diff --git a/pdf/plugin.jelly b/pdf/plugin.jelly
index 7c188659..6f4a0c7a 100644
--- a/pdf/plugin.jelly
+++ b/pdf/plugin.jelly
@@ -213,10 +213,7 @@ internal_pdf_workingDir         = [${internal_pdf_workingDir}]
         <pathelement location="${plugin.getDependencyPath('batik:batik-transcoder')}"/>
         <pathelement location="${plugin.getDependencyPath('batik:batik-util')}"/>
         <pathelement location="${plugin.getDependencyPath('batik:batik-xml')}"/>
-        <pathelement location="${plugin.getDependencyPath('logkit')}"/>
         <pathelement location="${plugin.getDependencyPath('avalon-framework')}"/>
-        <pathelement location="${plugin.getDependencyPath('xerces')}"/>
-        <pathelement location="${plugin.getDependencyPath('xml-apis')}"/>
       </classpath>
       <arg value="-c"/>
       <arg value="${internal_pdf_workingDir}/userconfig.xml"/>
diff --git a/pdf/project.xml b/pdf/project.xml
index acaba94e..bd4a1063 100644
--- a/pdf/project.xml
+++ b/pdf/project.xml
@@ -209,12 +209,6 @@
       <version>1.5</version>
       <url>http://xml.apache.org/batik/</url>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>logkit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>logkit</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2.2</version>
-      <url>http://avalon.apache.org/logkit/</url>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>avalon-framework</groupId>
       <artifactId>avalon-framework</artifactId>