diff --git a/samples/airline/pom.xml b/samples/airline/pom.xml
index b767d610..fb74a377 100644
--- a/samples/airline/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/airline/pom.xml
@@ -241,11 +241,6 @@
             <artifactId>spring-mock</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <!-- XML handling dependencies -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
-            <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jdom</groupId>
             <artifactId>jdom</artifactId>