diff --git a/community/cypher/acceptance-spec-suite/pom.xml b/community/cypher/acceptance-spec-suite/pom.xml
index 93c0e50f55d0a..8667641950739 100644
--- a/community/cypher/acceptance-spec-suite/pom.xml
+++ b/community/cypher/acceptance-spec-suite/pom.xml
@@ -173,10 +173,6 @@
           <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
           <artifactId>neo4j-lucene-index</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
-          <artifactId>neo4j-graph-matching</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
           <artifactId>neo4j-graph-algo</artifactId>
diff --git a/community/cypher/cypher/pom.xml b/community/cypher/cypher/pom.xml
index bb7ce986f7c42..695cea97fbd64 100644
--- a/community/cypher/cypher/pom.xml
+++ b/community/cypher/cypher/pom.xml
@@ -200,10 +200,6 @@
           <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
           <artifactId>neo4j-lucene-index</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
-          <artifactId>neo4j-graph-matching</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
           <artifactId>neo4j-graph-algo</artifactId>
@@ -231,10 +227,6 @@
           <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
           <artifactId>neo4j-lucene-index</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
-          <artifactId>neo4j-graph-matching</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
           <artifactId>neo4j-graph-algo</artifactId>
@@ -274,10 +266,6 @@
           <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
           <artifactId>neo4j-lucene-index</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
-          <artifactId>neo4j-graph-matching</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
           <artifactId>neo4j-graph-algo</artifactId>
diff --git a/community/cypher/pom.xml b/community/cypher/pom.xml
index bf2537b0635fb..6115799e83ce2 100644
--- a/community/cypher/pom.xml
+++ b/community/cypher/pom.xml
@@ -264,10 +264,11 @@
         <artifactId>neo4j-lucene-index</artifactId>
         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <!-- graph matching is used in old cypher compilers 3.1 and 2.3 we can use the old component -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>neo4j-graph-matching</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
+        <version>3.1.1</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
diff --git a/community/neo4j/pom.xml b/community/neo4j/pom.xml
index d2eb03241f1dc..4781e3570b465 100644
--- a/community/neo4j/pom.xml
+++ b/community/neo4j/pom.xml
@@ -53,11 +53,6 @@
       <artifactId>neo4j-udc</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>neo4j-graph-matching</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>neo4j-cypher</artifactId>