouds.logging.log4j.config.Log4JLoggingModule;
+import org.jclouds.logging.slf4j.config.SLF4JLoggingModule;
 import org.jclouds.predicates.RetryablePredicate;
 import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.Identity;
 import org.testng.annotations.AfterGroups;
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public class CloudStackComputeServiceAdapterLiveTest extends BaseCloudStackClien
             return CacheBuilder.newBuilder().build(getIPForwardingRule);
          }
       };
-      adapter = Guice.createInjector(module, new Log4JLoggingModule()).getInstance(
+      adapter = Guice.createInjector(module, new SLF4JLoggingModule()).getInstance(
             CloudStackComputeServiceAdapter.class);
 
       keyPairName = prefix + "-adapter-test-keypair";
diff --git a/apis/cloudstack/src/test/resources/log4j.xml b/apis/cloudstack/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d2dd7db2f..0000000000
--- a/apis/cloudstack/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,155 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
-
-    <!--
-        For more configuration infromation and examples see the Apache
-        Log4j website: http://logging.apache.org/log4j/
-    -->
-<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/"
-    debug="false">
-
-    <!-- A time/date based rolling appender -->
-    <appender name="WIREFILE" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender">
-        <param name="File" value="target/test-data/jclouds-wire.log" />
-        <param name="Append" value="true" />
-
-        <!-- Rollover at midnight each day -->
-        <param name="DatePattern" value="'.'yyyy-MM-dd" />
-
-        <param name="Threshold" value="TRACE" />
-
-        <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
-            <!-- The default pattern: Date Priority [Category] Message\n -->
-            <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5p [%c] (%t) %m%n" />
-
-            <!--
-                The full pattern: Date MS Priority [Category]
-                (Thread:NDC) Message\n <param name="ConversionPattern"
-                value="%d %-5r %-5p [%c] (%t:%x) %m%n"/>
-            -->
-        </layout>
-    </appender>
-
-    <!-- A time/date based rolling appender -->
-    <appender name="FILE" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender">
-        <param name="File" value="target/test-data/jclouds.log" />
-        <param name="Append" value="true" />
-
-        <!-- Rollover at midnight each day -->
-        <param name="DatePattern" value="'.'yyyy-MM-dd" />
-
-        <param name="Threshold" value="TRACE" />
-
-        <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
-            <!-- The default pattern: Date Priority [Category] Message\n -->
-            <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5p [%c] (%t) %m%n" />
-
-            <!--
-                The full pattern: Date MS Priority [Category]
-                (Thread:NDC) Message\n <param name="ConversionPattern"
-                value="%d %-5r %-5p [%c] (%t:%x) %m%n"/>
-            -->
-        </layout>
-    </appender>
-    
-    <!-- A time/date based rolling appender -->
-    <appender name="COMPUTEFILE" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender">
-        <param name="File" value="target/test-data/jclouds-compute.log" />
-        <param name="Append" value="true" />
-
-        <!-- Rollover at midnight each day -->
-        <param name="DatePattern" value="'.'yyyy-MM-dd" />
-
-        <param name="Threshold" value="TRACE" />
-
-        <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
-            <!-- The default pattern: Date Priority [Category] Message\n -->
-            <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5p [%c] (%t) %m%n" />
-
-            <!--
-                The full pattern: Date MS Priority [Category]
-                (Thread:NDC) Message\n <param name="ConversionPattern"
-                value="%d %-5r %-5p [%c] (%t:%x) %m%n"/>
-            -->
-        </layout>
-    </appender>
-
-    <!-- A time/date based rolling appender -->
-    <appender name="SSHFILE" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender">
-        <param name="File" value="target/test-data/jclouds-ssh.log" />
-        <param name="Append" value="true" />
-
-        <!-- Rollover at midnight each day -->
-        <param name="DatePattern" value="'.'yyyy-MM-dd" />
-
-        <param name="Threshold" value="TRACE" />
-
-        <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
-            <!-- The default pattern: Date Priority [Category] Message\n -->
-            <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5p [%c] (%t) %m%n" />
-
-            <!--
-                The full pattern: Date MS Priority [Category]
-                (Thread:NDC) Message\n <param name="ConversionPattern"
-                value="%d %-5r %-5p [%c] (%t:%x) %m%n"/>
-            -->
-        </layout>
-    </appender>
-
-    <appender name="ASYNCCOMPUTE" class="org.apache.log4j.AsyncAppender">
-        <appender-ref ref="COMPUTEFILE" />
-    </appender>
-    
-    <appender name="ASYNCSSH" class="org.apache.log4j.AsyncAppender">
-        <appender-ref ref="SSHFILE" />
-    </appender>
-
-    <appender name="ASYNC" class="org.apache.log4j.AsyncAppender">
-        <appender-ref ref="FILE" />
-    </appender>
-
-    <appender name="ASYNCWIRE" class="org.apache.log4j.AsyncAppender">
-        <appender-ref ref="WIREFILE" />
-    </appender>
-
-    <!-- ================ -->
-    <!-- Limit categories -->
-    <!-- ================ -->
-
-    <category name="org.jclouds">
-        <priority value="DEBUG" />
-        <appender-ref ref="ASYNC" />
-    </category>
-
-    <category name="jclouds.headers">
-        <priority value="DEBUG" />
-        <appender-ref ref="ASYNCWIRE" />
-    </category>
-    
-    <category name="jclouds.ssh">
-        <priority value="TRACE" />
-        <appender-ref ref="ASYNCSSH" />
-    </category><!--
-    <category name="jclouds.signature">
-        <priority value="DEBUG" />
-        <appender-ref ref="ASYNCWIRE" />
-    </category>
-    
-    --><category name="jclouds.wire">
-        <priority value="DEBUG" />
-        <appender-ref ref="ASYNCWIRE" />
-    </category>
-
-    <category name="jclouds.compute">
-        <priority value="TRACE" />
-        <appender-ref ref="ASYNCCOMPUTE" />
-    </category>
-    <!-- ======================= -->
-    <!-- Setup the Root category -->
-    <!-- ======================= -->
-
-    <root>
-        <priority value="WARN" />
-    </root>
-
-</log4j:configuration>