diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 15100e420..d1c0b9d45 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -516,9 +516,6 @@
     <!-- Override clirr version to enable clirr on Java 8 -->
     <commons.clirr.version>2.8</commons.clirr.version>
     
-    <!-- Override jacoco for java 9 compatibility -->
-    <commons.jacoco.version>0.7.9</commons.jacoco.version>
-    
     <!--Used to generate the VOTE file, and can optionally be used with Clirr and JAmpiCmp -->
     <commons.bc.version>4.1</commons.bc.version>
     <commons.release.isDistModule>true</commons.release.isDistModule>