diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d52dee8b3b..619ff59720 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -232,14 +232,6 @@
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
-    <!-- static analysis -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>net.jcip</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jcip-annotations</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-      <optional>true</optional>
-    </dependency>
-
     <!-- for JRE requirement check annotation -->
     <dependency>
       <!-- no need to have this at runtime -->