diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 102b178aa2..f37d0c7f08 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ Release Notes.
 * Fix TopologyQuery.loadEndpointRelation bug.
 * Support using IoTDB as a new storage option.
 * Add customized envoy ALS protocol receiver for satellite transmit batch data.
+* Remove `logback` dependencies in IoTDB plugin.
 
 #### UI
 
diff --git a/oap-server/server-storage-plugin/storage-iotdb-plugin/pom.xml b/oap-server/server-storage-plugin/storage-iotdb-plugin/pom.xml
index e1c6507ecb..857f21b524 100644
--- a/oap-server/server-storage-plugin/storage-iotdb-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/oap-server/server-storage-plugin/storage-iotdb-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,18 @@
                     <groupId>net.jpountz.lz4</groupId>
                     <artifactId>lz4</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <!-- When logback + log4j2 + slf4j co-existed in OAP server classpath at the runtime, -->
+                <!-- SkyWalking so11y reported a runtime negative impact about performance. -->
+                <!-- Disable this, and use slf4j-log4j instead of. -->
+                <!-- Ref original discussion, https://github.com/apache/skywalking/pull/8194 -->
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/tools/dependencies/known-oap-backend-dependencies.txt b/tools/dependencies/known-oap-backend-dependencies.txt
index 0c1ad0b112..f29d69d17e 100755
--- a/tools/dependencies/known-oap-backend-dependencies.txt
+++ b/tools/dependencies/known-oap-backend-dependencies.txt
@@ -97,8 +97,6 @@ log4j-api-2.14.1.jar
 log4j-core-2.14.1.jar
 log4j-over-slf4j-1.7.30.jar
 log4j-slf4j-impl-2.14.1.jar
-logback-classic-1.2.3.jar
-logback-core-1.2.3.jar
 logging-interceptor-3.13.1.jar
 lz4-java-1.6.0.jar
 micrometer-core-1.7.4.jar