diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/jvm-module.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/jvm-module.gradle.kts
index 81c7a875..4f7b9d09 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/jvm-module.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/jvm-module.gradle.kts
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ fun Module.addDependencies() = dependencies {
     ErrorProne.annotations.forEach { compileOnlyApi(it) }
 
     implementation(Spine.Logging.lib)
-    runtimeOnly(Spine.Logging.backend)
 
     testImplementation(Guava.testLib)
     testImplementation(JUnit.runner)