diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c7832ae45..e835c25f8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
     </scm>
     <properties>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
-        <rxjava.version>1.1.10</rxjava.version>
-        <rxjava-reactive-streams.version>1.2.1</rxjava-reactive-streams.version>
         <spring.tuple.version>1.0.0.RELEASE</spring.tuple.version>
         <spring.integration.tuple.version>1.0.0.RELEASE</spring.integration.tuple.version>
         <reactor.version>Bismuth-SR5</reactor.version>
@@ -86,11 +84,6 @@
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>io.reactivex</groupId>
-                <artifactId>rxjava</artifactId>
-                <version>${rxjava.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.objenesis</groupId>
                 <artifactId>objenesis</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-reactive/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-reactive/pom.xml
index 9d176b553..5f79b9d56 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-reactive/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-reactive/pom.xml
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
 
 	<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-reactive</artifactId>
 
-	<properties>
-		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
-	</properties>
-
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
@@ -30,7 +26,6 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.reactivex</groupId>
 			<artifactId>rxjava-reactive-streams</artifactId>
-			<version>${rxjava-reactive-streams.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>