diff --git a/sonar-keyware-plugins-cxx/pom.xml b/sonar-keyware-plugins-cxx/pom.xml
index 7cb658c..2dc831e 100644
--- a/sonar-keyware-plugins-cxx/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar-keyware-plugins-cxx/pom.xml
@@ -87,11 +87,6 @@
             <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
             <version>1.28</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.6</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
             <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>