diff --git a/gax-java/gax/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/com.google.api/gax/native-image.properties b/gax-java/gax/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/com.google.api/gax/native-image.properties
index d411aa2e5e..afad5895db 100644
--- a/gax-java/gax/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/com.google.api/gax/native-image.properties
+++ b/gax-java/gax/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/com.google.api/gax/native-image.properties
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 Args = --enable-url-protocols=https,http \
 --initialize-at-build-time=org.conscrypt,\
-  org.slf4j.LoggerFactory,\
   org.junit.platform.engine.TestTag \
---initialize-at-run-time=com.google.api.client.googleapis.services.AbstractGoogleClientRequest$ApiClientVersion \
   --features=com.google.api.gax.nativeimage.OpenCensusFeature,\
   com.google.api.gax.nativeimage.GoogleJsonClientFeature \
   --add-modules=jdk.httpserver