diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 5c8dc9a60..aad18fdeb 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -216,14 +216,6 @@
           <skip>true</skip>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <!-- Spring Boot 3 has a Java 17 baseline, no Java 8 support -->
-          <skip>true</skip>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/sdk/pom.xml b/sdk/pom.xml
index 245b38fd7..af43fc3ef 100644
--- a/sdk/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/pom.xml
@@ -50,11 +50,6 @@
       <artifactId>reactor-core</artifactId>
       <version>3.5.0</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.projectreactor</groupId>
-      <artifactId>reactor-test</artifactId>
-      <version>3.5.0</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>
       <artifactId>okhttp</artifactId>
@@ -111,12 +106,6 @@
       <version>2.7.18</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
-      <artifactId>grpc-testing</artifactId>
-      <version>${grpc.version}</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>uk.org.webcompere</groupId>
       <artifactId>system-stubs-jupiter</artifactId>