diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index c7903634c..154b69254 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -279,17 +279,6 @@
             <artifactId>mockobjects-core</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         
-         <dependency>
-                <groupId>mockobjects</groupId>
-                <artifactId>mockobjects-jdk1.4-j2ee1.3</artifactId>
-                <version>0.09</version>
-                <scope>test</scope>
-            </dependency>
-          
-        
-        
-        
-        
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jmock</groupId>
             <artifactId>jmock</artifactId>
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/interceptor/exec/StrutsBackgroundProcessTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/interceptor/exec/StrutsBackgroundProcessTest.java
index 331b5a7a9..401946e2d 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/interceptor/exec/StrutsBackgroundProcessTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/interceptor/exec/StrutsBackgroundProcessTest.java
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@
  */
 package org.apache.struts2.interceptor.exec;
 
-import com.mockobjects.servlet.MockHttpServletRequest;
-import com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionContext;
-import com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionInvocation;
-import com.opensymphony.xwork2.mock.MockActionInvocation;
-import org.apache.struts2.StrutsInternalTestCase;
-
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
@@ -41,6 +35,13 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
+import org.apache.struts2.StrutsInternalTestCase;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
+
+import com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionContext;
+import com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionInvocation;
+import com.opensymphony.xwork2.mock.MockActionInvocation;
+
 /**
  * Test case for BackgroundProcessTest.
  */