diff --git a/.idea/libraries/Slf4j.xml b/.idea/libraries/Slf4j.xml
index 84df8aa2c1e0..e97796ec7f58 100644
--- a/.idea/libraries/Slf4j.xml
+++ b/.idea/libraries/Slf4j.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 <component name="libraryTable">
-  <library name="Slf4j">
+  <library name="Slf4j" type="repository">
+    <properties maven-id="org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12:1.7.10" />
     <CLASSES>
-      <root url="jar://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/slf4j-api-1.7.10.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/slf4j-log4j12-1.7.10.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/slf4j/slf4j-log4j12/1.7.10/slf4j-log4j12-1.7.10.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/slf4j/slf4j-api/1.7.10/slf4j-api-1.7.10.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/log4j/log4j/1.2.17/log4j-1.2.17.jar!/" />
     </CLASSES>
     <JAVADOC />
     <SOURCES />
diff --git a/build/dependencies/setupBuildScriptsDeps.gradle b/build/dependencies/setupBuildScriptsDeps.gradle
index 96275d72fdfa..f1a2fa23ffb7 100644
--- a/build/dependencies/setupBuildScriptsDeps.gradle
+++ b/build/dependencies/setupBuildScriptsDeps.gradle
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ dependencies {
   buildScriptsDeps loadLibraryMavenId("lz4-java")
   buildScriptsDeps(loadLibraryMavenId("gant-groovy"), { transitive = false })
   buildScriptsDeps loadLibraryMavenId("Log4J")
+  buildScriptsDeps loadLibraryMavenId("Slf4j")
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/build/gant.xml b/build/gant.xml
index aec60a64fe3f..ae88ae05255b 100644
--- a/build/gant.xml
+++ b/build/gant.xml
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@
         <include name="httpclient-*.jar"/>
         <include name="httpcore-*.jar"/>
         <include name="httpmime-*.jar"/>
-        <include name="slf4j-api-*.jar"/>
-        <include name="slf4j-log4j12-*.jar"/>
       </fileset>
     </path>
 
diff --git a/lib/slf4j-api-1.7.10.jar b/lib/slf4j-api-1.7.10.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index ac7da374a8c1..000000000000
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diff --git a/lib/slf4j-log4j12-1.7.10.jar b/lib/slf4j-log4j12-1.7.10.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index 25d5275979c4..000000000000
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