diff --git a/merger/pom.xml b/merger/pom.xml
index 1d459f436e0..48a4ffab96b 100644
--- a/merger/pom.xml
+++ b/merger/pom.xml
@@ -160,11 +160,6 @@
             <groupId>com.github.sgroschupf</groupId>
             <artifactId>zkclient</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
-            <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4.3</version>
-        </dependency>
 
         <!-- Tests -->
         <dependency>