diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4de789aaf..5ac68d13d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -67,12 +67,6 @@
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Elasticsearch -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.elasticsearch</groupId>
-            <artifactId>elasticsearch</artifactId>
-            <version>${elasticsearch}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.elasticsearch.client</groupId>
             <artifactId>transport</artifactId>