diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 98159a360..fc5e5c4b5 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -274,29 +274,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>mockobjects</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mockobjects-jdk1.3</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>mockobjects</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mockobjects-alt-jdk1.3</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>mockobjects</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mockobjects-alt-jdk1.3-j2ee1.3</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>mockobjects</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mockobjects-jdk1.3-j2ee1.3</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jmock</groupId>
@@ -316,11 +293,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>mockobjects</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mockobjects-core</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
             <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
diff --git a/plugins/async/pom.xml b/plugins/async/pom.xml
index 2233f9e3c..684be4675 100644
--- a/plugins/async/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/async/pom.xml
@@ -36,12 +36,6 @@
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>mockobjects</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mockobjects-core</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/plugins/json/pom.xml b/plugins/json/pom.xml
index 63772ea1a..927a0f048 100644
--- a/plugins/json/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/json/pom.xml
@@ -60,18 +60,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>mockobjects</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mockobjects-core</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>mockobjects</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mockobjects-jdk1.3-j2ee1.3</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/plugins/rest/pom.xml b/plugins/rest/pom.xml
index a3187d1f4..71ee8df43 100644
--- a/plugins/rest/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/rest/pom.xml
@@ -67,12 +67,6 @@
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>mockobjects</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mockobjects-core</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/plugins/velocity/pom.xml b/plugins/velocity/pom.xml
index 7ecfbb102..254c45a6a 100644
--- a/plugins/velocity/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/velocity/pom.xml
@@ -49,12 +49,6 @@
             <artifactId>velocity-tools-view-jsp</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>mockobjects</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mockobjects-core</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
             <artifactId>struts2-junit-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1785e11bb..e9cd1d4e8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -790,7 +790,6 @@
                 <groupId>jakarta.el</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jakarta.el-api</artifactId>
                 <version>5.0.0</version>
-                <scope>test</scope>
         	</dependency>
 
             <dependency>