diff --git a/extensions/modules/compression/pom.xml b/extensions/modules/compression/pom.xml
index c63a7b1b51..615f273535 100644
--- a/extensions/modules/compression/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/modules/compression/pom.xml
@@ -92,11 +92,6 @@
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>net.sf.xmldb-org</groupId>
-            <artifactId>xmldb-api</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>