diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 82acaf2ad..c3bb836d0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -575,7 +575,6 @@
     <commons.rc.version>RC1</commons.rc.version>
     <checkstyle.version>3.2.0</checkstyle.version>
     <checkstyle.dep.version>9.3</checkstyle.dep.version>
-    <commons.pmd.version>3.19.0</commons.pmd.version>
     <commons.pmd-impl.version>6.52.0</commons.pmd-impl.version>
 
     <commons.site.path>collections</commons.site.path>