diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-layer/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-layer/pom.xml
index d16a83a4d..7e9aa4e03 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-layer/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-layer/pom.xml
@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>archiva-configuration</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
-      <artifactId>archiva-rss</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>archiva-xml-tools</artifactId>