diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index e1b4a40..d44d854 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <classpath>
-	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/gis-viewer-app-1.4.1-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes" path="src/main/java">
+	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/gis-viewer-app-1.5.0-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes" path="src/main/java">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="optional" value="true"/>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/gis-viewer-app-1.4.1-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/gis-viewer-app-1.5.0-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes"/>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
index 78b02cb..d587c04 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/target/m2e-wtp/web-resources"/>
     <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/src/main/webapp" tag="defaultRootSource"/>
     <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/java"/>
-        <dependent-module archiveName="gis-viewer-4.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/gis-viewer-TRUNK/gis-viewer-TRUNK">
-            <dependency-type>uses</dependency-type>
-        </dependent-module>
     <property name="java-output-path" value="/${module}/target/www/WEB-INF/classes"/>
         <property name="context-root" value="gis-viewer-app"/>
   </wb-module>
diff --git a/distro/changelog.xml b/distro/changelog.xml
index a95ccf2..6967ba2 100644
--- a/distro/changelog.xml
+++ b/distro/changelog.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 <ReleaseNotes>
+	<Changeset component="org.gcube.portlets.user.gisvieweapp.1-5-1"
+		date="2017-05-17">
+		<Change>[Task #9104] removed log4j.properies</Change>
+	</Changeset>
 	<Changeset component="org.gcube.portlets.user.gisvieweapp.1-5-0"
 		date="2017-05-17">
 		<Change>Porting to Java8</Change>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a698e04..f436045 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	<groupId>org.gcube.portlets.user</groupId>
 	<artifactId>gis-viewer-app</artifactId>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
-	<version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>Gis Viewer App</name>
 	<description>
 		The Gis Viewer App
diff --git a/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 880c12d..0000000
--- a/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# Set root category priority to WARN and its only appender to A1.
-log4j.rootCategory=ERROR, A0
-
-log4j.appender.A0=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
-log4j.appender.A0.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.A0.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p %c{2} [%t,%M:%L] %m%n
-
-log4j.appender.A1=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
-log4j.appender.A1.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.A1.layout.ConversionPattern= %d{HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p %c{2} [%t,%M:%L] %m%n
-log4j.category.org.gcube=TRACE,A1
-log4j.additivity.org.gcube=false
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