diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/MongoItemReader.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/MongoItemReader.java
index 43c5ea9fd..6e5083c06 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/MongoItemReader.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/MongoItemReader.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2020 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2021 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.bson.Document;
 import org.bson.codecs.DecoderContext;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ExecutionContext;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemReader;
@@ -82,9 +80,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  * @author Parikshit Dutta
  */
 public class MongoItemReader<T> extends AbstractPaginatedDataItemReader<T> implements InitializingBean {
-	
-	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MongoItemReader.class);
-	
+
 	private MongoOperations template;
 	private Query query;
 	private String queryString;