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 a2798faefaa38..a4a95a9d3d24b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
     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;