diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 31f39b2f91..f27593176b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1427,11 +1427,6 @@
                     </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-                <artifactId>netty-transport-native-epoll</artifactId>
-                <version>${netty4.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.woodstox</groupId>
                 <artifactId>stax2-api</artifactId>