diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index 5405ed35e..4ceae8cd7 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>