diff --git a/aspectj/pom.xml b/aspectj/pom.xml
index 90b527c14f..cbc98dac81 100644
--- a/aspectj/pom.xml
+++ b/aspectj/pom.xml
@@ -70,11 +70,6 @@
             <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
             <version>4.3.4.RELEASE</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.17</version>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/aspectj/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/aspectj/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e2afcd5b0..0000000000
--- a/aspectj/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-log4j.rootLogger=TRACE, stdout
-
-# Redirect log messages to console
-log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
-log4j.appender.stdout.Target=System.out
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n
-
-log4j.logger.org.springframework.aop.interceptor.PerformanceMonitorInterceptor=TRACE, stdout
-log4j.logger.com.baeldung.performancemonitor.MyPerformanceMonitorInterceptor=INFO, stdout
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diff --git a/rest-assured/pom.xml b/rest-assured/pom.xml
index bbeef8bb9c..1d4dba4cbf 100644
--- a/rest-assured/pom.xml
+++ b/rest-assured/pom.xml
@@ -59,17 +59,6 @@
             <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>${log4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
@@ -276,7 +265,6 @@
         <javax.mail.version>1.4.7</javax.mail.version>        
         <jetty.version>9.4.0.v20161208</jetty.version>
         
-        <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.21</slf4j.version>
         
         <commons-lang3.version>3.5</commons-lang3.version>        
diff --git a/rest-assured/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/rest-assured/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index d3c6b9e783..0000000000
--- a/rest-assured/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-## Logger configure
-datestamp=yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
-log4j.rootLogger=TRACE, file, console
-
-log4j.appender.file=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
-log4j.appender.file.maxFileSize=1GB
-log4j.appender.file.maxBackupIndex=5
-log4j.appender.file.File=log/rest-assured.log
-log4j.appender.file.threshold=TRACE
-log4j.appender.file.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.file.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{${datestamp}} %5p: [%c] - %m%n
-
-log4j.appender.console=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
-log4j.appender.console.Threshold=INFO
-log4j.appender.console.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.console.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{${datestamp}} %5p\: [%c] - %m%n
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diff --git a/xstream/pom.xml b/xstream/pom.xml
index 7af8efa659..3e8aaafc06 100644
--- a/xstream/pom.xml
+++ b/xstream/pom.xml
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@
             <version>${junit.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>${log4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -51,7 +46,6 @@
         <xstream.version>1.4.9</xstream.version>
         <jettison.version>1.3.8</jettison.version>
 
-        <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
         <!-- testing -->
         <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
 
diff --git a/xstream/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/xstream/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 03d8c51aa0..0000000000
--- a/xstream/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# Root logger option
-log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, file
-# Redirect log messages to console
-# log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
-# log4j.appender.stdout.Target=System.out
-# log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-# log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n
-# Redirect log messages to a log file, support file rolling.
-log4j.appender.file=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
-log4j.appender.file.File=D:\\Test\\xstream-application.log
-log4j.appender.file.MaxFileSize=5MB
-log4j.appender.file.MaxBackupIndex=10
-log4j.appender.file.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.file.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n
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