diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/bases/base-java/build.gradle b/airbyte-integrations/bases/base-java/build.gradle
index f3a90f553338..69abe73589c3 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/bases/base-java/build.gradle
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/bases/base-java/build.gradle
@@ -25,5 +25,4 @@ dependencies {
     implementation files(project(':airbyte-integrations:bases:base').airbyteDocker.outputs)
 
     testImplementation 'commons-lang:commons-lang:2.6'
-    implementation group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-layout-template-json', version: '2.17.2'
 }
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/bases/base-java/src/main/resources/AirbyteLogMessageTemplate.json b/airbyte-integrations/bases/base-java/src/main/resources/AirbyteLogMessageTemplate.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 468c68bd7d93..000000000000
--- a/airbyte-integrations/bases/base-java/src/main/resources/AirbyteLogMessageTemplate.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "LOG",
-  "log": {
-    "level": {
-      "$resolver": "level",
-      "field": "name"
-    },
-    "message": {
-      "$resolver": "message",
-      "stringified": true
-    },
-    "stack_trace": {
-      "$resolver": "exception",
-      "field": "stackTrace",
-      "stackTrace": {
-        "stringified": true
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/bases/base-java/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml b/airbyte-integrations/bases/base-java/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 81e76194de83..000000000000
--- a/airbyte-integrations/bases/base-java/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<Configuration status="INFO">
-
-  <Appenders>
-    <Console name="ConsoleJSONAppender" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
-      <JsonTemplateLayout eventTemplateUri="classpath:AirbyteLogMessageTemplate.json"/>
-    </Console>
-  </Appenders>
-  <Loggers>
-    <Root level="INFO" additivity="false">
-      <AppenderRef ref="ConsoleJSONAppender"/>
-    </Root>
-  </Loggers>
-</Configuration>