diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/license/bin/LICENSE.txt b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/license/bin/LICENSE.txt
index 9b846ca722e..9cb9202be0b 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/license/bin/LICENSE.txt
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/license/bin/LICENSE.txt
@@ -459,7 +459,6 @@ MIT
    org.kohsuke.metainf-services:metainf-services
    org.slf4j:slf4j-api
    org.slf4j:slf4j-reload4j
-   org.slf4j:slf4j-simple
 
 
 Public Domain
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/license/jar-report.txt b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/license/jar-report.txt
index 22139ae86e8..1e07ec1a2c2 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/license/jar-report.txt
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/license/jar-report.txt
@@ -265,7 +265,6 @@ share/ozone/lib/simpleclient_dropwizard.jar
 share/ozone/lib/simpleclient.jar
 share/ozone/lib/slf4j-api.jar
 share/ozone/lib/slf4j-reload4j.jar
-share/ozone/lib/slf4j-simple.jar
 share/ozone/lib/snakeyaml.jar
 share/ozone/lib/snappy-java.jar
 share/ozone/lib/spring-beans.jar
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2180d0af257..30c9835ee1a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -762,6 +762,12 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xs
         <groupId>org.apache.ratis</groupId>
         <artifactId>ratis-shell</artifactId>
         <version>${ratis.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>