diff --git a/sca-java-1.x/trunk/modules/binding-rss-rome/pom.xml b/sca-java-1.x/trunk/modules/binding-rss-rome/pom.xml
index 4588d71540..6a29240dda 100644
--- a/sca-java-1.x/trunk/modules/binding-rss-rome/pom.xml
+++ b/sca-java-1.x/trunk/modules/binding-rss-rome/pom.xml
@@ -71,12 +71,6 @@
             <artifactId>tuscany-host-http</artifactId>
             <version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
-        
-        <dependency>
-           <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
-           <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
-           <version>3.1</version>
-        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>rome</groupId>
diff --git a/sca-java-1.x/trunk/samples/simple-bigbank-spring/pom.xml b/sca-java-1.x/trunk/samples/simple-bigbank-spring/pom.xml
index 6a80f08682..0d2e0a4113 100644
--- a/sca-java-1.x/trunk/samples/simple-bigbank-spring/pom.xml
+++ b/sca-java-1.x/trunk/samples/simple-bigbank-spring/pom.xml
@@ -67,12 +67,6 @@
             <version>1.5.3</version>
         </dependency>
         
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>3.1</version>
-        </dependency>
-        
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>