diff --git a/plugin/pom.xml b/plugin/pom.xml
index 949f8b02..c01cd089 100644
--- a/plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/plugin/pom.xml
@@ -121,11 +121,6 @@
             <artifactId>galleon-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-            <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.wildfly.launcher</groupId>
             <artifactId>wildfly-launcher</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index afca6d2e..114fa213 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@
         <version.org.apache.maven.plugin-tools>3.15.1</version.org.apache.maven.plugin-tools>
         <version.org.apache.maven.shared>0.13.1</version.org.apache.maven.shared>
         <version.org.apache.maven.resolver>1.9.18</version.org.apache.maven.resolver>
-        <version.org.codehaus.plexus>4.0.2</version.org.codehaus.plexus>
         <!-- maven dependencies only required by tests -->
         <version.org.apache.maven.wagon>3.5.3</version.org.apache.maven.wagon>
 
@@ -309,12 +308,6 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-resolver-util</artifactId>
                 <version>${version.org.apache.maven.resolver}</version>
             </dependency>
-            <!-- Required for the dev goal and the maven-execute dependency -->
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-                <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-                <version>${version.org.codehaus.plexus}</version>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.jboss.galleon</groupId>
                 <artifactId>galleon-maven-plugin</artifactId>