diff --git a/phoenix-server/pom.xml b/phoenix-server/pom.xml
index c90322a2a23..d189cb1c3a1 100644
--- a/phoenix-server/pom.xml
+++ b/phoenix-server/pom.xml
@@ -407,11 +407,6 @@
       <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <profiles>
     <profile>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bf119e86473..dcc59911d9b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@
     <commons-io.version>2.5</commons-io.version>
     <commons-lang.version>3.8</commons-lang.version>
     <commons-csv.version>1.0</commons-csv.version>
-    <commons-logging.version>1.2</commons-logging.version>
     <sqlline.version>1.9.0</sqlline.version>
     <commons-configuration2.version>2.1.1</commons-configuration2.version>
     <findbugs-annotations.version>1.3.9-1</findbugs-annotations.version>
@@ -1380,11 +1379,6 @@
           </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-        <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-        <version>${commons-logging.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
 
       <!-- Other test dependencies -->
       <dependency>