diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7e432c6..5861dcd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -87,12 +87,6 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-8</version>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
       <artifactId>bcel-findbugs</artifactId>
       <version>6.0</version>