diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f627721812..d599b1d254 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,17 +25,6 @@
             <artifactId>wss4j</artifactId>
             <version>1.5.12</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>axis</groupId>
-            <artifactId>axis</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4</version>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>axis</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>axis-wsdl4j</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-csv</artifactId>
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/bean/ADMRemoteStore.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/bean/ADMRemoteStore.java
index 38f9ae244c..50fade7563 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/bean/ADMRemoteStore.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/bean/ADMRemoteStore.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.bean;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.Serializable;
@@ -71,7 +72,6 @@ import org.alfresco.service.cmr.site.SiteInfo;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.site.SiteService;
 import org.alfresco.service.namespace.NamespaceService;
 import org.alfresco.service.namespace.QName;
-import org.apache.axis.utils.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.springframework.extensions.surf.util.URLDecoder;
diff --git a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/tests/RestApiHttpClient.java b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/tests/RestApiHttpClient.java
index b719aa0997..07edc39dd1 100644
--- a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/tests/RestApiHttpClient.java
+++ b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/tests/RestApiHttpClient.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package org.alfresco.rest.api.tests;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@ import org.alfresco.rest.framework.core.ResourceInspector;
 import org.alfresco.rest.framework.resource.EntityResource;
 import org.alfresco.rest.framework.resource.RelationshipResource;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;
-import org.apache.axis.utils.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpException;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod;