diff --git a/pmd-cli/pom.xml b/pmd-cli/pom.xml
index 0773366c89..52256cd444 100644
--- a/pmd-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-cli/pom.xml
@@ -316,12 +316,5 @@
             <classifier>tests</classifier>
             <type>test-jar</type>
         </dependency>
-        
-<!-- TODO : Review if this should be part of pmd-cli… probably it does -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>me.tongfei</groupId>
-            <artifactId>progressbar</artifactId>
-            <version>0.9.3</version>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pmd-core/pom.xml b/pmd-core/pom.xml
index 08e5e4daaa..8a20b776cd 100644
--- a/pmd-core/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-core/pom.xml
@@ -76,10 +76,6 @@
             <groupId>com.beust</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcommander</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>info.picocli</groupId>
-            <artifactId>picocli</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sf.saxon</groupId>