diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1e796c3cd..81cf4c928 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -167,14 +167,6 @@
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
-            <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${javax-annotation-api}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <!-- -addmods java.annotations.common -->
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.openwebbeans</groupId>
             <artifactId>openwebbeans-se</artifactId>