diff --git a/cygnus-common/pom.xml b/cygnus-common/pom.xml
index 8555ad8f7..52abc837a 100644
--- a/cygnus-common/pom.xml
+++ b/cygnus-common/pom.xml
@@ -66,12 +66,6 @@
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
             <version>2.10.1</version>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- Required by the Management Interface and CygnusGropuingRule(s) -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
-            <artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1</version>
-        </dependency>
         <!-- Required by MySQLBackendImpl at runtime -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>