diff --git a/assembly/pom.xml b/assembly/pom.xml
index 5ec741d209..8d02e95ef5 100755
--- a/assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/assembly/pom.xml
@@ -228,10 +228,6 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
       <artifactId>geronimo-jta_1.0.1B_spec</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
-      <artifactId>org.osgi.core</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.xbean</groupId>
        <artifactId>xbean-spring</artifactId>
@@ -329,11 +325,6 @@
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
-      <artifactId>org.osgi.core</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     
     <!-- dependencies specific to this module -->
     <dependency>