diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 195a2e03c..d243ddf4f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,12 +48,6 @@
       <artifactId>junit-jupiter-params</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
       <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/iterators/BoundedIteratorTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/iterators/BoundedIteratorTest.java
index 36f66236e..52f8f8238 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/iterators/BoundedIteratorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/iterators/BoundedIteratorTest.java
@@ -16,14 +16,11 @@
  */
 package org.apache.commons.collections4.iterators;
 
-import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
-import static org.hamcrest.core.Is.is;
-import static org.hamcrest.core.IsEqual.equalTo;
-import static org.hamcrest.core.IsNull.nullValue;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -142,7 +139,7 @@ public class BoundedIteratorTest<E> extends AbstractIteratorTest<E> {
     @Test
     public void testNegativeMax() {
         final IllegalArgumentException thrown = assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> new BoundedIterator<>(testList.iterator(), 3, -1));
-        assertThat(thrown.getMessage(), is(equalTo("Max parameter must not be negative.")));
+        assertEquals("Max parameter must not be negative.", thrown.getMessage());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -152,7 +149,7 @@ public class BoundedIteratorTest<E> extends AbstractIteratorTest<E> {
     @Test
     public void testNegativeOffset() {
         final IllegalArgumentException thrown = assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> new BoundedIterator<>(testList.iterator(), -1, 4));
-        assertThat(thrown.getMessage(), is(equalTo("Offset parameter must not be negative.")));
+        assertEquals("Offset parameter must not be negative.", thrown.getMessage());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -236,7 +233,7 @@ public class BoundedIteratorTest<E> extends AbstractIteratorTest<E> {
         assertFalse(iter.hasNext());
 
         final NoSuchElementException thrown = assertThrows(NoSuchElementException.class, () -> iter.next());
-        assertThat(thrown.getMessage(), is(nullValue()));
+        assertNull(thrown.getMessage());
 
         iter.remove();
         assertFalse(testListCopy.contains("f"));
@@ -244,7 +241,7 @@ public class BoundedIteratorTest<E> extends AbstractIteratorTest<E> {
         assertFalse(iter.hasNext());
 
         final NoSuchElementException thrown1 = assertThrows(NoSuchElementException.class, () -> iter.next());
-        assertThat(thrown1.getMessage(), is(nullValue()));
+        assertNull(thrown1.getMessage());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -294,7 +291,8 @@ public class BoundedIteratorTest<E> extends AbstractIteratorTest<E> {
         assertEquals("b", iter.next());
 
         final UnsupportedOperationException thrown = assertThrows(UnsupportedOperationException.class, () -> iter.remove());
-        assertThat(thrown.getMessage(), is(nullValue()));
+        assertNull(thrown.getMessage());
+
     }
 
     /**
@@ -307,7 +305,7 @@ public class BoundedIteratorTest<E> extends AbstractIteratorTest<E> {
         final Iterator<E> iter = new BoundedIterator<>(testListCopy.iterator(), 1, 5);
 
         final IllegalStateException thrown = assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class, () -> iter.remove());
-        assertThat(thrown.getMessage(), is(equalTo("remove() can not be called before calling next()")));
+        assertEquals("remove() can not be called before calling next()", thrown.getMessage());
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/list/GrowthListTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/list/GrowthListTest.java
index 33aa99a16..a8764c0c4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/list/GrowthListTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/list/GrowthListTest.java
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
  */
 package org.apache.commons.collections4.list;
 
-import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
-import static org.hamcrest.core.Is.is;
-import static org.hamcrest.core.IsEqual.equalTo;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
@@ -131,7 +128,7 @@ public class GrowthListTest<E> extends AbstractListTest<E> {
         final Executable testMethod = () -> list.add(-1, element);
         final IndexOutOfBoundsException thrown = assertThrows(IndexOutOfBoundsException.class, testMethod,
                 "List.add should throw IndexOutOfBoundsException [-1]");
-        assertThat(thrown.getMessage(), is(equalTo("Index: -1, Size: 0")));
+        assertEquals("Index: -1, Size: 0", thrown.getMessage());
     }
 
     /**