diff --git a/docs/src/modules/java-protobuf/pages/spring-client.adoc b/docs/src/modules/java-protobuf/pages/spring-client.adoc
index 23d3243b86..e2450125fb 100644
--- a/docs/src/modules/java-protobuf/pages/spring-client.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/modules/java-protobuf/pages/spring-client.adoc
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ Download the resulting ZIP file, which is an archive of a web application that i
 
 ----
   <properties>
-        <kalix-sdk.version>1.1.7</kalix-sdk.version>
         <akka-grpc.version>2.1.4</akka-grpc.version>
         <protobuf.version>3.19.2</protobuf.version>
         <protobuf-plugin.version>0.6.1</protobuf-plugin.version>
@@ -176,11 +175,6 @@ Download the resulting ZIP file, which is an archive of a web application that i
             <artifactId>grpc-client-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
             <version>2.13.1.RELEASE</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.kalix</groupId>
-            <artifactId>kalix-java-sdk-protobuf</artifactId>
-            <version>${kalix-sdk.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/samples/java-protobuf-valueentity-counter-spring-client/pom.xml b/samples/java-protobuf-valueentity-counter-spring-client/pom.xml
index d163361af3..8f3d901b0c 100644
--- a/samples/java-protobuf-valueentity-counter-spring-client/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/java-protobuf-valueentity-counter-spring-client/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
         <java.version>11</java.version>
         <jdk.target>11</jdk.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <kalix-sdk.version>1.3.2</kalix-sdk.version>
         <akka-grpc.version>2.1.4</akka-grpc.version>
         <protobuf.version>3.19.2</protobuf.version>
         <protobuf-plugin.version>0.6.1</protobuf-plugin.version>
@@ -54,11 +53,6 @@
             <artifactId>grpc-client-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
             <version>2.13.1.RELEASE</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.kalix</groupId>
-            <artifactId>kalix-java-sdk-protobuf</artifactId>
-            <version>${kalix-sdk.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/samples/java-protobuf-valueentity-counter-spring-client/src/main/proto/com/example/kalix_policy.proto b/samples/java-protobuf-valueentity-counter-spring-client/src/main/proto/com/example/kalix_policy.proto
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e68d85954..0000000000
--- a/samples/java-protobuf-valueentity-counter-spring-client/src/main/proto/com/example/kalix_policy.proto
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-// This is the default Access Control List (ACL) for all components of this Kalix Service
-syntax = "proto3";
-
-package com.example;
-
-import "kalix/annotations.proto";
-
-// NOTE: This default ACL settings is very permissive as it allows any traffic from the internet.
-// Our samples default to this permissive configuration to allow users to easily try it out.
-// However, this configuration is not intended to be reproduced in production environments.
-// Documentation at https://docs.kalix.io/services/using-acls.html
-option (kalix.file).acl = {
-  allow: { principal: INTERNET };
-};
diff --git a/samples/java-protobuf-valueentity-counter-spring-client/src/main/resources/logback-dev-mode.xml b/samples/java-protobuf-valueentity-counter-spring-client/src/main/resources/logback-dev-mode.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ce19a10f4..0000000000
--- a/samples/java-protobuf-valueentity-counter-spring-client/src/main/resources/logback-dev-mode.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!-- Non json config for Kalix user dev modes, note that for actual deploy
-     the default sample JSON logging output must be used or else production
-     does not work -->
-<configuration>
-    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
-        <encoder>
-            <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n</pattern>
-        </encoder>
-    </appender>
-
-    <logger name="akka" level="WARN"/>
-
-    <!-- Silence some details from Akka, should not be important to user/SDK dev mode -->
-    <root level="INFO">
-        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/>
-    </root>
-
-</configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/java-protobuf-valueentity-counter-spring-client/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/samples/java-protobuf-valueentity-counter-spring-client/src/main/resources/logback.xml
index 929184463a..d89bc8baeb 100644
--- a/samples/java-protobuf-valueentity-counter-spring-client/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/samples/java-protobuf-valueentity-counter-spring-client/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -5,32 +5,12 @@
         </encoder>
     </appender>
 
-    <appender name="JSON-STDOUT" target="System.out" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
-        <encoder class="ch.qos.logback.core.encoder.LayoutWrappingEncoder">
-            <layout class="kalix.javasdk.logging.LogbackJsonLayout">
-                <timestampFormat>yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSX</timestampFormat>
-                <timestampFormatTimezoneId>Etc/UTC</timestampFormatTimezoneId>
-                <appendLineSeparator>true</appendLineSeparator>
-                <jsonFormatter class="ch.qos.logback.contrib.jackson.JacksonJsonFormatter">
-                    <prettyPrint>false</prettyPrint>
-                </jsonFormatter>
-            </layout>
-        </encoder>
-    </appender>
-
-    <appender name="ASYNC-JSON-STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.classic.AsyncAppender">
-        <queueSize>8192</queueSize>
-        <neverBlock>true</neverBlock>
-        <appender-ref ref="JSON-STDOUT"/>
-    </appender>
-
     <logger name="akka" level="INFO"/>
     <logger name="kalix" level="INFO"/>
     <logger name="akka.http" level="INFO"/>
     <logger name="io.grpc" level="INFO"/>
 
     <root level="INFO">
-<!--        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/>-->
-        <appender-ref ref="ASYNC-JSON-STDOUT"/>
+        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/>
     </root>
 </configuration>