diff --git a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 124bab4786e..ec792787b7f 100644
--- a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -620,7 +620,6 @@
 				<groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
 				<artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
 				<version>${simple-json.version}</version>
-				<optional>true</optional>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>com.h2database</groupId>