diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index be51896375..c378b2956c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 		<activemq.version>5.12.1</activemq.version>
 		<camel.version>2.17.0</camel.version>
 		<spring-cloud-stream.version>1.0.2.RELEASE</spring-cloud-stream.version>
-		<spring-framework.version>4.3.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-framework.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<modules>
@@ -104,7 +103,6 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-				<version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
 				<exclusions>
 					<exclusion>
 						<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/pom.xml
index 8085547b3f..3e236d9ac3 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/pom.xml
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-configuration-processor</artifactId>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>args4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>args4j</artifactId>