diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/gradle/classpath/CheckClasspathForProhibitedDependencies.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/gradle/classpath/CheckClasspathForProhibitedDependencies.java
index 4738135e90..20036418d6 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/gradle/classpath/CheckClasspathForProhibitedDependencies.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/gradle/classpath/CheckClasspathForProhibitedDependencies.java
@@ -81,9 +81,6 @@ public class CheckClasspathForProhibitedDependencies extends DefaultTask {
 		if (group.startsWith("javax")) {
 			return true;
 		}
-		if (group.equals("commons-logging")) {
-			return true;
-		}
 		if (group.equals("org.slf4j") && id.getName().equals("jcl-over-slf4j")) {
 			return true;
 		}
diff --git a/crypto/spring-security-crypto.gradle b/crypto/spring-security-crypto.gradle
index 78a8fd31d0..2b010da16a 100644
--- a/crypto/spring-security-crypto.gradle
+++ b/crypto/spring-security-crypto.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-module'
 
 dependencies {
 	management platform(project(":spring-security-dependencies"))
-	optional 'org.springframework:spring-jcl'
 	optional 'org.springframework:spring-core'
 	optional 'org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk18on'