diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8cbb168b6f..aba4fd6e3c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -106,6 +106,12 @@ allprojects {
         }
         maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
     }
+
+    configurations.compile {
+        // We want to use SLF4J's version of these bindings: jcl-over-slf4j
+        // Remove any transitive dependency on Apache's version.
+        exclude group: 'commons-logging', module: 'commons-logging'
+    }
 }
 
 // Check that we are running on a Java 8 JDK. The source/targetCompatibility values above aren't sufficient to
diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
index cda93dfc3c..bdf5f70dde 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle
+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -88,12 +88,6 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 configurations {
-    compile {
-        // We want to use SLF4J's version of these binding: jcl-over-slf4j
-        // Remove any transitive dependency on Apache's version.
-        exclude group: 'commons-logging', module: 'commons-logging'
-    }
-
     testArtifacts.extendsFrom testRuntime
 }
 
diff --git a/node-api/build.gradle b/node-api/build.gradle
index b13820e6c2..00803ed047 100644
--- a/node-api/build.gradle
+++ b/node-api/build.gradle
@@ -39,9 +39,3 @@ dependencies {
     // TypeSafe Config: for simple and human friendly config files.
     compile "com.typesafe:config:$typesafe_config_version"
 }
-
-configurations.compile {
-    // We want to use SLF4J's version of these binding: jcl-over-slf4j
-    // Remove any transitive dependency on Apache's version.
-    exclude group: 'commons-logging', module: 'commons-logging'
-}
diff --git a/node/build.gradle b/node/build.gradle
index 2fb317498d..17ede82ba4 100644
--- a/node/build.gradle
+++ b/node/build.gradle
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ configurations {
         // We don't need these because we already include netty-all.
         exclude group: 'io.netty', module: 'netty-transport'
         exclude group: 'io.netty', module: 'netty-handler'
-
-        // We want to use SLF4J's version of these bindings: jcl-over-slf4j
-        // Remove any transitive dependency on Apache's version.
-        exclude group: 'commons-logging', module: 'commons-logging'
     }
 
     testCompile {
diff --git a/test-utils/build.gradle b/test-utils/build.gradle
index fb27cd22bf..59707671ad 100644
--- a/test-utils/build.gradle
+++ b/test-utils/build.gradle
@@ -32,9 +32,3 @@ dependencies {
     // OkHTTP: Simple HTTP library.
     compile "com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:$okhttp_version"
 }
-
-configurations.compile {
-    // We want to use SLF4J's version of these bindings: jcl-over-slf4j
-    // Remove any transitive dependency on Apache's version.
-    exclude group: 'commons-logging', module: 'commons-logging'
-}
diff --git a/verifier/build.gradle b/verifier/build.gradle
index 28ce49d2bb..862db49c7e 100644
--- a/verifier/build.gradle
+++ b/verifier/build.gradle
@@ -51,12 +51,6 @@ dependencies {
     integrationTestCompile "org.apache.activemq:artemis-server:${artemis_version}"
 }
 
-configurations.compile {
-    // We want to use SLF4J's version of these bindings: jcl-over-slf4j
-    // Remove any transitive dependency on Apache's version.
-    exclude group: 'commons-logging', module: 'commons-logging'
-}
-
 task standaloneJar(type: Jar) {
     // Create a fat jar by packing all deps into the output
     from {