diff --git a/libraries/pom.xml b/libraries/pom.xml
index ba16995d8f..c0c2321388 100644
--- a/libraries/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries/pom.xml
@@ -136,13 +136,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>${httpclient.version}</version>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>               
+            <version>${httpclient.version}</version>        
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
diff --git a/log4j2/pom.xml b/log4j2/pom.xml
index 1267caeb08..c348982bcf 100644
--- a/log4j2/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j2/pom.xml
@@ -43,13 +43,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-dbcp2</artifactId>
-			<version>${commons-dbcp2.version}</version>
-		            <exclusions>
-		                <exclusion>
-		                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-		                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-		                </exclusion>
-		            </exclusions>			
+			<version>${commons-dbcp2.version}</version>		
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- This is used for testing only. -->
diff --git a/spring-state-machine/pom.xml b/spring-state-machine/pom.xml
index d7e7027023..9dcb51fe4e 100644
--- a/spring-state-machine/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-state-machine/pom.xml
@@ -24,13 +24,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-            <version>4.3.7.RELEASE</version>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>            
+            <version>4.3.7.RELEASE</version>        
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>