diff --git a/core-java-collections/pom.xml b/core-java-collections/pom.xml
index ff06714bfe..1290419a6a 100644
--- a/core-java-collections/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-collections/pom.xml
@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
             <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.collections</groupId>
-            <artifactId>eclipse-collections-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${eclipse.collections.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.collections</groupId>
             <artifactId>eclipse-collections</artifactId>