diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index abef17794b25c..1c4a8c9442179 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -259,10 +259,6 @@ x11-plugins/purple-facebook
 # Masked for testing
 ~sci-libs/vtk-9.1.0
 
-# Volkmar W. Pogatzki <gentoo@pogatzki.net> (2021-12-12)
-# Needs masked >=virtual/{jdk,jre}-11
->=dev-java/log4j-api-java9-2.15.0
-
 # Conrad Kostecki <conikost@gentoo.org> (2021-12-04)
 # Masking newer versions for both packages,
 # as they cannot be compiled due upstream change.