diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index b3446ba3..d2f65f74 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ general:
       - gh-pages # list of branches to ignore
 machine:
   java:
-    version: openjdk7 #Open JDK has the JCE extentions installed by default
+    version: openjdk8 #Open JDK has the JCE extentions installed by default
   environment:
     _JAVA_OPTIONS: "-Xms1024m -Xmx2048m"
 dependencies:
diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-client/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-config-client/pom.xml
index 6b305c46..8fd108c4 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-client/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-client/pom.xml
@@ -81,11 +81,6 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-test-support</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
-			<artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
 </project>