diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4f8399e9f..1597628f1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -654,11 +654,6 @@
                 <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
                 <version>2.6</version>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>commons-primitives</groupId>
-                <artifactId>commons-primitives</artifactId>
-                <version>1.0</version>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>