diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b8d6989a..37ad91e9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -112,13 +112,6 @@
           <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
           <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
         </configuration>
-        <dependencies>
-          <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-            <artifactId>plexus-java</artifactId>
-            <version>1.5.0</version>
-          </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>