diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 244b4c5..55a7d58 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -117,21 +117,6 @@
 			If possible, its better if this matches 2.1.8 in the plugin definition but 
 			2.2.1 worked fine here and allowed me to keep the original pom definition 
 			<version>2.4.6</version> </dependency> -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>log4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2.17</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>1.7.2</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-			<version>1.7.2</version>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>