diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f6f1994c..d0783123 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -179,10 +179,6 @@
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-filtering</artifactId>