diff --git a/log4j2-appender/pom.xml b/log4j2-appender/pom.xml
index 83eee3f..d748b44 100644
--- a/log4j2-appender/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j2-appender/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -19,11 +20,6 @@
             <version>0.9.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.13.3</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
@@ -96,24 +92,29 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <argLine>
-                        -javaagent:"${settings.localRepository}/com/google/code/java-allocation-instrumenter/java-allocation-instrumenter/3.3.0/java-allocation-instrumenter-3.3.0.jar"
-                    </argLine>
-                </configuration>
-                <dependencies>
-                    <dependency>
-                        <groupId>com.google.code.java-allocation-instrumenter</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>java-allocation-instrumenter</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.3.0</version>
-                    </dependency>
-                </dependencies>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>allocation-profiling</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <argLine>
+                                -javaagent:"${settings.localRepository}/com/google/code/java-allocation-instrumenter/java-allocation-instrumenter/3.3.0/java-allocation-instrumenter-3.3.0.jar"
+                            </argLine>
+                        </configuration>
+                        <dependencies>
+                            <dependency>
+                                <groupId>com.google.code.java-allocation-instrumenter</groupId>
+                                <artifactId>java-allocation-instrumenter</artifactId>
+                                <version>3.3.0</version>
+                            </dependency>
+                        </dependencies>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>