diff --git a/org.springframework.web.portlet/pom.xml b/org.springframework.web.portlet/pom.xml
index 2de2c3b18dd..284da534de2 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web.portlet/pom.xml
+++ b/org.springframework.web.portlet/pom.xml
@@ -86,12 +86,6 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-asm</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
       <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>