diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2c13dda9e18ed9b38935ed549dae2cf93e61641e..56c4f40218ed88f8b36871a54d72951bba5d0ae2 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
             <version>1.15</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>