diff --git a/pmd-core/pom.xml b/pmd-core/pom.xml
index 0089efa13a..9590252ed0 100644
--- a/pmd-core/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-core/pom.xml
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@
             <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>net.java.dev.javacc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>javacc</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope> <!-- only needed for generating the parser via ant -->
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
             <artifactId>antlr4-runtime</artifactId>
@@ -122,10 +128,7 @@
             -->
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>net.java.dev.javacc</groupId>
-            <artifactId>javacc</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sourceforge.saxon</groupId>
             <artifactId>saxon</artifactId>
diff --git a/pmd-java/pom.xml b/pmd-java/pom.xml
index fe443b6268..7c96252e5b 100644
--- a/pmd-java/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/pom.xml
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.java.dev.javacc</groupId>
             <artifactId>javacc</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope> <!-- only needed for generating the parser via ant -->
         </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
             <artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/pmd-jsp/pom.xml b/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
index a01fdccf22..72fd206133 100644
--- a/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.java.dev.javacc</groupId>
             <artifactId>javacc</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope> <!-- only needed for generating the parser via ant -->
         </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
             <artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/pmd-plsql/pom.xml b/pmd-plsql/pom.xml
index 3f44ed5a1d..4c1883ce71 100644
--- a/pmd-plsql/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-plsql/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.java.dev.javacc</groupId>
             <artifactId>javacc</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope> <!-- only needed for generating the parser via ant -->
         </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
             <artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml b/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml
index 7c3b8b7d23..7888583f33 100644
--- a/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.java.dev.javacc</groupId>
             <artifactId>javacc</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope> <!-- only needed for generating the parser via ant -->
         </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
             <artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/pmd-vm/pom.xml b/pmd-vm/pom.xml
index 0e92c868d2..ed046aaf92 100644
--- a/pmd-vm/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-vm/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.java.dev.javacc</groupId>
             <artifactId>javacc</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope> <!-- only needed for generating the parser via ant -->
         </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
             <artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 277c3f1a07..794df57bdc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -658,6 +658,7 @@
                 <groupId>net.java.dev.javacc</groupId>
                 <artifactId>javacc</artifactId>
                 <version>${javacc.version}</version>
+                <scope>provided</scope> <!-- only needed for generating the parser via ant -->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-io</groupId>