diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 810d4256f6d..9c84fe29e1c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1811,14 +1811,6 @@
 				<artifactId>htmlunit</artifactId>
 				<version>3.9.0</version>
 				<exclusions>
-					<exclusion>
-						<groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
-						<artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
-					</exclusion>
-					<exclusion>
-						<groupId>xerces</groupId>
-						<artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-					</exclusion>
 					<exclusion>
 						<!-- Don't let HTMLUnit bring in Jetty 9 -->
 						<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.websocket</groupId>