diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 577b5c201e..be0ffa3b8c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@
         <com.jcraft.jsch.version>0.1.55</com.jcraft.jsch.version>
         <com.squareup.okhttp3.version>3.12.12</com.squareup.okhttp3.version>
         <com.squareup.okio.version>1.15.0</com.squareup.okio.version>
-        <commons-codec.version>1.11</commons-codec.version>
         <commons-fileupload.version>1.3.3</commons-fileupload.version>
         <commons-io.version>2.11.0</commons-io.version>
         <commons-lang.version>2.6</commons-lang.version>
@@ -297,11 +296,6 @@
                     </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
-                <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-                <version>${commons-codec.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>