diff --git a/spring-bootstrap/src/main/java/org/springframework/bootstrap/web/SpringServletInitializer.java b/spring-bootstrap/src/main/java/org/springframework/bootstrap/web/SpringServletInitializer.java
index a21f490b1a..ffbb17fb0b 100644
--- a/spring-bootstrap/src/main/java/org/springframework/bootstrap/web/SpringServletInitializer.java
+++ b/spring-bootstrap/src/main/java/org/springframework/bootstrap/web/SpringServletInitializer.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext;
  */
 public abstract class SpringServletInitializer implements WebApplicationInitializer {
 
-	private final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
+	protected final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
 
 	@Override
 	public void onStartup(ServletContext servletContext) throws ServletException {
diff --git a/spring-starters/spring-starter-tomcat/pom.xml b/spring-starters/spring-starter-tomcat/pom.xml
index 76be84ea01..fd8b0a1f1f 100644
--- a/spring-starters/spring-starter-tomcat/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-starters/spring-starter-tomcat/pom.xml
@@ -21,9 +21,5 @@
 			<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
 			<artifactId>tomcat-embed-logging-juli</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
-			<artifactId>tomcat-jsp-api</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>