diff --git a/log4j-api/pom.xml b/log4j-api/pom.xml
index 77c360665d9..082fd2f6574 100644
--- a/log4j-api/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-api/pom.xml
@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@
     <bnd-multi-release>true</bnd-multi-release>
     <!-- Differs from OSGi bundle name -->
     <bnd-module-name>org.apache.logging.log4j</bnd-module-name>
-    <bnd-extra-package-options>
-      <!-- This is a Java 9 only package, so BND can not detect it as private -->
-      !org.apache.logging.log4j.util.internal
-    </bnd-extra-package-options>
     <bnd-extra-module-options>
       <!-- Used in StringBuilders through reflection -->
       java.sql;static=true,
diff --git a/log4j-core-test/pom.xml b/log4j-core-test/pom.xml
index 4f02dff9805..1155ed9989b 100644
--- a/log4j-core-test/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-core-test/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
       org.hamcrest;transitive=false,
       org.junit.jupiter.api;transitive=false,
       <!-- Name changes -->
-      org.assertj.core;substitute="assertj-core",
       java.allocation.instrumenter;substitute="java-allocation-instrumenter",
       spring.test;substitute="spring-test"
     </bnd-extra-module-options>
diff --git a/log4j-core/pom.xml b/log4j-core/pom.xml
index e47a160fefb..7f20d289bc9 100644
--- a/log4j-core/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-core/pom.xml
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@
       <!-- Remove `transitive` from optional dependencies -->
       com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation;transitive=false,
       com.lmax.disruptor;transitive=false,
-      com.fasterxml.jackson.core;substitute="jackson-core";transitive=false,
-      com.fasterxml.jackson.databind;substitute="jackson-databind";transitive=false,
-      com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml;substitute="jackson-dataformat-xml";transitive=false,
-      com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml;substitute="jackson-dataformat-yaml";transitive=false,
+      com.fasterxml.jackson.core;transitive=false,
+      com.fasterxml.jackson.databind;transitive=false,
+      com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml;transitive=false,
+      com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml;transitive=false,
       java.naming;transitive=false,
       org.apache.commons.csv;transitive=false,
       org.fusesource.jansi;transitive=false,
diff --git a/log4j-docker/pom.xml b/log4j-docker/pom.xml
index e1e4e7e536f..7682421d2b6 100644
--- a/log4j-docker/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-docker/pom.xml
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@
     <!--
       ~ OSGi and JPMS options
       -->
-    <bnd-extra-module-options>
-      <!-- Non detected module names -->
-      com.fasterxml.jackson.core;substitute="jackson-core",
-      com.fasterxml.jackson.databind;substitute="jackson-databind"
-    </bnd-extra-module-options>
     <Fragment-Host>org.apache.logging.log4j.core</Fragment-Host>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/log4j-jcl/pom.xml b/log4j-jcl/pom.xml
index acc7c8d8a38..045d843b05d 100644
--- a/log4j-jcl/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-jcl/pom.xml
@@ -27,12 +27,7 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Apache Log4j Commons Logging Bridge</name>
   <description>The Apache Log4j Commons Logging Adapter</description>
-  <properties>
-    <bnd-extra-module-options>
-      <!-- Filebase module names: MUST be static -->
-      commons.logging;substitute="commons-logging";transitive=false;static=true
-    </bnd-extra-module-options>
-  </properties>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
diff --git a/log4j-jdbc-dbcp2/pom.xml b/log4j-jdbc-dbcp2/pom.xml
index 204286ebe30..50196e3cc96 100644
--- a/log4j-jdbc-dbcp2/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-jdbc-dbcp2/pom.xml
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@
       ~ OSGi and JPMS options
       -->
     <bnd-module-name>org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.db.jdbc</bnd-module-name>
-    <bnd-extra-module-options>
-      <!-- Module names -->
-      org.apache.commons.dbcp2;substitute="commons-dbcp2"
-    </bnd-extra-module-options>
     <Fragment-Host>org.apache.logging.log4j.core</Fragment-Host>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/log4j-jpa/pom.xml b/log4j-jpa/pom.xml
index 54e535b2b60..e90cd50e2a2 100644
--- a/log4j-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@
     <!--
       ~ OSGi and JPMS options
       -->
-    <bnd-extra-module-options>
-      <!-- Non detected module names -->
-      com.fasterxml.jackson.core;substitute="jackson-core",
-      com.fasterxml.jackson.databind;substitute="jackson-databind"
-    </bnd-extra-module-options>
     <Fragment-Host>org.apache.logging.log4j.core</Fragment-Host>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/log4j-slf4j2-impl/pom.xml b/log4j-slf4j2-impl/pom.xml
index 5ff47bc745d..4bb39542067 100644
--- a/log4j-slf4j2-impl/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-slf4j2-impl/pom.xml
@@ -28,17 +28,7 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Apache Log4j SLF4J 2.0 Binding</name>
   <description>The Apache Log4j SLF4J 2.0 API binding to Log4j 2 Core</description>
-  <properties>
 
-    <!--
-      ~ OSGi and JPMS options
-      -->
-    <bnd-extra-module-options>
-      <!-- The module descriptor is in `META-INF/versions/9`
-           BND can not find it -->
-      org.slf4j;substitute="slf4j-api"
-    </bnd-extra-module-options>
-  </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
diff --git a/log4j-to-slf4j/pom.xml b/log4j-to-slf4j/pom.xml
index bc01ffe9c19..d5d1c4e1727 100644
--- a/log4j-to-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-to-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@
       <!-- This bridge also support SLF4J 2.x -->
       org.slf4j.*;version="${slf4j.support.range}"
     </bnd-extra-package-options>
-    <bnd-extra-module-options>
-      <!-- The module descriptor is in `META-INF/versions/9`
-           BND 6.x can not find it -->
-      org.slf4j;substitute="slf4j-api"
-    </bnd-extra-module-options>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/log4j-web/pom.xml b/log4j-web/pom.xml
index 9e56eded6e1..287cd9a5838 100644
--- a/log4j-web/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-web/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
       -->
     <bnd-extra-module-options>
       <!-- Filebased module names: MUST be static -->
-      javax.servlet.api;substitute="javax.servlet-api";transitive=true;static=true
+      javax.servlet.api;substitute="javax.servlet-api";transitive=false;static=true
     </bnd-extra-module-options>
     <Fragment-Host>org.apache.logging.log4j.core</Fragment-Host>
   </properties>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/simplify_configuration_after_bnd_7_update.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/simplify_configuration_after_bnd_7_update.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..54b160c0ce6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/simplify_configuration_after_bnd_7_update.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.3.xsd"
+       type="changed">
+  <description format="asciidoc">
+    Simplify BND configuration after upgrade from version `6.4.1` to `7.0.0`
+  </description>
+</entry>