diff --git a/modules/jooby-opentelemetry/pom.xml b/modules/jooby-opentelemetry/pom.xml
index e3c8e44723..63a0c018c2 100644
--- a/modules/jooby-opentelemetry/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/jooby-opentelemetry/pom.xml
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@
       <version>${jooby.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
       <artifactId>opentelemetry-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/modules/jooby-opentelemetry/src/main/java/io/jooby/opentelemetry/OtelModule.java b/modules/jooby-opentelemetry/src/main/java/io/jooby/opentelemetry/OtelModule.java
index d5332bd5ad..ab253373f2 100644
--- a/modules/jooby-opentelemetry/src/main/java/io/jooby/opentelemetry/OtelModule.java
+++ b/modules/jooby-opentelemetry/src/main/java/io/jooby/opentelemetry/OtelModule.java
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
-import org.slf4j.bridge.SLF4JBridgeHandler;
-
 import io.jooby.Extension;
 import io.jooby.Jooby;
 import io.jooby.internal.opentelemetry.DefaultOtelContextExtractor;
@@ -129,10 +127,6 @@
  */
 public class OtelModule implements Extension {
 
-  static {
-    SLF4JBridgeHandler.install();
-  }
-
   private final OpenTelemetry openTelemetry;
   private final List<OtelExtension> extensions;
 
diff --git a/modules/jooby-opentelemetry/src/main/java/module-info.java b/modules/jooby-opentelemetry/src/main/java/module-info.java
index 640cd578c3..b90bcf1354 100644
--- a/modules/jooby-opentelemetry/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/modules/jooby-opentelemetry/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@
   requires static org.jspecify;
   requires typesafe.config;
   requires org.slf4j;
-  requires jul.to.slf4j;
   requires io.opentelemetry.api;
   requires io.opentelemetry.context;
   requires io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.runtime_telemetry;