diff --git a/extensions-core/azure-extensions/pom.xml b/extensions-core/azure-extensions/pom.xml
index f3120b60b36..af36456bbe7 100644
--- a/extensions-core/azure-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions-core/azure-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -173,13 +173,6 @@
             <artifactId>equalsverifier</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mockito-${mockito.inline.artifact}</artifactId>
-            <version>${mockito.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <!-- explicitly declare mockito-core dependency to make anaylize-dependencies happy when running with Java 8 -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/extensions-core/lookups-cached-global/pom.xml b/extensions-core/lookups-cached-global/pom.xml
index e6969f999fd..6fed0c9cb17 100644
--- a/extensions-core/lookups-cached-global/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions-core/lookups-cached-global/pom.xml
@@ -145,18 +145,12 @@
       <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <!-- explicitly declare mockito-core dependency to make anaylize-dependencies happy when running with Java 8 -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
       <version>${mockito.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mockito-${mockito.inline.artifact}</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
       <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
diff --git a/indexing-hadoop/pom.xml b/indexing-hadoop/pom.xml
index d2035c69e83..dce33e32905 100644
--- a/indexing-hadoop/pom.xml
+++ b/indexing-hadoop/pom.xml
@@ -145,18 +145,12 @@
             <artifactId>equalsverifier</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- explicitly declare mockito-core dependency to make anaylize-dependencies happy when running with Java 8 -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
             <version>${mockito.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mockito-${mockito.inline.artifact}</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <profiles>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 63b81a2b561..26aad13ce58 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@
         <jna-platform.version>5.13.0</jna-platform.version>
         <hadoop.compile.version>3.3.6</hadoop.compile.version>
         <mockito.version>5.14.2</mockito.version>
-        <mockito.inline.artifact>core</mockito.inline.artifact>
         <aws.sdk.version>1.12.638</aws.sdk.version>
         <caffeine.version>2.8.0</caffeine.version>
         <jacoco.version>0.8.12</jacoco.version>
diff --git a/processing/pom.xml b/processing/pom.xml
index 8fb67ccaebc..78a7a92909d 100644
--- a/processing/pom.xml
+++ b/processing/pom.xml
@@ -380,18 +380,12 @@
       <artifactId>caliper</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <!-- explicitly declare mockito-core dependency to make anaylize-dependencies happy when running with Java 8 -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
       <version>${mockito.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mockito-${mockito.inline.artifact}</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>nl.jqno.equalsverifier</groupId>
       <artifactId>equalsverifier</artifactId>