diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 13346660ba..53f3f9a8b0 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -1696,6 +1696,12 @@
 				<groupId>org.apache.solr</groupId>
 				<artifactId>solr-solrj</artifactId>
 				<version>${solr.version}</version>
+				<exclusions>
+					<exclusion>
+						<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+						<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+					</exclusion>
+				</exclusions>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.solr</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-solr/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-solr/pom.xml
index f5f5f2b1a7..c5ce104c76 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-solr/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-solr/pom.xml
@@ -22,16 +22,6 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.solr</groupId>
 			<artifactId>solr-solrj</artifactId>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>log4j</groupId>
-					<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-					<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/pom.xml
index 57c734f394..0c49019128 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/pom.xml
@@ -172,11 +172,6 @@
 			<artifactId>kotlin-runtime</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader/pom.xml
index 4c5d8b7bab..23b840832e 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader/pom.xml
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- Test -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
 			<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/pom.xml
index 6debcfc737..933cd542d9 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/pom.xml
@@ -373,11 +373,6 @@
 			<artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-context-support</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/logging/LoggingApplicationListenerTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/logging/LoggingApplicationListenerTests.java
index d566e8d40c..cd59e5eea7 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/logging/LoggingApplicationListenerTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/logging/LoggingApplicationListenerTests.java
@@ -26,15 +26,16 @@ import java.util.logging.Handler;
 import java.util.logging.LogManager;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.impl.SLF4JLogFactory;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.slf4j.bridge.SLF4JBridgeHandler;
+import org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.event.ApplicationFailedEvent;
@@ -89,9 +90,11 @@ public class LoggingApplicationListenerTests {
 
 	private final LoggingApplicationListener initializer = new LoggingApplicationListener();
 
-	private final SLF4JLogFactory logFactory = new SLF4JLogFactory();
+	private final LoggerContext loggerContext = (LoggerContext) StaticLoggerBinder
+			.getSingleton().getLoggerFactory();
 
-	private final Log logger = this.logFactory.getInstance(getClass());
+	private final ch.qos.logback.classic.Logger logger = this.loggerContext
+			.getLogger(getClass());
 
 	private final SpringApplication springApplication = new SpringApplication();
 
@@ -404,9 +407,9 @@ public class LoggingApplicationListenerTests {
 		this.initializer.initialize(this.context.getEnvironment(),
 				this.context.getClassLoader());
 		this.logger.debug("testatdebug");
-		this.logger.fatal("testatfatal");
+		this.logger.error("testaterror");
 		assertThat(this.outputCapture.toString()).doesNotContain("testatdebug")
-				.doesNotContain("testatfatal");
+				.doesNotContain("testaterror");
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -416,9 +419,9 @@ public class LoggingApplicationListenerTests {
 		this.initializer.initialize(this.context.getEnvironment(),
 				this.context.getClassLoader());
 		this.logger.debug("testatdebug");
-		this.logger.fatal("testatfatal");
+		this.logger.error("testaterror");
 		assertThat(this.outputCapture.toString()).doesNotContain("testatdebug")
-				.doesNotContain("testatfatal");
+				.doesNotContain("testaterror");
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -657,7 +660,7 @@ public class LoggingApplicationListenerTests {
 	}
 
 	private void assertTraceEnabled(String name, boolean expected) {
-		assertThat(this.logFactory.getInstance(name).isTraceEnabled())
+		assertThat(this.loggerContext.getLogger(name).isTraceEnabled())
 				.isEqualTo(expected);
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/LogbackLoggingSystemTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/LogbackLoggingSystemTests.java
index 6b1c37268c..0d0e65ba9a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/LogbackLoggingSystemTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/LogbackLoggingSystemTests.java
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ import ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender;
 import ch.qos.logback.core.CoreConstants;
 import ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender;
 import ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedRollingPolicy;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.impl.SLF4JLogFactory;
 import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
 import org.hamcrest.Matchers;
 import org.junit.After;
@@ -87,7 +85,7 @@ public class LogbackLoggingSystemTests extends AbstractLoggingSystemTests {
 	private final LogbackLoggingSystem loggingSystem = new LogbackLoggingSystem(
 			getClass().getClassLoader());
 
-	private Log logger;
+	private Logger logger;
 
 	private LoggingInitializationContext initializationContext;
 
@@ -96,7 +94,8 @@ public class LogbackLoggingSystemTests extends AbstractLoggingSystemTests {
 	@Before
 	public void setup() {
 		this.loggingSystem.cleanUp();
-		this.logger = new SLF4JLogFactory().getInstance(getClass().getName());
+		this.logger = ((LoggerContext) StaticLoggerBinder.getSingleton()
+				.getLoggerFactory()).getLogger(getClass());
 		this.environment = new MockEnvironment();
 		this.initializationContext = new LoggingInitializationContext(this.environment);
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-cassandra/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-cassandra/pom.xml
index c362259e17..5da7445405 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-cassandra/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-cassandra/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@
 			<artifactId>cassandra-unit-spring</artifactId>
 			<version>3.5.0.1</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+					<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 	<build>
diff --git a/spring-boot-tests/spring-boot-integration-tests/spring-boot-launch-script-tests/pom.xml b/spring-boot-tests/spring-boot-integration-tests/spring-boot-launch-script-tests/pom.xml
index 0cbf662c00..e95d03aeb5 100644
--- a/spring-boot-tests/spring-boot-integration-tests/spring-boot-launch-script-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-tests/spring-boot-integration-tests/spring-boot-launch-script-tests/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@
 			<artifactId>docker-java</artifactId>
 			<version>3.0.14</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+					<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>