diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.jgit/pom.xml
index 9dc588db2..0110ff9dd 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/pom.xml
@@ -84,10 +84,6 @@
       <artifactId>JavaEWAH</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
-      <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>