diff --git a/0000-Remove-avalon-logkit.patch b/0000-Remove-avalon-logkit.patch
index 83819f0..552fca3 100644
--- a/0000-Remove-avalon-logkit.patch
+++ b/0000-Remove-avalon-logkit.patch
@@ -35,27 +35,14 @@ index 750a59a..7fac119 100644
  
  # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -#  default LogChute to use: default: AvalonLogChute, Log4JLogChute, CommonsLogLogChute, ServletLogChute, JdkLogChute
-+#  default LogChute to use: default: Log4JLogChute, CommonsLogLogChute, ServletLogChute, JdkLogChute
++#  default LogChute to use: default: JdkLogChute
  # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
 -runtime.log.logsystem.class = org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.AvalonLogChute,org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.Log4JLogChute,org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.CommonsLogLogChute,org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.ServletLogChute,org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.JdkLogChute
-+runtime.log.logsystem.class = org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.Log4JLogChute,org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.CommonsLogLogChute,org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.ServletLogChute,org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.JdkLogChute
++runtime.log.logsystem.class = org.apache.velocity.runtime.log.JdkLogChute
  
  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # This is the location of the Velocity Runtime log.
-diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/velocity/runtime/log/LogManager.java b/src/java/org/apache/velocity/runtime/log/LogManager.java
-index 19d1016..97dceef 100644
---- a/src/java/org/apache/velocity/runtime/log/LogManager.java
-+++ b/src/java/org/apache/velocity/runtime/log/LogManager.java
-@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public class LogManager
-          * classes, and we use the first one we find.
-          *
-          * Note that the default value of this property contains the
--         * AvalonLogChute, the Log4JLogChute, CommonsLogLogChute,
-+         * Log4JLogChute, CommonsLogLogChute,
-          * ServletLogChute, and the JdkLogChute for
-          * convenience - so we use whichever we works first.
-          */
 -- 
 2.26.2
 
diff --git a/0001-Use-log4j-1.2.17.patch b/0001-Use-log4j-1.2.17.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f77fba3..0000000
--- a/0001-Use-log4j-1.2.17.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-From b12e4b19a88efce7559514c9dae686b177ecb347 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Mikolaj Izdebski <mizdebsk@redhat.com>
-Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 15:36:29 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH 1/8] Use log4j 1.2.17
-
----
- pom.xml | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
-index f453208..8cb5d3f 100644
---- a/pom.xml
-+++ b/pom.xml
-@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
-     <dependency>
-       <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-       <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
--      <version>1.2.12</version>
-+      <version>1.2.17</version>
-       <scope>provided</scope>
-     </dependency>
-     <dependency>
--- 
-2.26.2
-
diff --git a/velocity-1.7.pom b/velocity-1.7.pom
index 77a8e38..31d7de2 100644
--- a/velocity-1.7.pom
+++ b/velocity-1.7.pom
@@ -184,12 +184,6 @@
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2.12</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
       <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/velocity.spec b/velocity.spec
index a890ed2..3503243 100644
--- a/velocity.spec
+++ b/velocity.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:           velocity
 Version:        1.7
-Release:        32%{?dist}
+Release:        33%{?dist}
 Epoch:          0
 Summary:        Java-based template engine
 License:        ASL 2.0
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ Source1:        http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/%{name}/%{name}/%{versi
 Source2:        generate-tarball.sh
 
 Patch0:         0000-Remove-avalon-logkit.patch
-Patch1:         0001-Use-log4j-1.2.17.patch
 Patch2:         0002-Use-system-jars.patch
 Patch3:         0003-JDBC-41-compat.patch
 Patch4:         0004-Do-not-use-Werken-XPath.patch
@@ -25,24 +24,22 @@ Patch6:         0006-Run-javadoc-with-Xdoclint-none.patch
 Patch7:         0007-Fix-OSGi-metadata.patch
 Patch8:         0008-Port-to-apache-commons-lang3.patch
 
-BuildRequires:  javapackages-local
 BuildRequires:  ant
-BuildRequires:  antlr
-BuildRequires:  junit
 BuildRequires:  ant-junit
+BuildRequires:  antlr
+BuildRequires:  apache-commons-collections
+BuildRequires:  apache-commons-lang3
+BuildRequires:  apache-parent
+BuildRequires:  bcel
 %if %{with hsqldb}
 BuildRequires:  hsqldb-lib
 %endif
-BuildRequires:  apache-commons-collections
-BuildRequires:  apache-commons-logging
-BuildRequires:  apache-commons-lang3
 BuildRequires:  glassfish-servlet-api
 BuildRequires:  jakarta-oro
+BuildRequires:  javapackages-local
 BuildRequires:  jaxen
 BuildRequires:  jdom
-BuildRequires:  bcel
-BuildRequires:  log4j12
-BuildRequires:  apache-parent
+BuildRequires:  junit
 
 %description
 Velocity is a Java-based template engine. It permits anyone to use the
@@ -95,12 +92,9 @@ find . -name '*.class' ! -name 'Foo.class' -print -delete
 
 cp %{SOURCE1} ./pom.xml
 
-# remove rest of avalon logkit refences
+# remove rest of avalon logkit refences and default to JDK logging
 %patch0 -p1
 
-# Use log4j 1.2.17
-%patch1 -p1
-
 # Use system jar files instead of downloading from net
 %patch2 -p1
 
@@ -123,18 +117,26 @@ cp %{SOURCE1} ./pom.xml
 %patch8 -p1
 
 # Remove dependency on avalon-logkit
-rm -f src/java/org/apache/velocity/runtime/log/AvalonLogChute.java
-rm -f src/java/org/apache/velocity/runtime/log/AvalonLogSystem.java
-rm -f src/java/org/apache/velocity/runtime/log/VelocityFormatter.java
+rm src/java/org/apache/velocity/runtime/log/AvalonLogChute.java
+rm src/java/org/apache/velocity/runtime/log/AvalonLogSystem.java
+rm src/java/org/apache/velocity/runtime/log/VelocityFormatter.java
+
+# Remove dependency on log4j12
+rm src/java/org/apache/velocity/runtime/log/Log4JLogChute.java
+rm src/java/org/apache/velocity/runtime/log/Log4JLogSystem.java
+rm src/java/org/apache/velocity/runtime/log/SimpleLog4JLogSystem.java
+
+# Remove dependency on commons-logging
+rm src/java/org/apache/velocity/runtime/log/CommonsLogLogChute.java
 
 # need porting to new servlet API. We would just add a lot of empty functions
-rm  src/test/org/apache/velocity/test/VelocityServletTestCase.java
+rm src/test/org/apache/velocity/test/VelocityServletTestCase.java
 
 # This test doesn't work with new hsqldb
 rm src/test/org/apache/velocity/test/sql/DataSourceResourceLoaderTestCase.java
 
 %if %{without hsqldb}
-rm -r src/test/org/apache/velocity/test/sql
+rm -r src/test/org/apache/velocity/test/sql/
 %endif
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -144,11 +146,9 @@ export CLASSPATH=$(build-classpath \
 antlr \
 apache-commons-collections \
 commons-lang3 \
-commons-logging \
 glassfish-servlet-api \
-junit \
 jakarta-oro \
-log4j:log4j:1.2.17 \
+junit \
 jaxen \
 jdom \
 bcel \
@@ -196,6 +196,9 @@ cp -pr examples test %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}
 %{_datadir}/%{name}
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Sep 11 2020 Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@gmail.com> - 0:1.7-33
+- Default to JDK logging and drop commons-logging and log4j12 implementations.
+
 * Thu Jul 30 2020 Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@gmail.com> - 0:1.7-32
 - Port to commons-lang3.