diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3d0a1e6dbc..2a0ee30f13 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -397,17 +397,6 @@
             <artifactId>geronimo-ws-metadata_2.0_spec</artifactId>
             <version>1.1.3</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>net.java.dev.stax-utils</groupId>
-            <artifactId>stax-utils</artifactId>
-            <version>20070216</version>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>com.bea.xml</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>jsr173-ri</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.freemarker</groupId>
             <artifactId>freemarker</artifactId>