diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 2b7c6d42d83044a2d96365eef9062a9446fa4938..6d9791d809347adfccdd9c93e645c1d7741e0c3a 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -434,11 +434,6 @@
       <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
       <version>2.5</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>xpp3</groupId>
-      <artifactId>xpp3</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.3.3</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>