diff --git a/dbeam-core/pom.xml b/dbeam-core/pom.xml
index 0af7036d..0c417d82 100644
--- a/dbeam-core/pom.xml
+++ b/dbeam-core/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Log -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
diff --git a/dbeam-core/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/dbeam-core/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index ccca0eca..00000000
--- a/dbeam-core/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# Root logger option
-log4j.rootLogger=INFO, stdout
-
-# Direct log messages to stdout
-log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
-log4j.appender.stdout.Target=System.out
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss+Z} [%p:%t]  %m%n
-
-log4j.logger.scala.slick.jdbc.JdbcBackend.statement=DEBUG
-