diff --git a/artemis-protocols/artemis-mqtt-protocol/pom.xml b/artemis-protocols/artemis-mqtt-protocol/pom.xml
index 7a98856183..50e08ec8da 100644
--- a/artemis-protocols/artemis-mqtt-protocol/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-protocols/artemis-mqtt-protocol/pom.xml
@@ -115,12 +115,6 @@
          <artifactId>org.eclipse.paho.mqttv5.client</artifactId>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-         <groupId>com.github.javafaker</groupId>
-         <artifactId>javafaker</artifactId>
-         <version>0.15</version>
-         <scope>test</scope>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
          <artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
diff --git a/artemis-protocols/artemis-mqtt-protocol/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/protocol/mqtt/MQTTRetainMessageManagerTest.java b/artemis-protocols/artemis-mqtt-protocol/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/protocol/mqtt/MQTTRetainMessageManagerTest.java
index e21c63b658..f54f66aeba 100644
--- a/artemis-protocols/artemis-mqtt-protocol/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/protocol/mqtt/MQTTRetainMessageManagerTest.java
+++ b/artemis-protocols/artemis-mqtt-protocol/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/protocol/mqtt/MQTTRetainMessageManagerTest.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.MessageReference;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.Queue;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.junit.EmbeddedJMSResource;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.collections.LinkedListIterator;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils;
 import org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3.MqttException;
 import org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3.MqttMessage;
 import org.junit.After;
@@ -44,9 +45,6 @@ import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
 
-import com.github.javafaker.ChuckNorris;
-import com.github.javafaker.Faker;
-
 @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 public class MQTTRetainMessageManagerTest {
 
@@ -74,8 +72,6 @@ public class MQTTRetainMessageManagerTest {
 
    private final String topic = "fact";
 
-   private final ChuckNorris chuckNorris = (new Faker()).chuckNorris();
-
    private final int numberOfMessages = 1000;
    private final int numberOfTests = 10;
 
@@ -186,7 +182,7 @@ public class MQTTRetainMessageManagerTest {
    protected void publish(final int qos) throws MqttException {
       mqttConsumerCount.subscribe(topic, qos);
       IntStream.range(0, numberOfMessages).forEach(i -> {
-         final String fact = String.format("[%s] %s", i, chuckNorris.fact());
+         final String fact = String.format("[%s] %s", i, RandomStringUtils.randomAlphanumeric(128));
          final MqttMessage message = message(fact, qos, true);
          mqttPublisher.publish(topic, message);
          lastMessagePublished.set(message);