diff --git a/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/support/MessageHeaderAccessor.java b/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/support/MessageHeaderAccessor.java
index 967fd66485..a8f74714d3 100644
--- a/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/support/MessageHeaderAccessor.java
+++ b/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/support/MessageHeaderAccessor.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-
 import org.springframework.messaging.Message;
 import org.springframework.messaging.MessageChannel;
 import org.springframework.messaging.MessageHeaders;
@@ -123,8 +120,6 @@ public class MessageHeaderAccessor {
 	};
 
 
-	protected final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
-
 	private final MutableMessageHeaders headers;
 
 	private boolean leaveMutable = false;