diff --git a/mcc/build.gradle b/mcc/build.gradle
index f96ede315..8414afb8b 100644
--- a/mcc/build.gradle
+++ b/mcc/build.gradle
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 import org.labkey.gradle.util.BuildUtils
 import org.labkey.gradle.util.ExternalDependency
 
-configurations.all {
-    resolutionStrategy {
-        // NOTE: this should be kept in sync with SequenceAnalysis module
-        force "jakarta.xml.bind:jakarta.xml.bind-api:2.3.3"
-    }
-}
-
 dependencies {
     BuildUtils.addLabKeyDependency(project: project, config: "implementation", depProjectPath: ":server:modules:DiscvrLabKeyModules:Studies", depProjectConfig: "apiJarFile")
     BuildUtils.addLabKeyDependency(project: project, config: "implementation", depProjectPath: ":server:modules:DiscvrLabKeyModules:jbrowse", depProjectConfig: "apiJarFile")
@@ -60,6 +53,7 @@ dependencies {
                     "Parsing XML Data"
             ),
             {
+                // Exclude in favor of angus activation from API
                 exclude group: 'jakarta.activation', module: 'jakarta.activation-api'
             }
     )