diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_co_elastic_clients_elasticsearch_java.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_co_elastic_clients_elasticsearch_java.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 78437f20d23..00000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_co_elastic_clients_elasticsearch_java.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xmlns="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns"
-       xsi:schemaLocation="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns/log4j-changelog-0.xsd"
-       type="updated">
-  <issue id="2925" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2925"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">Update `co.elastic.clients:elasticsearch-java` to version `8.15.1`</description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_com_github_luben_zstd_jni.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_com_github_luben_zstd_jni.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 24d3f85b8a5..00000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_com_github_luben_zstd_jni.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xmlns="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns"
-       xsi:schemaLocation="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns/log4j-changelog-0.xsd"
-       type="updated">
-  <issue id="2998" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2998"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">Update `com.github.luben:zstd-jni` to version `1.5.6-6`</description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_commons_io_commons_io.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_commons_io_commons_io.xml
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index 59fa0a59337..00000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_commons_io_commons_io.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xmlns="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns"
-       xsi:schemaLocation="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns/log4j-changelog-0.xsd"
-       type="updated">
-  <issue id="2984" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2984"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">Update `commons-io:commons-io` to version `2.17.0`</description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_net_java_dev_jna_jna.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_net_java_dev_jna_jna.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1df5dbbb049..00000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_net_java_dev_jna_jna.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xmlns="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns"
-       xsi:schemaLocation="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns/log4j-changelog-0.xsd"
-       type="updated">
-  <issue id="2956" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2956"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">Update `net.java.dev.jna:jna` to version `5.15.0`</description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_eclipse_platform_org_eclipse_osgi.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_eclipse_platform_org_eclipse_osgi.xml
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index b4311787a80..00000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_eclipse_platform_org_eclipse_osgi.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xmlns="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns"
-       xsi:schemaLocation="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns/log4j-changelog-0.xsd"
-       type="updated">
-  <issue id="2940" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2940"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.eclipse.platform:org.eclipse.osgi` to version `3.21.0`</description>
-</entry>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_slf4j_slf4j_nop.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_slf4j_slf4j_nop.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2083a3efd68..00000000000
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_slf4j_slf4j_nop.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xmlns="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns"
-       xsi:schemaLocation="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns/log4j-changelog-0.xsd"
-       type="updated">
-  <issue id="2955" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2955"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.slf4j:slf4j-nop` to version `2.0.16`</description>
-</entry>