diff --git a/appc-inbound/appc-design-services/provider/pom.xml b/appc-inbound/appc-design-services/provider/pom.xml
index 2adfd30..7197c06 100755
--- a/appc-inbound/appc-design-services/provider/pom.xml
+++ b/appc-inbound/appc-design-services/provider/pom.xml
@@ -114,20 +114,10 @@
             <artifactId>sal-binding-broker-impl</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-         <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-         <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-	 <version>${logback.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.att.eelf</groupId>
             <artifactId>eelf-core</artifactId>
-            <exclusions>
-                 <exclusion>
-                      <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-                      <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-                 </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.onap.ccsdk.sli.adaptors</groupId>