diff --git a/kstreamplify-core/pom.xml b/kstreamplify-core/pom.xml
index db22e875..fbf4cdbc 100644
--- a/kstreamplify-core/pom.xml
+++ b/kstreamplify-core/pom.xml
@@ -11,20 +11,6 @@
 
     <artifactId>kstreamplify-core</artifactId>
 
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
diff --git a/kstreamplify-core/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml b/kstreamplify-core/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3865b14e..00000000
--- a/kstreamplify-core/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<configuration>
-    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
-        <encoder>
-            <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n</pattern>
-        </encoder>
-    </appender>
-
-    <root level="INFO">
-        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/>
-    </root>
-</configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kstreamplify-spring-boot/pom.xml b/kstreamplify-spring-boot/pom.xml
index a0fec64c..9685c234 100644
--- a/kstreamplify-spring-boot/pom.xml
+++ b/kstreamplify-spring-boot/pom.xml
@@ -49,5 +49,12 @@
             <artifactId>kstreamplify-core</artifactId>
             <version>1.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
+        
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8be83e99..836c3220 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -185,18 +185,6 @@
             <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>