diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d7bff59..d28e08b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,21 +59,15 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- log4j2 equivalent dependency : spring-boot-starter-logging-->
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-log4j2</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- Spring Boot Starter without logging dependency-->
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml b/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d3120cd..0000000
--- a/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-<Configuration status="WARN">
-    <Appenders>
-        <File name="File" fileName="logs/shortener.log">
-            <PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n"/>
-        </File>
-        <Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
-            <PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n"/>
-        </Console>
-    </Appenders>
-    <Loggers>
-        <Root level="debug">
-            <AppenderRef ref="File"/>
-            <AppenderRef ref="Console"/>
-        </Root>
-    </Loggers>
-</Configuration>
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