diff --git a/dependencies/pom.xml b/dependencies/pom.xml
index 5e21911c8..58e12d844 100644
--- a/dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -163,12 +163,6 @@
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- Needed for ORCID? -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
-            <artifactId>fluent-hc</artifactId>
-            <version>4.5.2</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
@@ -224,11 +218,6 @@
             <artifactId>antisamy</artifactId>
             <version>1.5.6</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.1</version>
-        </dependency>
 
         <!-- Used for JSP runtime -->
         <!-- dependency>