diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d0e999295..af2f54857 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -655,12 +655,6 @@ The following provides more details on the included cryptographic software:
       <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>