diff --git a/ccm-cms/pom.xml b/ccm-cms/pom.xml
index 49a8c9740..912626128 100644
--- a/ccm-cms/pom.xml
+++ b/ccm-cms/pom.xml
@@ -123,11 +123,6 @@
             <artifactId>jsoup</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-                
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/ccm-core/pom.xml b/ccm-core/pom.xml
index fe2bc1422..c0b5363c9 100644
--- a/ccm-core/pom.xml
+++ b/ccm-core/pom.xml
@@ -134,16 +134,8 @@
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-beanutils</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId>
+            <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f22ce0ad0..a97ac5f80 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -307,11 +307,6 @@
                     <artifactId>hibernate53-ddl-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>2.3.0</version>
                 </plugin>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>io.thorntail</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>thorntail-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.7.0.Final</version>
-                </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -450,14 +445,6 @@
                 <version>8.0.1</version>
             </dependency>
             
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>io.thorntail</groupId>
-                <artifactId>bom</artifactId>
-                <version>2.7.0.Final</version>
-                <scope>import</scope>
-                <type>pom</type>
-            </dependency>
-
             <!--
                 Hibernate, used as JPA provider, replacing the default
                 provider of the container. This is necessary because we use
@@ -638,14 +625,6 @@
                 *********************
             -->
 
-            <!-- Unclear if needed anymore because javax.activation is part
-            of the standard API since JavaSE 6 -->
-            <!--<dependency>
-                <groupId>javax.activation</groupId>
-                <artifactId>activation</artifactId>
-                <version>1.1.1</version>
-            </dependency>-->
-
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
                 <artifactId>log4j-bom</artifactId>
@@ -664,44 +643,7 @@
                 <version>8.5.2</version>
             </dependency>
 
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>
-                <artifactId>pdfbox</artifactId>
-                <version>2.0.20</version>
-            </dependency>
-
-
             <!-- Libraries from the Apache Commons project -->
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>
-                <artifactId>commons-beanutils</artifactId>
-                <version>1.9.4</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
-                <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
-                <version>1.4</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
-                <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-                <version>1.14</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
-                <artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.2</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId>
-                <artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId>
-                <version>1.4</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
-                <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1</version>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
@@ -712,11 +654,6 @@
                 <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
                 <version>2.6</version>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-                <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-                <version>3.12.0</version>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>