diff --git a/dependency-check-core/pom.xml b/dependency-check-core/pom.xml
index 5b38375a4..61659b151 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/pom.xml
+++ b/dependency-check-core/pom.xml
@@ -464,50 +464,6 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
             <artifactId>velocity</artifactId>
             <version>1.7</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
-            <artifactId>velocity-tools</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0</version>
-            <!-- very limited use of the velocity-tools, not all of the dependencies are needed-->
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>commons-chain</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>commons-chain</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>dom4j</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>dom4j</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>sslext</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>sslext</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>struts-core</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>antlr</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>antlr</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>struts-taglib</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>struts-tiles</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
             <artifactId>h2</artifactId>