diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index e208949bd9..d83a113cb2 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@
     <storage-api.version>2.8.1</storage-api.version>
     <surefire.version>3.0.0-M5</surefire.version>
     <test.tmp.dir>${project.build.directory}/testing-tmp</test.tmp.dir>
-    <zookeeper.version>3.8.1</zookeeper.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -175,26 +174,6 @@
           </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
-        <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
-        <version>${zookeeper.version}</version>
-        <scope>runtime</scope>
-        <exclusions>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>netty-handler</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>netty-transport-native-epoll</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
-        </exclusions>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.jetbrains</groupId>
         <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>