diff --git a/driver-diag/pom.xml b/driver-diag/pom.xml
index 876af26e0..adb9200d2 100644
--- a/driver-diag/pom.xml
+++ b/driver-diag/pom.xml
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@
             <version>3.12.155-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 
 
diff --git a/driver-kafka/pom.xml b/driver-kafka/pom.xml
index 63fe03ed0..d4d9d6bc6 100644
--- a/driver-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/driver-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -43,21 +43,21 @@
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.nosqlbench</groupId>
-            <artifactId>engine-api</artifactId>
-            <version>3.12.155-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          <artifactId>engine-api</artifactId>
+          <version>3.12.155-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.nosqlbench</groupId>
-            <artifactId>driver-stdout</artifactId>
-            <version>3.12.155-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.nosqlbench</groupId>
+        <artifactId>driver-stdout</artifactId>
+        <version>3.12.155-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.25</version>
-        </dependency>
+      <!--        <dependency>-->
+      <!--            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>-->
+      <!--            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>-->
+      <!--            <version>1.7.25</version>-->
+      <!--        </dependency>-->
 
     </dependencies>
     <repositories>
diff --git a/engine-api/pom.xml b/engine-api/pom.xml
index cc264b70b..df0d69b2f 100644
--- a/engine-api/pom.xml
+++ b/engine-api/pom.xml
@@ -49,16 +49,6 @@
             <artifactId>graal-sdk</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
             <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/engine-cli/pom.xml b/engine-cli/pom.xml
index a5e010a26..ddc1efb6d 100644
--- a/engine-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/engine-cli/pom.xml
@@ -32,13 +32,6 @@
             <version>3.12.155-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.3</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/engine-core/pom.xml b/engine-core/pom.xml
index 12a95183f..ef918eec9 100644
--- a/engine-core/pom.xml
+++ b/engine-core/pom.xml
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@
             <version>3.12.155-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
             <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/engine-rest/pom.xml b/engine-rest/pom.xml
index cccec2954..8ed0d58e9 100644
--- a/engine-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/engine-rest/pom.xml
@@ -50,12 +50,6 @@
             <version>3.12.155-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.3</version>
-        </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
index 97cb7bfb4..7d44e8a69 100644
--- a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
+++ b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@
         <jmh.version>1.22</jmh.version>
         <joda.time.version>2.9.9</joda.time.version>
         <junit.jupiter.version>5.3.2</junit.jupiter.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.13.3</log4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.2.3</logback.version>
+
         <lz4.version>1.4.1</lz4.version>
         <metrics.reservoir.version>1.1.0</metrics.reservoir.version>
         <metrics.version>4.0.7</metrics.version>
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@
         <netty.version>4.1.47.Final</netty.version>
         <!--        <netty.version>4.1.31.Final</netty.version>-->
         <number.to.words.version>1.0.0</number.to.words.version>
-        <slf4j.version>1.7.29</slf4j.version>
+<!--        <slf4j.version>1.7.29</slf4j.version>-->
         <snakeyaml.version>1.23</snakeyaml.version>
         <snappy.version>1.1.2.6</snappy.version>
 
@@ -152,15 +151,15 @@
 
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
-                <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
-                <version>${metrics.version}</version>
+              <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
+              <version>${metrics.version}</version>
             </dependency>
 
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-                <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
-                <version>${commons.text.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons.text.version}</version>
+          </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
@@ -168,15 +167,15 @@
                 <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
             </dependency>
 
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jmh-core</artifactId>
-                <version>${jmh.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jmh-generator-annprocess</artifactId>
-                <version>${jmh.version}</version>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jmh-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${jmh.version}</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jmh-generator-annprocess</artifactId>
+            <version>${jmh.version}</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
diff --git a/nb-annotations/pom.xml b/nb-annotations/pom.xml
index 9ea4bb229..75ed9dbaf 100644
--- a/nb-annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/nb-annotations/pom.xml
@@ -21,16 +21,6 @@
 
     <dependencies>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
         <!-- TODO: Move this down to virtdata if it is the only module group using it -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
diff --git a/nb-api/pom.xml b/nb-api/pom.xml
index f00001771..19f3d3eb9 100644
--- a/nb-api/pom.xml
+++ b/nb-api/pom.xml
@@ -34,16 +34,6 @@
             <version>3.12.155-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.vladsch.flexmark</groupId>
             <artifactId>flexmark-ext-yaml-front-matter</artifactId>