diff --git a/spring-boot-devtools/pom.xml b/spring-boot-devtools/pom.xml
index 53a73f6509..83a54385b7 100644
--- a/spring-boot-devtools/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-devtools/pom.xml
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@
 			<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-			<optional>true</optional>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>