diff --git a/jackrabbit-standalone-components/pom.xml b/jackrabbit-standalone-components/pom.xml
index 78699635eda..6512c4143ee 100644
--- a/jackrabbit-standalone-components/pom.xml
+++ b/jackrabbit-standalone-components/pom.xml
@@ -167,17 +167,6 @@
       <artifactId>jline</artifactId>
       <version>0.9.94</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-jexl</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-jexl</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-          <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
 </project>