diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4e79a3443..87ef77c7b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -213,18 +213,6 @@
 				<version>1.3.0.20100503</version>
 			</dependency>
 
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles</groupId>
-				<artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles.aopalliance</artifactId>
-				<version>1.0_6</version>
-			</dependency>
-
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles</groupId>
-				<artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles.javax-inject</artifactId>
-				<version>1_3</version>
-			</dependency>
-
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
@@ -494,36 +482,7 @@
 			<build>
 				<pluginManagement>
 					<plugins>
-						<!-- Including this plug-in eliminates the "maven-dependency-plugin 
-							(goals "copy-dependencies", "unpack") is not supported by m2e" Eclipse error. -->
-						<!-- See stackoverflow for full discussion: http://stackoverflow.com/q/8706017. -->
-						<!-- This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings 
-							only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself. -->
-						<plugin>
-							<groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
-							<artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
-							<version>1.0.0</version>
-							<configuration>
-								<lifecycleMappingMetadata>
-									<pluginExecutions>
-										<pluginExecution>
-											<pluginExecutionFilter>
-												<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-												<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-												<versionRange>[3.1,)</versionRange>
-												<goals>
-													<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
-												</goals>
-											</pluginExecutionFilter>
-											<action>
-												<ignore />
-											</action>
-										</pluginExecution>
-									</pluginExecutions>
-								</lifecycleMappingMetadata>
-							</configuration>
-						</plugin>
-						<plugin>
+							<plugin>
 							<groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
 							<artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
 							<extensions>true</extensions>
@@ -585,7 +544,7 @@
 						<plugin>
 							<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 							<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-							<version>2.5</version>
+							<version>3.3.2</version>
 							<configuration>
 								<filesets>
 									<fileset>
diff --git a/protege-desktop/src/main/assembly/dependency-sets.xml b/protege-desktop/src/main/assembly/dependency-sets.xml
index cebad58ab..d71813f48 100644
--- a/protege-desktop/src/main/assembly/dependency-sets.xml
+++ b/protege-desktop/src/main/assembly/dependency-sets.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
                 <include>org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j:jar</include>
                 <include>commons-io:commons-io:jar</include>
                 <include>org.apache.servicemix.bundles:org.apache.servicemix.bundles.javax-inject:jar</include>
-                <include>org.apache.servicemix.bundles:org.apache.servicemix.bundles.aopalliance:jar</include>
                 <include>org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit:jar</include>
                 <include>com.googlecode.javaewah:JavaEWAH:jar</include>
                 <include>javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api:jar</include>	
diff --git a/protege-desktop/src/main/assembly/protege-os-x.xml b/protege-desktop/src/main/assembly/protege-os-x.xml
index 553652170..8f8eb9cda 100644
--- a/protege-desktop/src/main/assembly/protege-os-x.xml
+++ b/protege-desktop/src/main/assembly/protege-os-x.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
                 <include>org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j:jar</include>
                 <include>commons-io:commons-io:jar</include>
                 <include>org.apache.servicemix.bundles:org.apache.servicemix.bundles.javax-inject:jar</include>
-                <include>org.apache.servicemix.bundles:org.apache.servicemix.bundles.aopalliance:jar</include>
                 <include>org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit:jar</include>
                 <include>com.googlecode.javaewah:JavaEWAH:jar</include>
                 <include>javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api:jar</include>
diff --git a/protege-launcher/pom.xml b/protege-launcher/pom.xml
index 3cce7bd23..ba2cfbf1e 100644
--- a/protege-launcher/pom.xml
+++ b/protege-launcher/pom.xml
@@ -72,16 +72,6 @@
 			<artifactId>org.eclipse.equinox.common</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles</groupId>
-			<artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles.aopalliance</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
-
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles</groupId>
-			<artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles.javax-inject</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
 			<artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>