diff --git a/gateleen-routing/src/main/java/org/swisspush/gateleen/routing/AbstractForwarder.java b/gateleen-routing/src/main/java/org/swisspush/gateleen/routing/AbstractForwarder.java
index f8b1f58a..7cab72a0 100644
--- a/gateleen-routing/src/main/java/org/swisspush/gateleen/routing/AbstractForwarder.java
+++ b/gateleen-routing/src/main/java/org/swisspush/gateleen/routing/AbstractForwarder.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 import io.vertx.core.http.HttpServerRequest;
 import io.vertx.ext.web.RoutingContext;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.swisspush.gateleen.core.http.RequestLoggerFactory;
 import org.swisspush.gateleen.core.util.HttpHeaderUtil;
 import org.swisspush.gateleen.core.util.ResponseStatusCodeLogUtil;
@@ -13,11 +12,8 @@
 import org.swisspush.gateleen.logging.LoggingResourceManager;
 import org.swisspush.gateleen.monitoring.MonitoringHandler;
 
-import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
-
 public abstract class AbstractForwarder implements Handler<RoutingContext> {
 
-    private static final Logger log = getLogger(AbstractForwarder.class);
     protected final Rule rule;
     protected final LoggingResourceManager loggingResourceManager;
     protected final LogAppenderRepository logAppenderRepository;