diff --git a/org.springframework.core/.classpath b/org.springframework.core/.classpath
index 2fd07db6ff0..55672a5fb5f 100644
--- a/org.springframework.core/.classpath
+++ b/org.springframework.core/.classpath
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 	<classpathentry kind="var" path="IVY_CACHE/org.apache.log4j/com.springsource.org.apache.log4j/1.2.15/com.springsource.org.apache.log4j-1.2.15.jar" sourcepath="/IVY_CACHE/org.apache.log4j/com.springsource.org.apache.log4j/1.2.15/com.springsource.org.apache.log4j-sources-1.2.15.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="var" path="IVY_CACHE/org.junit/com.springsource.org.junit/4.8.1/com.springsource.org.junit-4.8.1.jar" sourcepath="/IVY_CACHE/org.junit/com.springsource.org.junit/4.8.1/com.springsource.org.junit-sources-4.8.1.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="var" path="IVY_CACHE/org.aspectj/com.springsource.org.aspectj.weaver/1.6.8.RELEASE/com.springsource.org.aspectj.weaver-1.6.8.RELEASE.jar"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="var" path="IVY_CACHE/javax.servlet/com.springsource.javax.servlet/2.5.0/com.springsource.javax.servlet-2.5.0.jar" sourcepath="/IVY_CACHE/javax.servlet/com.springsource.javax.servlet/2.5.0/com.springsource.javax.servlet-sources-2.5.0.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="var" path="IVY_CACHE/org.custommonkey.xmlunit/com.springsource.org.custommonkey.xmlunit/1.2.0/com.springsource.org.custommonkey.xmlunit-1.2.0.jar" sourcepath="/IVY_CACHE/org.custommonkey.xmlunit/com.springsource.org.custommonkey.xmlunit/1.2.0/com.springsource.org.custommonkey.xmlunit-sources-1.2.0.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="var" path="IVY_CACHE/org.easymock/com.springsource.org.easymock/2.5.1/com.springsource.org.easymock-2.5.1.jar" sourcepath="/IVY_CACHE/org.easymock/com.springsource.org.easymock/2.5.1/com.springsource.org.easymock-sources-2.5.1.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="var" path="IVY_CACHE/org.codehaus.woodstox/com.springsource.com.ctc.wstx/3.2.7/com.springsource.com.ctc.wstx-3.2.7.jar" sourcepath="/IVY_CACHE/org.codehaus.woodstox/com.springsource.com.ctc.wstx/3.2.7/com.springsource.com.ctc.wstx-sources-3.2.7.jar"/>
diff --git a/org.springframework.core/ivy.xml b/org.springframework.core/ivy.xml
index 9c7deacd0b5..0538fed5e31 100644
--- a/org.springframework.core/ivy.xml
+++ b/org.springframework.core/ivy.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 		<dependency org="org.springframework" name="org.springframework.asm" rev="latest.integration" conf="optional->compile"/>
 		<dependency org="net.sourceforge.jopt-simple" name="com.springsource.joptsimple" rev="3.0.0" conf="optional->compile"/>
 		<!-- test dependencies -->
-		<dependency org="javax.servlet" name="com.springsource.javax.servlet" rev="2.5.0" conf="test->compile"/>
 		<dependency org="org.junit" name="com.springsource.org.junit" rev="${junit.version}" conf="test->runtime"/>
 		<dependency org="org.easymock" name="com.springsource.org.easymock" rev="2.5.1" conf="test->compile"/>
 		<dependency org="org.custommonkey.xmlunit" name="com.springsource.org.custommonkey.xmlunit" rev="1.2.0" conf="test->compile"/>
diff --git a/org.springframework.core/pom.xml b/org.springframework.core/pom.xml
index 4d5e6b2dbda..a760670ec84 100644
--- a/org.springframework.core/pom.xml
+++ b/org.springframework.core/pom.xml
@@ -44,12 +44,6 @@
 			<artifactId>aspectjweaver</artifactId>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-			<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
-			<version>2.5</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>