diff --git a/activemq-jpa-store/pom.xml b/activemq-jpa-store/pom.xml
index 9ab6455451..1df3da0056 100755
--- a/activemq-jpa-store/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-jpa-store/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${pom.groupId}</groupId>
       <artifactId>activemq-core</artifactId>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
       <type>test-jar</type>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/activemq-optional/pom.xml b/activemq-optional/pom.xml
index 15ce964f18..147b8a41b1 100755
--- a/activemq-optional/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-optional/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${pom.groupId}</groupId>
       <artifactId>activemq-core</artifactId>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
       <type>test-jar</type>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>