diff --git a/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml b/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml
index b0f17a72d..14d070358 100644
--- a/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
       <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>