We asked the same thing about log4j over 10 years ago. We spent an hour or two and switched to slf4j / logback. It's written by the original author of log4j,

We asked the same thing about log4j over 10 years ago. We spent an hour or two and switched to slf4j / logback. It's written by the original author of log4j, and has a compatible api. Much simpler and much more understandable.