diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 04e617862..809e2db5e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -67,12 +67,6 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta2</version>
-    </dependency>
-
     <!-- Databases - Uses H2 by default -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>