diff --git a/search-services/alfresco-solrclient-lib/pom.xml b/search-services/alfresco-solrclient-lib/pom.xml
index febd7fd07..a37f5cc80 100644
--- a/search-services/alfresco-solrclient-lib/pom.xml
+++ b/search-services/alfresco-solrclient-lib/pom.xml
@@ -43,13 +43,6 @@
             <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
             <version>2.9.8</version>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- provided dependencies -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-            <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.1</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
 
         <!-- Test dependencies -->
         <dependency>