diff --git a/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-websocket/pom.xml b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-websocket/pom.xml
index 7a3a0ea6a7c..fa2bd1c6e68 100644
--- a/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-websocket/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-websocket/pom.xml
@@ -17,25 +17,11 @@
 			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-					<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-websocket</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
-			<artifactId>tomcat-embed-core</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
-			<artifactId>tomcat-embed-logging-juli</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
 			<artifactId>tomcat-embed-websocket</artifactId>