diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 183cfba7..38b35c34 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -255,11 +255,6 @@ under the License.
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
       <version>3.8</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.6</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
       <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>