diff --git a/log4j-1.2-api/bnd.bnd b/log4j-1.2-api/bnd.bnd
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ea244d57fb..00000000000
--- a/log4j-1.2-api/bnd.bnd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-# The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-##
-# Overrides the defaults in `logging-parent`.
-#
-
-# JPMS module options
--jpms-module-info-options = \
-  org.osgi.core;static=true;transitive=false,\
-  org.osgi.framework;static=true;transitive=false,\
-  org.apache.logging.log4j;substitute="log4j-api",\
-  org.apache.logging.log4j.core;substitute="log4j-core";transitive=false;static=true,\
-  javax.jms.api;substitute="javax.jms-api"
diff --git a/log4j-1.2-api/pom.xml b/log4j-1.2-api/pom.xml
index 097921ad56d..fc2ada63780 100644
--- a/log4j-1.2-api/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-1.2-api/pom.xml
@@ -43,11 +43,12 @@
       com.sun.jdmk.comm;resolution:=optional,
       <!-- JMS is optional -->
       javax.jms;version="[1.1,3)";resolution:=optional,
-      <!-- Log4j Core is optional -->
-      org.apache.logging.log4j.core.*;resolution:=optional
     </bnd-extra-package-options>
+    <bnd-extra-module-options>
+      <!-- Log4j Core is optional -->
+      org.apache.logging.log4j.core;static=true
+    </bnd-extra-module-options>
     <Fragment-Host>org.apache.logging.log4j.core</Fragment-Host>
-    <!-- we have an `bnd.bnd` file to override the parent's defaults -->
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>