diff --git a/maven-di/pom.xml b/maven-di/pom.xml
index e76662882272..065c979882f6 100644
--- a/maven-di/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-di/pom.xml
@@ -34,18 +34,6 @@ under the License.
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-api-di</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-api-core</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-xml-impl</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-xml</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
 </project>