diff --git a/apache-rat-core/pom.xml b/apache-rat-core/pom.xml
index ed3dc16..6c48473 100644
--- a/apache-rat-core/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-rat-core/pom.xml
@@ -130,9 +130,5 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
       <artifactId>tika-core</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>