diff --git a/broker-core/pom.xml b/broker-core/pom.xml
index 4eb2946..e846559 100644
--- a/broker-core/pom.xml
+++ b/broker-core/pom.xml
@@ -92,11 +92,6 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
    
   <build>
diff --git a/systests/protocol-tests-amqp-0-10/pom.xml b/systests/protocol-tests-amqp-0-10/pom.xml
index 4c1e3f1..59e44c7 100644
--- a/systests/protocol-tests-amqp-0-10/pom.xml
+++ b/systests/protocol-tests-amqp-0-10/pom.xml
@@ -76,12 +76,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/systests/protocol-tests-amqp-0-8/pom.xml b/systests/protocol-tests-amqp-0-8/pom.xml
index 4abae83..57ebd8a 100644
--- a/systests/protocol-tests-amqp-0-8/pom.xml
+++ b/systests/protocol-tests-amqp-0-8/pom.xml
@@ -76,12 +76,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/systests/qpid-systests-http-management/pom.xml b/systests/qpid-systests-http-management/pom.xml
index de83e47..4e8c6ab 100644
--- a/systests/qpid-systests-http-management/pom.xml
+++ b/systests/qpid-systests-http-management/pom.xml
@@ -100,12 +100,6 @@
        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
             <artifactId>qpid-broker-core</artifactId>
             <classifier>tests</classifier>
diff --git a/systests/qpid-systests-jms_1.1/pom.xml b/systests/qpid-systests-jms_1.1/pom.xml
index be9fa90..aeb83ab 100644
--- a/systests/qpid-systests-jms_1.1/pom.xml
+++ b/systests/qpid-systests-jms_1.1/pom.xml
@@ -65,12 +65,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 
     <profiles>