diff --git a/assembly/pom.xml b/assembly/pom.xml
index 8dab81b12..c288fee23 100644
--- a/assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/assembly/pom.xml
@@ -298,21 +298,6 @@
             <artifactId>struts2-osgi-demo-bundle</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
-            <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
-            <artifactId>asm-commons</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>asm</groupId>
-            <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/assembly/src/main/assembly/min-lib.xml b/assembly/src/main/assembly/min-lib.xml
index e57154d32..68075f638 100644
--- a/assembly/src/main/assembly/min-lib.xml
+++ b/assembly/src/main/assembly/min-lib.xml
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@
         <include>org.apache.struts:struts2-core</include>
         <include>org.freemarker:freemarker</include>
         <include>org.apache.commons:commons-lang3</include>
-        <include>org.ow2.asm:asm</include>
-        <include>org.ow2.asm:asm-commons</include>
-        <include>org.ow2.asm:asm-tree</include>
         <include>ognl:ognl</include>
         <include>javassist:javassist</include>
         <include>commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload</include>