diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 27ab7d6..335407d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -38,37 +38,6 @@
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
 
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.1</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>shade</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <filters>
-                <!-- filter manifest signature files when creating uber-jar -->
-                <filter>
-                  <artifact>*:*</artifact>
-                  <excludes>
-                    <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
-                    <exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
-                    <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
-                    <exclude>LICENSE*</exclude>
-                  </excludes>
-                </filter>
-              </filters>
-              <createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
-              <!-- The minimized-JAR may cause problems in 3rd-party apps using this as dependency. -->
-              <!--<minimizeJar>true</minimizeJar>-->
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-
       <!--<plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -95,7 +64,6 @@
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
 
-
     <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.code.gson/gson -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
@@ -103,6 +71,13 @@
       <version>2.10.1</version>
     </dependency>
 
+    <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.slf4j/slf4j-api -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+      <version>1.7.36</version>
+    </dependency>
+
     <!-- logback versions 1.4.X require Java-11 -->
     <!-- logback versions 1.3.X require Java-8, but if this project is added as Dependency in a Spring Boot App, then Spring Boot throws an error, since it does not yet support logback 1.3.x -->
 
@@ -113,13 +88,6 @@
       <version>1.2.13</version>
     </dependency>
 
-    <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.slf4j/slf4j-api -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.36</version>
-    </dependency>
-
     <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/ch.qos.logback/logback-classic -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>