diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d19348eda..bc2a5bbfe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     <properties>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <rxjava.version>1.1.10</rxjava.version>
-        <spring-boot.version>2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-boot.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>
@@ -30,13 +29,6 @@
     </properties>
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-                <artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
-                <version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
-                <scope>import</scope>
-                <type>pom</type>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-cloud-stream</artifactId>