diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d003663d..cbe18eb4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
 		<jaxrs.version>1.0</jaxrs.version>
 		<minidevjson.version>2.1.0</minidevjson.version>
 		<jsonpath.version>0.9.1</jsonpath.version>
-		<objenesis.version>2.1</objenesis.version>
 		<slf4j.version>1.7.10</slf4j.version>
 		<evo.version>1.2.1</evo.version>
 		<bundlor.failOnWarnings>true</bundlor.failOnWarnings>
@@ -457,12 +456,6 @@
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.objenesis</groupId>
-			<artifactId>objenesis</artifactId>
-			<version>${objenesis.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/core/DummyInvocationUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/core/DummyInvocationUtils.java
index 4bc35cb7..9f4b5553 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/core/DummyInvocationUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/core/DummyInvocationUtils.java
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 
 import org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInterceptor;
-import org.objenesis.ObjenesisStd;
 import org.springframework.aop.framework.ProxyFactory;
 import org.springframework.aop.target.EmptyTargetSource;
 import org.springframework.cglib.proxy.Callback;
 import org.springframework.cglib.proxy.Enhancer;
 import org.springframework.cglib.proxy.Factory;
 import org.springframework.cglib.proxy.MethodProxy;
+import org.springframework.objenesis.ObjenesisStd;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ public class DummyInvocationUtils {
 	}
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-	private static <T> T getProxyWithInterceptor(Class<?> type, InvocationRecordingMethodInterceptor interceptor, ClassLoader classLoader) {
+	private static <T> T getProxyWithInterceptor(Class<?> type, InvocationRecordingMethodInterceptor interceptor,
+			ClassLoader classLoader) {
 
 		if (type.isInterface()) {
 
diff --git a/template.mf b/template.mf
index 09248052..88419dea 100644
--- a/template.mf
+++ b/template.mf
@@ -11,6 +11,5 @@ Import-Template:
  net.minidev.json.*;version="${minidevjson.version:[=.=.=,+1.0.0)}";resolution:=optional,
  org.aopalliance.*;version="[1.0.0,2.0.0)";resolution:=optional,
  org.atteo.evo.inflector.*;version="${evo.version:[=.=.=,+1.0.0)}";resolution:=optional,
- org.objenesis.*;version="${objenesis.version:[=.=.=,+1.0.0)}",
  org.springframework.plugin.*;version="[0.8.0,2.0.0)";resolution:=optional,
  org.springframework.*;version="${spring.version:[=.=.=,+1.1.0)}";resolution:=optional