diff --git a/jsch-log4j.patch b/jsch-log4j.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee4cb67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jsch-log4j.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/src/main/java9/module-info.java
++++ b/src/main/java9/module-info.java
+@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ module com.jcraft.jsch {
+ 
+     requires static java.security.jgss;
+     requires static java.logging;
+-    requires static org.apache.logging.log4j;
+     requires static org.slf4j;
+     requires static org.bouncycastle.provider;
+     requires static com.sun.jna;
diff --git a/jsch.spec b/jsch.spec
index 879b2b7..2d15397 100644
--- a/jsch.spec
+++ b/jsch.spec
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ URL:            https://www.jcraft.com/jsch/
 Source0:        https://github.com/mwiede/%{name}/archive/refs/tags/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        %{name}-build.xml
 Patch0:         jsch-junixsocket.patch
+Patch1:         jsch-log4j.patch
 BuildRequires:  ant
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 # We build different multiversion overrides for 9, 10, 11, 15 and 16
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@ BuildRequires:  bouncycastle
 BuildRequires:  javapackages-local >= 6
 BuildRequires:  jna
 BuildRequires:  jna-contrib
-BuildRequires:  log4j
 BuildRequires:  slf4j
 # The jar still works with Java 8
 Requires:       java >= 1.8
@@ -69,12 +69,20 @@ cp %{SOURCE1} build.xml
 
 # We don't have junixsocket
 %pom_remove_dep com.kohlschutter.junixsocket:
-rm src/main/java/com/jcraft/jsch/JUnixSocketFactory.java
+rm -f \
+    src/main/java/com/jcraft/jsch/JUnixSocketFactory.java
 %patch0 -p1
 
+# Do not depend on log4j
+%pom_remove_dep org.apache.logging.log4j:
+rm -f \
+    src/main/java/com/jcraft/jsch/Log4j2Logger.java \
+    src/test/java/com/jcraft/jsch/Log4j2LoggerTest.java
+%patch1 -p1
+
 %build
 mkdir -p lib
-build-jar-repository -s lib jna jna-platform slf4j/api bcprov log4j/log4j-api
+build-jar-repository -s lib jna jna-platform slf4j/api bcprov
 ant jar javadoc
 
 %install