diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 57d236b9f9..ccbd57a87e 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -13,13 +13,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-expression</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-            <!-- Used by SPEL 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>asm</groupId>
-            <artifactId>asm-all</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
--->        
+        </dependency>        
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
@@ -87,33 +81,17 @@
             <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jaxen</groupId>
             <artifactId>jaxen</artifactId>
             <version>1.1.1</version>
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
-<!--
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-            <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
- -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
             <artifactId>annotations-api</artifactId>
             <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>log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>