diff --git a/products/eclipse-platform/platform.product b/products/eclipse-platform/platform.product
index 1741ef57782..8b19f92bf35 100644
--- a/products/eclipse-platform/platform.product
+++ b/products/eclipse-platform/platform.product
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <?pde version="3.5"?>
 
-<product name="Eclipse Platform" uid="org.eclipse.platform.ide" id="org.eclipse.platform.ide" application="org.eclipse.ui.ide.workbench" version="4.42.0.qualifier" type="features" includeLaunchers="true" autoIncludeRequirements="true">
+<product name="Eclipse Platform" uid="org.eclipse.platform.ide" id="org.eclipse.platform.ide" application="org.eclipse.ui.ide.workbench" version="4.42.0.qualifier" type="mixed" includeLaunchers="true" autoIncludeRequirements="true">
 
    <configIni use="default">
    </configIni>
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ United States, other countries, or both.
    </license>
 
    <plugins>
+      <plugin id="slf4j.simple"/>
    </plugins>
 
    <features>
@@ -199,7 +200,6 @@ United States, other countries, or both.
       <plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.event" autoStart="true" startLevel="2" />
       <plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.p2.reconciler.dropins" autoStart="true" startLevel="4" />
       <plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator" autoStart="true" startLevel="1" />
-      <plugin id="slf4j.simple" autoStart="true" startLevel="2" />
       <property name="org.eclipse.update.reconcile" value="false" />
       <property name="eclipse.buildId" value="${unqualifiedVersion}.${buildQualifier}" />
       <property name="osgi.bundles.defaultStartLevel" value="4" />
diff --git a/products/eclipse-sdk/sdk.product b/products/eclipse-sdk/sdk.product
index 9e1b3a6740b..3fcdf4a0a40 100644
--- a/products/eclipse-sdk/sdk.product
+++ b/products/eclipse-sdk/sdk.product
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <?pde version="3.5"?>
 
-<product name="Eclipse SDK" uid="org.eclipse.sdk.ide" id="org.eclipse.sdk.ide" application="org.eclipse.ui.ide.workbench" version="4.42.0.qualifier" type="features" includeLaunchers="true" autoIncludeRequirements="true">
+<product name="Eclipse SDK" uid="org.eclipse.sdk.ide" id="org.eclipse.sdk.ide" application="org.eclipse.ui.ide.workbench" version="4.42.0.qualifier" type="mixed" includeLaunchers="true" autoIncludeRequirements="true">
 
    <configIni use="default">
    </configIni>
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ United States, other countries, or both.
    </license>
 
    <plugins>
+      <plugin id="slf4j.simple"/>
    </plugins>
 
    <features>
@@ -198,7 +199,6 @@ United States, other countries, or both.
       <plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.event" autoStart="true" startLevel="2" />
       <plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.p2.reconciler.dropins" autoStart="true" startLevel="4" />
       <plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator" autoStart="true" startLevel="1" />
-      <plugin id="slf4j.simple" autoStart="true" startLevel="2" />
       <property name="osgi.bundles.defaultStartLevel" value="4" />
       <property name="eclipse.buildId" value="${unqualifiedVersion}.${buildQualifier}" />
       <property name="org.eclipse.update.reconcile" value="false" />