diff --git a/pkg/util/camel/camel_dependencies.go b/pkg/util/camel/camel_dependencies.go
index 9f2c439e8f..44b523ef57 100644
--- a/pkg/util/camel/camel_dependencies.go
+++ b/pkg/util/camel/camel_dependencies.go
@@ -89,6 +89,17 @@ func ManageIntegrationDependencies(
 			gav := strings.TrimPrefix(d, "mvn:")
 
 			project.AddEncodedDependencyGAV(gav)
+			// TODO hack for tools.jar dependency issue in jolokia-jvm
+			// this block should be removed once the jolokia-jvm pom issue
+			// is resolved
+			// https://github.com/rhuss/jolokia/issues/473
+			if strings.Contains(gav, "org.jolokia:jolokia-jvm") {
+				me := maven.Exclusion{
+					GroupID:    "com.sun",
+					ArtifactID: "tools",
+				}
+				project.AddEncodedDependencyExclusion(gav, me)
+			}
 		default:
 			if dep := jitpack.ToDependency(d); dep != nil {
 				project.AddDependency(*dep)
diff --git a/pkg/util/maven/maven_project.go b/pkg/util/maven/maven_project.go
index e9ed19ddc5..ac1b86e9a4 100644
--- a/pkg/util/maven/maven_project.go
+++ b/pkg/util/maven/maven_project.go
@@ -109,12 +109,12 @@ func (p *Project) AddDependencies(deps ...Dependency) {
 	}
 }
 
-// AddDependencyGAV a dependency to maven's dependencies
+// AddDependencyGAV adds a dependency to maven's dependencies
 func (p *Project) AddDependencyGAV(groupID string, artifactID string, version string) {
 	p.AddDependency(NewDependency(groupID, artifactID, version))
 }
 
-// AddEncodedDependencyGAV a dependency to maven's dependencies
+// AddEncodedDependencyGAV adds a dependency in GAV format to maven's dependencies
 func (p *Project) AddEncodedDependencyGAV(gav string) {
 	if d, err := ParseGAV(gav); err == nil {
 		// TODO: error handling
@@ -145,6 +145,13 @@ func (p *Project) AddDependencyExclusions(dep Dependency, exclusions ...Exclusio
 	}
 }
 
+func (p *Project) AddEncodedDependencyExclusion(gav string, exclusion Exclusion) {
+	if d, err := ParseGAV(gav); err == nil {
+		// TODO: error handling
+		p.AddDependencyExclusion(d, exclusion)
+	}
+}
+
 type propertiesEntry struct {
 	XMLName xml.Name
 	Value   string `xml:",chardata"`