diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/LibsConfig.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/LibsConfig.kt
index c2754d487..558d68ae4 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/LibsConfig.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/LibsConfig.kt
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ fun Project.applyLibrariesConfiguration() {
             exclude(dependency("com.google.guava:guava"))
             exclude(dependency("com.google.code.gson:gson"))
             exclude(dependency("org.checkerframework:checker-qual"))
+            exclude(dependency("org.slf4j:slf4j-api"))
         }
 
         relocate("net.kyori.text", "com.sk89q.worldedit.util.formatting.text")
diff --git a/worldedit-cli/build.gradle.kts b/worldedit-cli/build.gradle.kts
index ea047b641..ab563127c 100644
--- a/worldedit-cli/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/worldedit-cli/build.gradle.kts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ tasks.named<ShadowJar>("shadowJar") {
         include { true }
     }
     minimize {
-        exclude { true }
+        exclude(dependency("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core"))
     }
 }