diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ebc741487..c7fadad8f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
  
 		<!-- Logging -->
         <logback.version>1.0.9</logback.version>
-        <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.2</slf4j.version>
         
         <!-- RSS -->
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@
         <webjars-bootstrap.version>2.3.0</webjars-bootstrap.version>
         <webjars-jquery-ui.version>1.9.2</webjars-jquery-ui.version>
         <webjars-jquery.version>1.9.0</webjars-jquery.version>
-        <dandelion.datatables.version>0.8.9</dandelion.datatables.version>
+        <dandelion.datatables.version>0.8.10</dandelion.datatables.version>
       
         <mysql.version>5.1.22</mysql.version>
         
@@ -215,12 +214,7 @@
                 <version>${logback.version}</version>
                 <scope>runtime</scope>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-                <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-                <version>${logback.version}</version>
-                <scope>runtime</scope>
-            </dependency>
+ 
             <!--  used for Atom -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>rome</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/src/main/resources/logback.xml
index 192d849ac..c847fee55 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@
     </appender>
 
     <logger name="org.springframework.samples.petclinic" level="debug"/>
-    
-     <logger name="org.springframework.web.servlet.view" level="debug"/>
-
+         
     <root level="info">
         <appender-ref ref="console"/>
     </root>