diff --git a/zanata-common-api/pom.xml b/zanata-common-api/pom.xml
index c1fd2d3..b92c323 100644
--- a/zanata-common-api/pom.xml
+++ b/zanata-common-api/pom.xml
@@ -80,16 +80,6 @@
         </executions>
       </plugin>
 
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <usedDependencies combine.children="append">
-            <usedDependency>com.google.code.findbugs:annotations</usedDependency>
-          </usedDependencies>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-
-
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>