diff --git a/webapp/pom.xml b/webapp/pom.xml
index a1005960b4..7efe1a9324 100644
--- a/webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/webapp/pom.xml
@@ -112,6 +112,16 @@
          <version>3.5.0</version>
          <type>jar</type>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>org.apache.solr</groupId>
+         <artifactId>solr-solrj</artifactId>
+         <version>3.5.0</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
+         <artifactId>lucene-core</artifactId>
+         <version>3.5.0</version>
+      </dependency>
 
       <!-- Replace J.U.L. logging with log4j -->
       <dependency>
@@ -125,13 +135,6 @@
           <version>1.6.1</version>
           <scope>runtime</scope>
       </dependency>
-
-      <!-- Commons Logging is needed for the LocalHostRestrictionFilter-->
-      <dependency>
-         <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-         <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-         <version>1.0.4</version>
-      </dependency>
    </dependencies>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/solr/filters/LocalHostRestrictionFilter.java b/webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/solr/filters/LocalHostRestrictionFilter.java
index 424ab53d7a..723aee5313 100644
--- a/webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/solr/filters/LocalHostRestrictionFilter.java
+++ b/webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/solr/filters/LocalHostRestrictionFilter.java
@@ -16,17 +16,10 @@ import javax.servlet.FilterConfig;
 import javax.servlet.ServletException;
 import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;
-import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-
 public class LocalHostRestrictionFilter implements Filter {
 
-	private static Log log = LogFactory
-			.getLog(LocalHostRestrictionFilter.class);
-
 	private boolean enabled = true;
 
 	public LocalHostRestrictionFilter() {