diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4058d4c..3cb82b1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
     <commons-fileupload.version>1.2.2</commons-fileupload.version>
     <commons-io.version>2.4</commons-io.version>
     <commons-lang.version>2.6</commons-lang.version>
-    <commons-dbcp.version>1.4</commons-dbcp.version>
 
     <maven3x.version>3.0.5</maven3x.version>
     <maven.version>2.0.8</maven.version>
@@ -690,12 +689,6 @@
         <version>${tomcat7Version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
-        <groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
-        <artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
-        <version>${commons-dbcp.version}</version>
-        <scope>runtime</scope>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
         <version>1.2</version>