diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index a2c970b44..0a7649ffc 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -100,13 +100,6 @@ object Dependencies {
   val scalaParsers = "org.scala-lang.modules" %% "scala-parser-combinators" % "2.4.0"
   val scalaPar = "org.scala-lang.modules" %% "scala-parallel-collections" % "1.2.0"
 
-  // specify all of log4j modules to prevent misalignment
-  def log4jModule = (n: String) => "org.apache.logging.log4j" % n % "2.17.1"
-  val log4jApi = log4jModule("log4j-api")
-  val log4jCore = log4jModule("log4j-core")
-  val log4jSlf4jImpl = log4jModule("log4j-slf4j-impl")
-  val log4jModules = Vector(log4jApi, log4jCore, log4jSlf4jImpl)
-
   val caffeine = "com.github.ben-manes.caffeine" % "caffeine" % "2.8.5"
 
   val hedgehog = "qa.hedgehog" %% "hedgehog-sbt" % "0.13.0"