diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 329e084a79..ee17e29b86 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -52,11 +52,6 @@
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
       <version>1.0.4</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>