diff --git a/spring-core-3/pom.xml b/spring-core-3/pom.xml
index d1163a174c..3bde25f561 100644
--- a/spring-core-3/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-core-3/pom.xml
@@ -68,11 +68,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         
-        <dependency>
-		    <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-		    <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-		    <version>${log4j.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -89,7 +84,6 @@
         <maven.surefire.version>2.22.1</maven.surefire.version>
         <annotation-api.version>1.3.2</annotation-api.version>
         <spring.boot.version>2.2.2.RELEASE</spring.boot.version>
-        <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/spring-core-3/src/test/resources/ioc-container-difference-example.xml b/spring-core-3/src/test/resources/ioc-container-difference-example.xml
index 9bb01efe66..ba84aa635d 100644
--- a/spring-core-3/src/test/resources/ioc-container-difference-example.xml
+++ b/spring-core-3/src/test/resources/ioc-container-difference-example.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd">
 
 	<bean id="student" class="com.baeldung.ioccontainer.bean.Student" init-method="postConstruct"/>
-	
     <bean id="customBeanPostProcessor" class="com.baeldung.ioccontainer.bean.CustomBeanPostProcessor" />
-	<bean id="customBeanFactoryPostProcessor" class="com.baeldung.ioccontainer.bean.CustomBeanFactoryPostProcessor" />
+    <bean id="customBeanFactoryPostProcessor" class="com.baeldung.ioccontainer.bean.CustomBeanFactoryPostProcessor" />
 </beans>
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