diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e2d8baf..927d1d7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -208,19 +208,6 @@
             <version>${jersey.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- see `compile` scoped `javax.annotation-api` dependency
-        above for explanation -->
-        <!-- dependency>
-            <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
-            <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.evolvedbinary.xpath</groupId>
-            <artifactId>xpath2-parser</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
             <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>