diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 89cf236..dc14c0b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -295,16 +295,6 @@
                 <artifactId>cxf-spring-boot-starter-jaxws</artifactId>
                 <version>${org.apache.cxf.version}</version>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-                <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-                <exclusions>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <groupId>*</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>*</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>
-                </exclusions>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
                 <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>