diff --git a/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/pom.xml b/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/pom.xml
index 70a26d282b..cec894f03f 100644
--- a/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/pom.xml
+++ b/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/pom.xml
@@ -124,12 +124,6 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-            <dependencies>
-              <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
-                <artifactId>surefire-testng</artifactId>
-              </dependency>
-            </dependencies>
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <id>integration</id>