diff --git a/spring-gemfire-starter/spring-gemfire-starter.gradle b/spring-gemfire-starter/spring-gemfire-starter.gradle
index 44d65ff1..14f5d5fd 100644
--- a/spring-gemfire-starter/spring-gemfire-starter.gradle
+++ b/spring-gemfire-starter/spring-gemfire-starter.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ dependencies {
 		exclude group: "org.apache.logging.log4j", module: "log4j-core"
 	}
 
-	runtime 'javax.cache:cache-api'
 	runtime 'org.springframework.shell:spring-shell'
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-geode-starter/spring-geode-starter.gradle b/spring-geode-starter/spring-geode-starter.gradle
index 01562b83..98b429d3 100644
--- a/spring-geode-starter/spring-geode-starter.gradle
+++ b/spring-geode-starter/spring-geode-starter.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ dependencies {
 	compile project(':spring-geode')
 	compile project(':spring-geode-autoconfigure')
 
-	runtime 'javax.cache:cache-api'
 	runtime 'org.springframework.shell:spring-shell'
 
 }