diff --git a/flink-core/pom.xml b/flink-core/pom.xml
index 0a0d06e086af1..1efcb290ddf22 100644
--- a/flink-core/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-core/pom.xml
@@ -95,26 +95,6 @@ under the License.
 			<version>${asm.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<!--
-			Because there are no logger implementation dependency in the root pom, we
-			add them here so that they are available during execution of code (core 
-			and example) in the IDE
-
-			NOTE: Once we are confident that users will use the newer quickstart templates,
-			we can drop these dependencies and only add them to 'flink-dist' and as test
-			dependencies
-		-->
-
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
-
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>log4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<!-- ================== test dependencies ================== -->
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/flink-dist/pom.xml b/flink-dist/pom.xml
index a700870624d41..507e78d31716e 100644
--- a/flink-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-dist/pom.xml
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ under the License.
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<!-- Concrete logging framework - we only add this here to not tie
-			the projects to one specific framework and make it easier for
-			users to swap logging frameworks -->
+		<!-- Concrete logging framework - we add this only here (and not in the 
+			root POM to not tie the projects to one specific framework and make
+			it easier for users to swap logging frameworks -->
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
diff --git a/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-java/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-java/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 6ae8f166c1d1d..1e525fd8ca61d 100644
--- a/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-java/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-java/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ under the License.
 			<version>${flink.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<!-- explicitly add a standard loggin framework, as Flink does not (in the future) have
+		<!-- explicitly add a standard loggin framework, as Flink does not have
 			a hard dependency on one specific framework by default -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
diff --git a/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-scala/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-scala/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 699a739189187..5abe496b54b73 100644
--- a/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-scala/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-scala/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ under the License.
 			<version>${flink.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		
-		<!-- explicitly add a standard loggin framework, as Flink does not (in the future) have
+		<!-- explicitly add a standard loggin framework, as Flink does not have
 			a hard dependency on one specific framework by default -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
diff --git a/flink-test-utils-parent/flink-test-utils/pom.xml b/flink-test-utils-parent/flink-test-utils/pom.xml
index 069f1da60235b..14fca07da43b0 100644
--- a/flink-test-utils-parent/flink-test-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-test-utils-parent/flink-test-utils/pom.xml
@@ -90,6 +90,16 @@ under the License.
 			on its own as well as include maven-bundle-plugin.
 			-->
 			<optional>true</optional>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>log4j</groupId>
+					<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+					<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
 	</dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 874bead4d93fa..f822198b903a2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -414,6 +414,16 @@ under the License.
 				<groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
 				<artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
 				<version>${zookeeper.version}</version>
+				<exclusions>
+					<exclusion>
+						<groupId>log4j</groupId>
+						<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+					</exclusion>
+					<exclusion>
+						<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+						<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+					</exclusion>
+				</exclusions>
 			</dependency>
 
 			<dependency>