diff --git a/bvm/ballerina-rt/build.gradle b/bvm/ballerina-rt/build.gradle
index 7365c21cc2e2..1f2497167a68 100644
--- a/bvm/ballerina-rt/build.gradle
+++ b/bvm/ballerina-rt/build.gradle
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ dependencies {
     // config
     dist 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl:2.12.4'
     dist 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-1.2-api:2.2'
-    dist 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.22'
     dist 'com.moandjiezana.toml:toml4j:0.7.2'
     dist 'org.wso2.orbit.org.antlr:antlr4-runtime:4.5.1.wso2v1'
     dist 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.8.1'