diff --git a/openam-core/pom.xml b/openam-core/pom.xml
index cef0a70f5b..c794eeb269 100755
--- a/openam-core/pom.xml
+++ b/openam-core/pom.xml
@@ -468,11 +468,6 @@
             <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
             <artifactId>jaxb-impl</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
-            <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>