diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/module-info.java b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/module-info.java
index 80986de66d89a..88b421e1efe31 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
     requires org.apache.httpcomponents.httpclient;
     requires org.apache.httpcomponents.httpasyncclient;
     requires org.apache.httpcomponents.httpcore.nio;
-    requires org.apache.log4j;
     requires org.apache.logging.log4j;
     requires org.apache.logging.log4j.core;
     requires org.apache.lucene.core;