diff --git a/pmd-java/pom.xml b/pmd-java/pom.xml
index b276902e85..53023f0b4f 100644
--- a/pmd-java/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/pom.xml
@@ -142,11 +142,6 @@
             <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
             <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>xerces</groupId>
-            <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-            <type>jar</type>
-        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sourceforge.saxon</groupId>
diff --git a/pmd-xml/pom.xml b/pmd-xml/pom.xml
index 46c89c4a1a..52c0fb8ee9 100644
--- a/pmd-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-xml/pom.xml
@@ -89,11 +89,6 @@
             <groupId>net.sourceforge.saxon</groupId>
             <artifactId>saxon</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>xerces</groupId>
-            <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-            <type>jar</type>
-        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sourceforge.saxon</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7cf7274d14..60c0e41817 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -683,12 +683,6 @@
                 <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
                 <version>4.11</version>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>xerces</groupId>
-                <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-                <version>2.11.0</version>
-                <type>jar</type>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>net.java.dev.javacc</groupId>
                 <artifactId>javacc</artifactId>