diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2d5754b57fdc1c337455f176fec2db168dd9797a..b3ec9a3d85de2d02af5774db1def6199e6a7ab6b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -305,6 +305,8 @@
 								</filter>
 							</filters>
 							<shadeSourcesContent>true</shadeSourcesContent>
+							<!-- remove all classes of dependencies that are not used by the project -->
+							<minimizeJar>true</minimizeJar>
 						</configuration>
 					</execution>
 				</executions>
diff --git a/pom4ide.xml b/pom4ide.xml
index bc75c5e6321d56b892c4526db965341a3e1fe341..f6cfccd1ea8ed5765722c26020e54111338c82b5 100644
--- a/pom4ide.xml
+++ b/pom4ide.xml
@@ -305,6 +305,8 @@
 								</filter>
 							</filters>
 							<shadeSourcesContent>true</shadeSourcesContent>
+							<!-- remove all classes of dependencies that are not used by the project -->
+							<minimizeJar>true</minimizeJar>
 						</configuration>
 					</execution>
 				</executions>