diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/pom.xml
index 456e3a1cc..4dceb0cfc 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/pom.xml
@@ -328,12 +328,6 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackrabbit-core</artifactId>