diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eebae92164..7c2c2b868d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -516,17 +516,6 @@
       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
       <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-          <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-      <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4.14</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- This is needed in order to force junit4 and JTH tests to use newer hamcrest version -->
     <dependency>