diff --git a/spring-core/pom.xml b/spring-core/pom.xml
index b04f434481..175a9b64d1 100644
--- a/spring-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-core/pom.xml
@@ -24,13 +24,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring.version}</version>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>            
+            <version>${spring.version}</version>         
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>