diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/pom.xml b/google-cloud-clients/pom.xml
index df6d2567427e..c532337e0cf9 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/pom.xml
@@ -174,14 +174,6 @@
     <objenesis.version>2.6</objenesis.version>
   </properties>
   <!-- All non-test dependency versions should be added to google-cloud-bom/pom.xml -->
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
-      <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3.2</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
       <dependency>