diff --git a/sandbox-apis/nova/pom.xml b/sandbox-apis/nova/pom.xml
index 361d72e383..0ae2dce73f 100644
--- a/sandbox-apis/nova/pom.xml
+++ b/sandbox-apis/nova/pom.xml
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
-            <artifactId>aws-ec2</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jclouds.common</groupId>
             <artifactId>openstack-common</artifactId>