diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/pom.xml
index 296e9afa4..419cd4bf3 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -659,12 +659,6 @@
       <artifactId>jsoup</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
-    <!-- we need to force xalan version for IBM servers.. MRM-1803 -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>xalan</groupId>
-      <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>archiva-test-mocks</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 412e8f501..9f2d6cbed 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -120,11 +120,6 @@
 
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>xalan</groupId>
-        <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7.1</version>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>junit</groupId>
         <artifactId>junit</artifactId>