diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/token/EvaluationContextImpl.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/token/EvaluationContextImpl.java
index b2a1ecef..e1978813 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/token/EvaluationContextImpl.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/token/EvaluationContextImpl.java
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.EvaluationContext;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.Path;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.PathRef;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.json.JsonProvider;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -40,8 +38,6 @@ import static com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.Utils.notNull;
  */
 public class EvaluationContextImpl implements EvaluationContext {
 
-    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(EvaluationContextImpl.class);
-
     private final Configuration configuration;
     private final Object valueResult;
     private final Object pathResult;
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/AbstractJsonProvider.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/AbstractJsonProvider.java
index 51cd39de..56cfb47c 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/AbstractJsonProvider.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/AbstractJsonProvider.java
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 package com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.json;
 
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.JsonPathException;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -24,9 +22,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 public abstract class AbstractJsonProvider implements JsonProvider {
 
-    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AbstractJsonProvider.class);
-
-
     /**
      * checks if object is an array
      *