diff --git a/app/cli/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/app/cli/src/main/resources/logback.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index adfa02c68c..0000000000
--- a/app/cli/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<configuration />
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/project/Deps.scala b/project/Deps.scala
index 0404a76794..55ecb5f594 100644
--- a/project/Deps.scala
+++ b/project/Deps.scala
@@ -388,7 +388,6 @@ object Deps {
     List(
       Compile.sttp,
       Compile.newMicroPickle.value,
-      Compile.logback,
       Compile.scopt,
       //we can remove this dependency when this is fixed
       //https://github.com/oracle/graal/issues/1943