diff --git a/apache-commons-jxpath.spec b/apache-commons-jxpath.spec
index 3209ed0..f98509f 100644
--- a/apache-commons-jxpath.spec
+++ b/apache-commons-jxpath.spec
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ BuildRequires:  mvn(jdom:jdom)
 BuildRequires:  mvn(junit:junit)
 BuildRequires:  mvn(org.apache.commons:commons-parent:pom:)
 BuildRequires:  mvn(org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-assembly-plugin)
-BuildRequires:  mvn(xerces:xercesImpl)
-BuildRequires:  mvn(xml-apis:xml-apis)
 
 %description
 Defines a simple interpreter of an expression language called XPath.
@@ -34,6 +32,9 @@ This package contains the API documentation for %{name}.
 %setup -q -n commons-jxpath-%{version}-src
 %patch0 -p1
 
+%pom_remove_dep xerces:
+%pom_remove_dep xml-apis:
+
 # Remove dependency on glassfish
 %pom_remove_dep :servlet-api
 %pom_remove_dep :jsp-api