diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eadc29f8f..e0347529d 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.ops4j.pax.url</groupId>
             <artifactId>pax-url-aether</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- test dependencies -->