diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-antlr-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/antlr/AntlrPlugin.java b/maven-plugins/maven-antlr-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/antlr/AntlrPlugin.java
index 4d8f3b5a4d..6a70451154 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-antlr-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/antlr/AntlrPlugin.java
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-antlr-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/antlr/AntlrPlugin.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 /**
  * @goal generate
  * @phase generate-sources
- * @requiresDependencyResolution compile
  * @description Antlr plugin
  */
 public class AntlrPlugin