diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f5559e2edc..3d125d500d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -178,12 +178,6 @@
         <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
         <version>4.13.2</version>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.signature</groupId>
-        <artifactId>java18</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0</version>
-        <type>signature</type>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
         <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>