diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/pom.xml
index 81a28725a7..7178aeca32 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/pom.xml
@@ -61,13 +61,6 @@
             <version>${lombok.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- for Graylog demo -->
-        <dependency>
-            <!-- forcing spring boot 1.x sing log4j was dropped in spring boot 1.4 and beyond -->
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring-boot-starter-log4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.graylog2</groupId>
             <artifactId>gelfj</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/src/main/resources/log4j.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/src/main/resources/log4j.xml
index 61c1b7b229..524628b855 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/src/main/resources/log4j.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/src/main/resources/log4j.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         </layout>
     </appender>
     <appender name="graylog" class="org.graylog2.log.GelfAppender">
-        <param name="graylogHost" value="18.217.253.212"/>
+        <param name="graylogHost" value="127.0.0.1"/>
         <param name="originHost" value="localhost"/>
         <param name="graylogPort" value="12201"/>
         <param name="extractStacktrace" value="true"/>