diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-opentracing/runtime/pom.xml b/extensions/smallrye-opentracing/runtime/pom.xml
index fbb1ef6c6ba51..e634fa61e9f5a 100644
--- a/extensions/smallrye-opentracing/runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-opentracing/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -85,11 +85,6 @@
             <artifactId>svm</artifactId>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jboss.spec.javax.ws.rs</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jboss-jaxrs-api_2.1_spec</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>