diff --git a/alfresco-transform-tika/alfresco-transform-tika/pom.xml b/alfresco-transform-tika/alfresco-transform-tika/pom.xml
index 25db09a7..80e983c6 100644
--- a/alfresco-transform-tika/alfresco-transform-tika/pom.xml
+++ b/alfresco-transform-tika/alfresco-transform-tika/pom.xml
@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@
                     <groupId>org.quartz-scheduler</groupId>
                     <artifactId>quartz</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -113,4 +109,4 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>