diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat-jsp/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat-jsp/pom.xml
index adb136e0de..10728fb62a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat-jsp/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat-jsp/pom.xml
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 	<properties>
 		<main.basedir>${basedir}/../..</main.basedir>
 		<m2eclipse.wtp.contextRoot>/</m2eclipse.wtp.contextRoot>
-		<tomcat.version>7.0.56</tomcat.version>
-		<servlet-api.version>3.0.1</servlet-api.version>
 		<java.version>1.7</java.version>
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>