diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c27b79814d..858754e8d4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -137,6 +137,12 @@
         <groupId>org.richfaces</groupId>
         <artifactId>richfaces</artifactId>
         <version>${richfaces.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.jboss.spec.javax.el</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jboss-el-api_3.0_spec</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
 
 
@@ -933,6 +939,7 @@
           <rules>
             <bannedDependencies>
               <excludes combine.children="append">
+                <exclude>org.jboss.spec.javax.el:jboss-el-api_3.0_spec</exclude>
                 <!-- use org.jboss.spec.javax.servlet:jboss-servlet-api_3.0_spec -->
                 <exclude>org.jboss.spec.javax.servlet:jboss-servlet-api_3.1_spec</exclude>