diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 829e9f45fb..0808e42c5b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -176,12 +176,6 @@
                 <version>3.2.1</version>
             </dependency>
 
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-                <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
-                <version>4.0</version>
-            </dependency>
-
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-core-asl</artifactId>