java - Remove transitive classpath dependency in gradle -

we're running spring-boot app gradle.

in order include spring-boot plugin add dependency:

buildscript {     dependencies {         classpath("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:1.3.2.release")      } } 

unfortunately plugin ships dependency org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl:2.4.1

which i'd exclude.

already tried adding:

  dependencies {         classpath("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:1.3.2.release") {             exclude group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j'         }     } 

which doesn't work.

also adding:

configurations {     classpath.exclude group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', module: 'log4j-slf4j-impl' } 

doesn't have effect.

any hint welcome.

if you're trying exclude

org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl:2.4.1 

try

dependencies {     classpath("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:1.3.2.release") {         exclude group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', module: 'log4j-slf4j-impl'     } }