diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f6a662f..9fb05e8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -423,15 +423,8 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
             <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <dependencies>
-              <dependency>
-                <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
-                <artifactId>spotbugs</artifactId>
-                <version>${commons.spotbugs.impl.version}</version>
-              </dependency>
-            </dependencies>        
             <configuration>
-            <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/conf/spotbugs-exclude-filter.xml</excludeFilterFile>
+              <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/conf/spotbugs-exclude-filter.xml</excludeFilterFile>
             </configuration>
           </plugin>
         </plugins>
@@ -490,7 +483,6 @@
             <plugin>
               <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
               <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-              <version>${spotbugs.plugin.version}</version>
               <configuration>
                 <!-- <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/spotbugs-exclude-filter.xml</excludeFilterFile>  -->
               </configuration>