diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 256f504e54..639de96cbb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -493,112 +493,47 @@
                 <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-expression</artifactId>
                 <version>${spring.version}</version>
-                <exclusions>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>
-<!--
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>com.springsource.org.antlr</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>
--->
-                </exclusions>
                 <optional>true</optional>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
                 <version>${spring.version}</version>
-                <exclusions>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>
-                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
                 <version>${spring.version}</version>
-                <exclusions>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>
-                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
                 <version>${spring.version}</version>
-                <exclusions>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>
-                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
                 <version>${spring.version}</version>
-                <exclusions>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>
-                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
                 <version>${spring.version}</version>
-                <exclusions>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>
-                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-context-support</artifactId>
                 <version>${spring.version}</version>
-                <exclusions>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <!-- M3 Pom contains an invalid quartz dep -->
-                        <groupId>quartz</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>quartz</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>                    
-                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
                 <version>${spring.version}</version>
-                <exclusions>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>
-                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
                 <version>${spring.version}</version>
-                <exclusions>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>
-                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springframework.ldap</groupId>
@@ -651,19 +586,11 @@
                 <artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
                 <version>3.2</version>
             </dependency>
-<!--            
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
-                <artifactId>annotations-api</artifactId>
-                <version>6.0.20</version>
-            </dependency>
--->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jsr250-api</artifactId>
                 <version>1.0</version>
             </dependency>
-            
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>hsqldb</groupId>
                 <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>