diff --git a/bom/application/pom.xml b/bom/application/pom.xml
index 846b90559b44d..a891b1d4c206f 100644
--- a/bom/application/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/application/pom.xml
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@
         <wildfly-common.version>1.5.4.Final-format-001</wildfly-common.version>
         <wildfly-client-config.version>1.0.1.Final</wildfly-client-config.version>
         <wildfly-elytron.version>1.18.1.Final</wildfly-elytron.version>
-        <jboss-modules.version>1.8.7.Final</jboss-modules.version>
         <jboss-threads.version>3.4.2.Final</jboss-threads.version>
         <vertx.version>4.2.2</vertx.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.13</httpclient.version>
@@ -3842,11 +3841,6 @@
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
 
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.jboss.modules</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jboss-modules</artifactId>
-                <version>${jboss-modules.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.jboss.narayana.jta</groupId>
                 <artifactId>narayana-jta</artifactId>
diff --git a/build-parent/pom.xml b/build-parent/pom.xml
index 7500ec88efa3a..016c11d862838 100644
--- a/build-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/build-parent/pom.xml
@@ -586,6 +586,7 @@
                                             <exclude>org.codehaus.mojo:animal-sniffer-annotations</exclude>
                                             <!-- Includes its own copy of an old version of the servlet API-->
                                             <exclude>org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core</exclude>
+                                            <exclude>org.jboss.modules:jboss-modules</exclude>
                                         </excludes>
                                         <includes>
                                             <!-- this is for REST Assured -->