diff --git a/epdc-commons-tools/pom.xml b/epdc-commons-tools/pom.xml
index c42f989..13abeef 100644
--- a/epdc-commons-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/epdc-commons-tools/pom.xml
@@ -116,10 +116,6 @@
             <artifactId>thumbnailator</artifactId>
             <version>0.4.8</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
             <artifactId>jjwt</artifactId>