diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 26eec03e4545a1e449ebe8ddc3e15802b3ed42e3..82888f2c11cf5b75435401367be7fb9a85432f4b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -97,12 +97,6 @@
             <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
             <version>2.0</version>
         </dependency>
-        <!--To be able to use MavenSession#userProperties we need maven-core (version 2.0 is too old, however)-->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2.1</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-project</artifactId>