diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-test-js/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-test-js/pom.xml
index b58d589fa..5b591e7af 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-test-js/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-test-js/pom.xml
@@ -39,21 +39,6 @@
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-command-line</artifactId>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-          <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <artifactId>plexus-component-api</artifactId>
-          <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>archiva-webapp-js</artifactId>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-test/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-test/pom.xml
index ac2a09dab..196e8d37b 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-test/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-test/pom.xml
@@ -39,21 +39,6 @@
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-command-line</artifactId>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-          <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <artifactId>plexus-component-api</artifactId>
-          <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>archiva-webapp</artifactId>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/pom.xml
index 78588ad5b..37700b764 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/pom.xml
@@ -61,21 +61,6 @@
         <version>6.4</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-        <artifactId>plexus-command-line</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-alpha-2</version>
-        <exclusions>
-          <exclusion>
-            <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-          </exclusion>
-          <exclusion>
-            <artifactId>plexus-component-api</artifactId>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-          </exclusion>
-        </exclusions>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
         <artifactId>archiva-test-mocks</artifactId>