diff --git a/apps/blank/pom.xml b/apps/blank/pom.xml
index 1e064c72f..68651f958 100644
--- a/apps/blank/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/blank/pom.xml
@@ -53,12 +53,6 @@
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>javassist</groupId>
-            <artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>struts2-junit-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index c1ee5f42f..e115ba64e 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -235,12 +235,6 @@
             <artifactId>ognl</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>javassist</groupId>
-            <artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <!-- Velocity -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
diff --git a/plugins/codebehind/pom.xml b/plugins/codebehind/pom.xml
index cd4c16646..0bdbc8a81 100644
--- a/plugins/codebehind/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/codebehind/pom.xml
@@ -78,11 +78,5 @@
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>javassist</groupId>
-            <artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
    </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/dojo/pom.xml b/plugins/dojo/pom.xml
index 9dd865373..3079d62e0 100644
--- a/plugins/dojo/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/dojo/pom.xml
@@ -145,12 +145,6 @@
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>javassist</groupId>
-            <artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <!-- Test dependencies -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/plugins/jfreechart/pom.xml b/plugins/jfreechart/pom.xml
index d54952dc6..be6ea3b22 100644
--- a/plugins/jfreechart/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/jfreechart/pom.xml
@@ -91,11 +91,6 @@
             <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>javassist</groupId>
-            <artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/json/pom.xml b/plugins/json/pom.xml
index ad1563bb1..3e4cea5af 100644
--- a/plugins/json/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/json/pom.xml
@@ -93,11 +93,5 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>javassist</groupId>
-            <artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/junit/pom.xml b/plugins/junit/pom.xml
index 6911d5eb3..88eb135fc 100644
--- a/plugins/junit/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/junit/pom.xml
@@ -63,11 +63,6 @@
             <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>javassist</groupId>
-            <artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/portlet/pom.xml b/plugins/portlet/pom.xml
index 9cd23f5c6..da4ca7c13 100644
--- a/plugins/portlet/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/portlet/pom.xml
@@ -79,12 +79,6 @@
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>javassist</groupId>
-            <artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>mockobjects</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockobjects-jdk1.3-j2ee1.3</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ce95694f6..83e9fb48d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
@@ -403,12 +404,6 @@
                 <artifactId>ognl</artifactId>
                 <version>${ognl.version}</version>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>javassist</groupId>
-                <artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.0.GA</version>
-                <scope>test</scope>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>asm</groupId>
                 <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
diff --git a/xwork-core/pom.xml b/xwork-core/pom.xml
index 2f6eaf06d..b209eebfb 100644
--- a/xwork-core/pom.xml
+++ b/xwork-core/pom.xml
@@ -353,12 +353,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>javassist</groupId>
-            <artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 
 </project>