diff --git a/activemq-broker/pom.xml b/activemq-broker/pom.xml
index 18976866af..25750c3963 100644
--- a/activemq-broker/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-broker/pom.xml
@@ -67,13 +67,6 @@
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
 
-    <!-- to support XPath based Selectors -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>xalan</groupId>
-      <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
-      <optional>true</optional>
-    </dependency>
-
     <!-- =============================== -->
     <!-- Testing Dependencies -->
     <!-- =============================== -->
diff --git a/activemq-kahadb-store/pom.xml b/activemq-kahadb-store/pom.xml
index b303b6ff3b..afe1d5eef8 100644
--- a/activemq-kahadb-store/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-kahadb-store/pom.xml
@@ -106,11 +106,6 @@
       <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>xalan</groupId>
-      <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
-      <optional>true</optional>
-    </dependency>
 
     <!-- =============================== -->
     <!-- Testing Dependencies            -->
diff --git a/activemq-mqtt/pom.xml b/activemq-mqtt/pom.xml
index 1308308670..ed98a6079a 100644
--- a/activemq-mqtt/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-mqtt/pom.xml
@@ -116,11 +116,6 @@
       <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>xalan</groupId>
-      <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
-      <optional>true</optional>
-    </dependency>
 
     <!-- =============================== -->
     <!-- Testing Dependencies            -->
diff --git a/activemq-rar/pom.xml b/activemq-rar/pom.xml
index 8f1bb12e22..4b7b958d0e 100644
--- a/activemq-rar/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-rar/pom.xml
@@ -117,10 +117,6 @@
           <groupId>javax.jmdns</groupId>
           <artifactId>jmdns</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>xalan</groupId>
-          <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>xmlbeans</groupId>
           <artifactId>xbean</artifactId>
@@ -251,10 +247,6 @@
           <groupId>javax.jmdns</groupId>
           <artifactId>jmdns</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>xalan</groupId>
-          <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>xmlbeans</groupId>
           <artifactId>xbean</artifactId>
diff --git a/activemq-unit-tests/pom.xml b/activemq-unit-tests/pom.xml
index 7785c9fb86..b092979c02 100644
--- a/activemq-unit-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-unit-tests/pom.xml
@@ -147,11 +147,6 @@
       <artifactId>derbytools</artifactId>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>xalan</groupId>
-      <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
-      <optional>true</optional>
-    </dependency>
 
     <!-- =============================== -->
     <!-- Testing Dependencies            -->
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cc0de81588..a5690a8441 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@
     <spring-version>5.3.22</spring-version>
     <taglibs-version>1.2.5</taglibs-version>
     <velocity-version>2.3</velocity-version>
-    <xalan-version>2.7.2</xalan-version>
     <xpp3-version>1.1.4c</xpp3-version>
     <xstream-version>1.4.19</xstream-version>
     <xbean-version>4.21</xbean-version>
@@ -933,12 +932,6 @@
         <version>${activesoap-version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>xalan</groupId>
-        <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
-        <version>${xalan-version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.thoughtworks.xstream</groupId>
         <artifactId>xstream</artifactId>