diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a0b4ce9b95..b2bb76eb2f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@
                     <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
                     <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
                     <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>