diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/triplesource/impl/sdb/ContentTripleSourceSDB.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/triplesource/impl/sdb/ContentTripleSourceSDB.java
index e192b9d07..430d539dc 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/triplesource/impl/sdb/ContentTripleSourceSDB.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/triplesource/impl/sdb/ContentTripleSourceSDB.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import org.apache.jena.sdb.sql.SDBConnection;
 import org.apache.jena.sdb.store.DatabaseType;
 import org.apache.jena.sdb.store.LayoutType;
 import org.apache.jena.sdb.util.StoreUtils;
-import com.mchange.v2.c3p0.ComboPooledDataSource;
+import org.apache.commons.dbcp2.BasicDataSource;
 
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.config.ConfigurationProperties;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.jena.RDFServiceDataset;
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class ContentTripleSourceSDB extends ContentTripleSource {
 	static final boolean DEFAULT_TESTONRETURN = true;
 
 	private ServletContext ctx;
-	private ComboPooledDataSource ds;
+	private BasicDataSource ds;
 	private RDFServiceFactory rdfServiceFactory;
 	private RDFService rdfService;
 	private Dataset dataset;
@@ -233,10 +233,14 @@ public class ContentTripleSourceSDB extends ContentTripleSource {
 			this.rdfService.close();
 		}
 		if (ds != null) {
-			String driverClassName = ds.getDriverClass();
-			ds.close();
-			attemptToDeregisterJdbcDriver(driverClassName);
-			cleanupAbandonedConnectionThread(driverClassName);
+			String driverClassName = ds.getDriverClassName();
+			try {
+				ds.close();
+			} catch (SQLException e) {
+			}finally {
+				attemptToDeregisterJdbcDriver(driverClassName);
+				cleanupAbandonedConnectionThread(driverClassName);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/triplesource/impl/sdb/SDBDataSource.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/triplesource/impl/sdb/SDBDataSource.java
index 896ba7a33..8c8911d46 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/triplesource/impl/sdb/SDBDataSource.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/triplesource/impl/sdb/SDBDataSource.java
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
-import com.mchange.v2.c3p0.ComboPooledDataSource;
+import org.apache.commons.dbcp2.BasicDataSource;
 
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.config.ConfigurationProperties;
 
@@ -48,26 +48,26 @@ public class SDBDataSource {
 		this.configProps = ConfigurationProperties.getBean(ctx);
 	}
 
-	public ComboPooledDataSource getDataSource() {
-		try {
-			ComboPooledDataSource cpds = new ComboPooledDataSource();
-			cpds.setDriverClass(getDbDriverClassName());
-			cpds.setJdbcUrl(getJdbcUrl());
-			cpds.setUser(configProps.getProperty(PROPERTY_DB_USERNAME));
-			cpds.setPassword(configProps.getProperty(PROPERTY_DB_PASSWORD));
-			cpds.setMaxPoolSize(getMaxActive());
-			cpds.setMinPoolSize(getMaxIdle());
-			cpds.setMaxIdleTime(getMaxIdleTime());
-			cpds.setMaxIdleTimeExcessConnections(getMaxIdleTimeExcess());
-			cpds.setAcquireIncrement(5);
-			cpds.setNumHelperThreads(6);
-			cpds.setTestConnectionOnCheckout(DEFAULT_TESTONBORROW);
-			cpds.setTestConnectionOnCheckin(DEFAULT_TESTONRETURN);
-			cpds.setPreferredTestQuery(getValidationQuery());
-			return cpds;
-		} catch (PropertyVetoException pve) {
-			throw new RuntimeException(pve);
-		}
+	public BasicDataSource getDataSource() {
+		BasicDataSource cpds = new BasicDataSource();
+		cpds.setDriverClassName(getDbDriverClassName());
+		cpds.setUrl(getJdbcUrl());
+		cpds.setUsername(configProps.getProperty(PROPERTY_DB_USERNAME));
+		cpds.setPassword(configProps.getProperty(PROPERTY_DB_PASSWORD));
+		cpds.setMaxTotal(getMaxActive());
+		cpds.setMaxIdle(getMaxIdle());
+		cpds.setMinEvictableIdleTimeMillis(getMaxIdleTime());
+		cpds.setTestOnBorrow(DEFAULT_TESTONBORROW);
+		cpds.setTestOnReturn(DEFAULT_TESTONRETURN);
+		cpds.setValidationQuery(getValidationQuery());
+		return cpds;
+//		try {
+//			cpds.setMaxIdleTimeExcessConnections(getMaxIdleTimeExcess());
+//			cpds.setAcquireIncrement(5);
+//			cpds.setNumHelperThreads(6);
+//		} catch (PropertyVetoException pve) {
+//			throw new RuntimeException(pve);
+//		}
 	}
 
 	private String getDbDriverClassName() {
diff --git a/dependencies/pom.xml b/dependencies/pom.xml
index 1d2c3f0c7..7ed96ce81 100644
--- a/dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -70,11 +70,6 @@
             <artifactId>icu4j</artifactId>
             <version>3.4.4</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.mchange</groupId>
-            <artifactId>c3p0</artifactId>
-            <version>0.9.5.2</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.twelvemonkeys.imageio</groupId>
             <artifactId>imageio-jpeg</artifactId>