diff --git a/fit/pom.xml b/fit/pom.xml
index fd7ca4d0e..2122071b6 100644
--- a/fit/pom.xml
+++ b/fit/pom.xml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
diff --git a/fit/src/main/resources/simplelogger.properties b/fit/src/main/resources/simplelogger.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a3350c78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fit/src/main/resources/simplelogger.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+org.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel=debug
+org.slf4j.simpleLogger.logFile=System.out
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9b720a8bf..6d6afa8ed 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -253,11 +253,6 @@
         <artifactId>tomcat-jasper</artifactId>
         <version>${tomcat.version}</version>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-        <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-        <version>${sl4j.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
 
       <!-- Pojogen Maven Plugin depenencies -->
       <dependency>