diff --git a/samples/tutorial/pom.xml b/samples/tutorial/pom.xml
index 2cdf889c5b..0baa5cb0da 100644
--- a/samples/tutorial/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/tutorial/pom.xml
@@ -44,33 +44,6 @@
             <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.directory.server</groupId>
-            <artifactId>apacheds-core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.2</version>
-            <scope>compile</scope>
-            <optional>true</optional>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.directory.server</groupId>
-            <artifactId>apacheds-server-jndi</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.2</version>
-            <scope>compile</scope>
-            <optional>true</optional>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4.3</version>
-            <scope>runtime</scope>
-            <optional>true</optional>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.ldap</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-ldap</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.1</version>
-            <optional>true</optional>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/samples/tutorial/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext-security-ns.xml b/samples/tutorial/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext-security-ns.xml
index 44b044df69..d9d3cf9f0a 100644
--- a/samples/tutorial/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext-security-ns.xml
+++ b/samples/tutorial/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext-security-ns.xml
@@ -56,15 +56,6 @@
         dianne/emu
         scott/wombat
     -->
-<!--
-
-Uncomment to authenticate against an embedded LDAP server.
-
-    <ldap-server ldif="classpath:users.ldif" />
-    <ldap-authentication-provider />
-    <ldap-user-service user-search-filter="(uid={0}" group-search-filter="member={0}"/>
--->
-
     <authentication-provider>
         <password-encoder hash="md5"/>
         <user-service>