diff --git a/apache-maven/pom.xml b/apache-maven/pom.xml
index a4cf0396c61..d98d4326f00 100644
--- a/apache-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-maven/pom.xml
@@ -113,10 +113,6 @@ under the License.
       <groupId>org.fusesource.jansi</groupId>
       <artifactId>jansi</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-cipher</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/maven-compat/pom.xml b/maven-compat/pom.xml
index 06686b980a5..46259815a4f 100644
--- a/maven-compat/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-compat/pom.xml
@@ -99,11 +99,6 @@ under the License.
       <artifactId>wagon-provider-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-cipher</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
       <artifactId>wagon-file</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-core/pom.xml b/maven-core/pom.xml
index 60b958f1f6f..b3f048b3c07 100644
--- a/maven-core/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-core/pom.xml
@@ -122,11 +122,6 @@ under the License.
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-component-annotations</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-cipher</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>