diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-admin/archiva-repository-admin-api/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-admin/archiva-repository-admin-api/pom.xml
index 333750632..6be2c8763 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-admin/archiva-repository-admin-api/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-admin/archiva-repository-admin-api/pom.xml
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
   <name>Archiva Base :: Repository Admin Api</name>
   <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-core-asl</artifactId>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-scanner/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-scanner/pom.xml
index 6f82df254..953882646 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-scanner/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-scanner/pom.xml
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
   <name>Archiva Base :: Repository Scanner</name>
   <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>archiva-consumer-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-api/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-api/pom.xml
index 5918e31dc..01ae14bb1 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-api/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-api/pom.xml
@@ -75,10 +75,6 @@
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.ws.rs</groupId>
       <artifactId>jsr311-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/pom.xml
index d382a7446..4bc65784e 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/pom.xml
@@ -667,6 +667,14 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
           <artifactId>geronimo-javamail_1.4_spec</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
+          <artifactId>geronimo-stax-api_1.0_spec</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
+          <artifactId>geronimo-activation_1.1_spec</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.jettison</groupId>
           <artifactId>jettison</artifactId>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/metadata/metadata-model/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/metadata/metadata-model/pom.xml
index 5c7aed57f..8f5d9cf48 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/metadata/metadata-model/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/metadata/metadata-model/pom.xml
@@ -28,13 +28,6 @@
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
   <name>Archiva Metadata :: Model</name>
 
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 503edef0c..1edc495b0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -464,12 +464,6 @@
         <version>${sisu-guice.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.1</version>
-      </dependency>
-
       <dependency>
         <groupId>javax.ws.rs</groupId>
         <artifactId>jsr311-api</artifactId>
@@ -1492,7 +1486,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <goals>