diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9ec6ac916..6ac9cb501 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
## [Unreleased]
+### Changed
+- Replace `log4j` with `logback` [#948] [#953]
+
### Fixed
- Fix custom [`report`] queries [#944]
- Fix methods in `Report` object for ROBOT as a library [#951]
@@ -287,7 +290,9 @@ First official release of ROBOT!
[`template`]: http://robot.obolibrary.org/template
[`validate`]: http://robot.obolibrary.org/validate
+[#953]: https://github.com/ontodev/robot/pull/953
[#951]: https://github.com/ontodev/robot/pull/951
+[#948]: https://github.com/ontodev/robot/pull/948
[#944]: https://github.com/ontodev/robot/pull/944
[#938]: https://github.com/ontodev/robot/pull/938
[#929]: https://github.com/ontodev/robot/pull/929
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 952f6223b..c011bc11b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -211,16 +211,8 @@
0.4.3
- org.slf4j
- slf4j-log4j12
-
-
- org.slf4j
- slf4j-api
-
-
- org.slf4j
- slf4j-simple
+ log4j
+ log4j
net.sourceforge.owlapi
diff --git a/robot-command/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/robot-command/src/main/resources/logback.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 08067c761..000000000
--- a/robot-command/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-
-
-
-
- %d %-5p %c - %m%n
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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