diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e9239d2..b71a33c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,11 +54,6 @@
 	<dependencyManagement>
 		<dependencies>
 			<!-- APS provided libraries -->
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-				<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-				<scope>provided</scope>
-			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
 				<artifactId>jaxb-impl</artifactId>
@@ -215,12 +210,6 @@
 	</dependencyManagement>
 
 	<dependencies>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		
 		<!-- Package CXF JAX-RS support -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/activiti/extension/conf/CxfActivitiExtSpringComponentScanner.java b/src/main/java/com/activiti/extension/conf/CxfActivitiExtSpringComponentScanner.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 4bae258..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/com/activiti/extension/conf/CxfActivitiExtSpringComponentScanner.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
- * option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
- * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
- * more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
- * with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-package com.activiti.extension.conf;
-
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-
-/**
- * A means for injecting packages to scan for the Spring context.
- * 
- * @author brian@inteligr8.com
- */
-@Configuration
-@ComponentScan(basePackages = "${activiti-ext.scan.packages}")
-public class CxfActivitiExtSpringComponentScanner {
-
-}