diff --git a/modules/dataverse-parent/pom.xml b/modules/dataverse-parent/pom.xml
index 1d99c1cd3d8..db0fa46a952 100644
--- a/modules/dataverse-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/dataverse-parent/pom.xml
@@ -200,9 +200,6 @@
         
         <!-- Container related -->
         <fabric8-dmp.version>0.43.4</fabric8-dmp.version>
-
-        <!-- Persistence -->
-        <querydsl.version>5.0.0</querydsl.version>
     </properties>
     
     <pluginRepositories>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bcca9884d50..5536bcccb05 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -252,20 +252,6 @@
             <artifactId>expressly</artifactId>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.querydsl</groupId>
-            <artifactId>querydsl-apt</artifactId>
-            <version>${querydsl.version}</version>
-            <classifier>jakarta</classifier>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.querydsl</groupId>
-            <artifactId>querydsl-jpa</artifactId>
-            <version>${querydsl.version}</version>
-            <classifier>jakarta</classifier>
-        </dependency>
         
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>