diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 796f45dc9..7a38bb9b2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -77,44 +77,16 @@
                     <groupId>rhino</groupId>
                     <artifactId>js</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>xerces</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>                
-                </exclusion>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>                
-                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>xalan</groupId>
             <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
             <version>2.7.0</version>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-jxpath</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-jxpath</artifactId>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>junit</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>xerces</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>xerces</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-modeler</groupId>
@@ -124,10 +96,6 @@
                     <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
                     <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>