diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1d6fc5113..4f8399e9f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -654,11 +654,6 @@
                 <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
                 <version>2.6</version>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-                <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-                <version>1.2</version>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-primitives</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-primitives</artifactId>