diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 37667dbe5c..6ae11d1bd6 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>hsqldb</groupId>