diff --git a/openecomp-be/backend/openecomp-sdc-item-permissions-manager/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/backend/openecomp-sdc-item-permissions-manager/pom.xml
index df5c765..e872f95 100644
--- a/openecomp-be/backend/openecomp-sdc-item-permissions-manager/pom.xml
+++ b/openecomp-be/backend/openecomp-sdc-item-permissions-manager/pom.xml
@@ -76,11 +76,6 @@
             <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
 </dependencies>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>