diff --git a/lib/taskana-cdi-example/pom.xml b/lib/taskana-cdi-example/pom.xml
index f893b2938..4c5342b58 100644
--- a/lib/taskana-cdi-example/pom.xml
+++ b/lib/taskana-cdi-example/pom.xml
@@ -19,13 +19,6 @@
 			<version>7.0</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
-
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>pro.taskana</groupId>
-			<artifactId>taskana-core</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>pro.taskana</groupId>
 			<artifactId>taskana-cdi</artifactId>
@@ -35,4 +28,4 @@
 	<description>The Taskana Spring sample application.</description>
 	<url>http://taskana.pro</url>
 	<name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/lib/taskana-cdi/pom.xml b/lib/taskana-cdi/pom.xml
index 2e1b98696..a273ecc05 100644
--- a/lib/taskana-cdi/pom.xml
+++ b/lib/taskana-cdi/pom.xml
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@
 			<groupId>pro.taskana</groupId>
 			<artifactId>taskana-core</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/lib/taskana-spring-example/pom.xml b/lib/taskana-spring-example/pom.xml
index 82b490eb7..5e389cadc 100644
--- a/lib/taskana-spring-example/pom.xml
+++ b/lib/taskana-spring-example/pom.xml
@@ -40,11 +40,6 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>pro.taskana</groupId>
-			<artifactId>taskana-core</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>pro.taskana</groupId>
 			<artifactId>taskana-spring</artifactId>
diff --git a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-base/pom.xml b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-base/pom.xml
index 2f0806dcc..cdbe3a6d4 100644
--- a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-base/pom.xml
+++ b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-base/pom.xml
@@ -181,11 +181,6 @@
             <artifactId>taskana-web</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>pro.taskana</groupId>
-            <artifactId>taskana-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <!-- Tests -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
diff --git a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/pom.xml b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/pom.xml
index 09b3964e4..87c6730c4 100644
--- a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/pom.xml
+++ b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/pom.xml
@@ -52,11 +52,6 @@
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>pro.taskana</groupId>
-			<artifactId>taskana-rest-spring</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
@@ -97,11 +92,6 @@
 		</dependency>
 		-->
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>pro.taskana</groupId>
-			<artifactId>taskana-core</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
diff --git a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-test/pom.xml b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-test/pom.xml
index a5dae5e6c..cdf84391d 100644
--- a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-test/pom.xml
+++ b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-test/pom.xml
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.plugin</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-plugin-core</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>pro.taskana</groupId>
-			<artifactId>taskana-rest-spring</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
diff --git a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-wildfly-example/pom.xml b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-wildfly-example/pom.xml
index 62cb58807..736e67e8d 100644
--- a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-wildfly-example/pom.xml
+++ b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-wildfly-example/pom.xml
@@ -61,11 +61,6 @@
 				</exclusion>
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>pro.taskana</groupId>
-			<artifactId>taskana-rest-spring</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>pro.taskana</groupId>
 			<artifactId>taskana-rest-spring-base</artifactId>