diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 6b5beef705..54389492bb 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -2650,11 +2650,6 @@
 				<artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
 				<version>${slf4j.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-				<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-				<version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
-			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-framework-bom</artifactId>