diff --git a/acl/spring-security-acl.gradle b/acl/spring-security-acl.gradle
index 31b5de0a57..53b4864c38 100644
--- a/acl/spring-security-acl.gradle
+++ b/acl/spring-security-acl.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-module'
 
 dependencies {
 	compile project(':spring-security-core')
-	compile 'aopalliance:aopalliance'
 	compile 'org.springframework:spring-aop'
 	compile 'org.springframework:spring-context'
 	compile 'org.springframework:spring-core'
diff --git a/aspects/spring-security-aspects.gradle b/aspects/spring-security-aspects.gradle
index 564a3577a4..fbb81bb674 100644
--- a/aspects/spring-security-aspects.gradle
+++ b/aspects/spring-security-aspects.gradle
@@ -7,6 +7,5 @@ dependencies {
 	compile 'org.springframework:spring-context'
 	compile 'org.springframework:spring-core'
 
-	testCompile 'aopalliance:aopalliance'
 	testCompile 'org.springframework:spring-aop'
 }
diff --git a/config/spring-security-config.gradle b/config/spring-security-config.gradle
index d1336ed957..4509a43bf9 100644
--- a/config/spring-security-config.gradle
+++ b/config/spring-security-config.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ apply plugin: 'trang'
 dependencies {
 	// NB: Don't add other compile time dependencies to the config module as this breaks tooling
 	compile project(':spring-security-core')
-	compile 'aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0'
 	compile 'org.springframework:spring-aop'
 	compile 'org.springframework:spring-beans'
 	compile 'org.springframework:spring-context'
diff --git a/core/spring-security-core.gradle b/core/spring-security-core.gradle
index faa9410ec5..ac13d0592c 100644
--- a/core/spring-security-core.gradle
+++ b/core/spring-security-core.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ configurations {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-	compile 'aopalliance:aopalliance'
 	compile 'org.springframework:spring-aop'
 	compile 'org.springframework:spring-beans'
 	compile 'org.springframework:spring-context'
diff --git a/docs/manual/src/docs/asciidoc/index.adoc b/docs/manual/src/docs/asciidoc/index.adoc
index 4ec8c12267..bbc89f5337 100644
--- a/docs/manual/src/docs/asciidoc/index.adoc
+++ b/docs/manual/src/docs/asciidoc/index.adoc
@@ -9858,10 +9858,6 @@ The core module must be included in any project using Spring Security.
 |===
 | Dependency | Version | Description
 
-| aopalliance
-| 1.0
-| Required for method security implementation.
-
 | ehcache
 | 1.6.2
 | Required if the Ehcache-based user cache implementation is used (optional).
diff --git a/itest/context/spring-security-itest-context.gradle b/itest/context/spring-security-itest-context.gradle
index 3f54200b0a..855cea3953 100644
--- a/itest/context/spring-security-itest-context.gradle
+++ b/itest/context/spring-security-itest-context.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-test'
 
 dependencies {
 	compile project(':spring-security-core')
-	compile 'aopalliance:aopalliance'
 	compile 'org.python:jython'
 	compile 'org.springframework:spring-aop'
 	compile 'org.springframework:spring-beans'
diff --git a/messaging/spring-security-messaging.gradle b/messaging/spring-security-messaging.gradle
index 5ee9e2617b..cd32b76a6b 100644
--- a/messaging/spring-security-messaging.gradle
+++ b/messaging/spring-security-messaging.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-module'
 
 dependencies {
 	compile project(':spring-security-core')
-	compile 'aopalliance:aopalliance'
 	compile 'org.springframework:spring-beans'
 	compile 'org.springframework:spring-context'
 	compile 'org.springframework:spring-core'
diff --git a/remoting/spring-security-remoting.gradle b/remoting/spring-security-remoting.gradle
index ff6e06b787..f3d8a34249 100644
--- a/remoting/spring-security-remoting.gradle
+++ b/remoting/spring-security-remoting.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-module'
 
 dependencies {
 	compile project(':spring-security-core')
-	compile 'aopalliance:aopalliance'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-aop'
 	compile 'org.springframework:spring-beans'
 	compile 'org.springframework:spring-context'
 	compile 'org.springframework:spring-core'
diff --git a/web/spring-security-web.gradle b/web/spring-security-web.gradle
index 7ee4bc5981..a09ba39922 100644
--- a/web/spring-security-web.gradle
+++ b/web/spring-security-web.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-module'
 dependencies {
 	compile project(':spring-security-core')
 	compile springCoreDependency
-	compile 'aopalliance:aopalliance'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-aop'
 	compile 'org.springframework:spring-beans'
 	compile 'org.springframework:spring-context'
 	compile 'org.springframework:spring-expression'