diff --git a/rosdep.yaml b/rosdep.yaml
index 705cc182..a0694838 100644
--- a/rosdep.yaml
+++ b/rosdep.yaml
@@ -7,16 +7,6 @@ ruby:
   gentoo: ruby
   freebsd: ruby
   fedora: ruby
-apr:
-  ubuntu: libapr1-dev libaprutil1-dev
-  debian: libapr1-dev libaprutil1-dev
-  arch: apr apr-util
-  fedora: apr-devel apr-util
-  rhel: apr-devel apr-util
-  macports: apr apr-util
-  gentoo: dev-libs/apr dev-libs/apr-util
-  cygwin: libapr1 libaprutil1
-  freebsd: builtin # i.e. ignore, only needed to manually build log4cxx on other OSes
 python:
   ubuntu: python-dev
   debian: python-dev
@@ -176,40 +166,6 @@ wxpython:
   macports: py25-wxpython
   gentoo: dev-python/wxpython
   freebsd: py26-wxPython
-log4cxx:
-  ubuntu: liblog4cxx10-dev
-  debian:
-    squeeze/sid: liblog4cxx10-dev
-    lenny: |
-      if [ ! -f /opt/ros/lib/liblog4cxx.so.10 ] ; then
-        mkdir -p ~/ros/ros-deps
-        cd ~/ros/ros-deps
-        wget --tries=10 http://pr.willowgarage.com/downloads/apache-log4cxx-0.10.0-wg_patched.tar.gz
-        tar xzf apache-log4cxx-0.10.0-wg_patched.tar.gz
-        cd apache-log4cxx-0.10.0
-        ./configure --prefix=/opt/ros
-        make
-        sudo make install
-      fi
-    3.1: |
-      if [ ! -f /opt/ros/lib/liblog4cxx.so.10 ] ; then
-        mkdir -p ~/ros/ros-deps
-        cd ~/ros/ros-deps
-        wget --tries=10 http://pr.willowgarage.com/downloads/apache-log4cxx-0.10.0-wg_patched.tar.gz
-        tar xzf apache-log4cxx-0.10.0-wg_patched.tar.gz
-        cd apache-log4cxx-0.10.0
-        ./configure --prefix=/opt/ros
-        make
-        sudo make install
-      fi
-  fedora: log4cxx-devel
-  rhel: log4cxx-devel
-  arch: |
-    if ! pacman -Q log4cxx; then yaourt -S log4cxx; fi
-  macports: log4cxx
-  gentoo: dev-libs/log4cxx
-  cygwin: liblog4cxx-devel
-  freebsd: log4cxx
 libxext:
   ubuntu: libxext-dev
   debian: libxext-dev