diff --git a/deegree-services/deegree-webservices/pom.xml b/deegree-services/deegree-webservices/pom.xml
index 34a31037ec..fc462027bb 100644
--- a/deegree-services/deegree-webservices/pom.xml
+++ b/deegree-services/deegree-webservices/pom.xml
@@ -323,10 +323,6 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j-to-slf4j</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <!-- Dependencies provided by servlet container -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9a80b118cb..e303746115 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -545,11 +545,6 @@
         <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
         <version>${log4j.version}</version>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-        <artifactId>log4j-to-slf4j</artifactId>
-        <version>${log4j.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>