diff --git a/openjpa-jdbc/pom.xml b/openjpa-jdbc/pom.xml
index 1332a76f8..6e556e469 100644
--- a/openjpa-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/openjpa-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -47,12 +47,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>hsqldb</groupId>
             <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-            <scope>compile</scope>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>postgresql</groupId>
             <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
             <version>8.1-407.jdbc3</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <build>