diff --git a/storage/io/pom.xml b/storage/io/pom.xml
index 3f003d95874..1ce179185fc 100644
--- a/storage/io/pom.xml
+++ b/storage/io/pom.xml
@@ -42,11 +42,6 @@
             <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
             <version>2.8.0</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
-            <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
-            <version>1.3.03</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/storage/iordf/pom.xml b/storage/iordf/pom.xml
index e1ef017af84..e015282d3e8 100644
--- a/storage/iordf/pom.xml
+++ b/storage/iordf/pom.xml
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@
     
     <name>cdk-iordf</name>
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
-            <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
-            <version>1.3.03</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
             <artifactId>jena-core</artifactId>