diff --git a/cache-ehcache/pom.xml b/cache-ehcache/pom.xml
index 5c1545a29c..5fe4b47b27 100644
--- a/cache-ehcache/pom.xml
+++ b/cache-ehcache/pom.xml
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
             <artifactId>ehcache</artifactId>
             <version>1.2.3</version>
         </dependency>
-
-        <!-- testing deps -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-testing</artifactId>
@@ -41,54 +39,11 @@
             <version>1.8.0.2</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-            <version>99.0-does-not-exist</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
-            <version>99.0-does-not-exist</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jcl104-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4.2</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4.2</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.14</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <!-- these are optional on core... :( -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javassist</groupId>
             <artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
             <version>3.4.GA</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>cglib</groupId>
-            <artifactId>cglib</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1_3</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>asm</groupId>
-            <artifactId>asm-attrs</artifactId>
-            <version>1.5.3</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>