diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/JsonOrgJsonProvider.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/JsonOrgJsonProvider.java
index 0c5f169e..ec0975ef 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/JsonOrgJsonProvider.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/JsonOrgJsonProvider.java
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ import org.json.JSONArray;
 import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.json.JSONTokener;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
@@ -19,8 +17,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 public class JsonOrgJsonProvider extends AbstractJsonProvider {
 
-    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(GsonJsonProvider.class);
-
     @Override
     public Object parse(String json) throws InvalidJsonException {
         try {