diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
index 3f1b434..7760101 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
@@ -307,10 +307,6 @@
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/asterixdb/pom.xml b/asterixdb/pom.xml
index 8b2b130..70e23c1 100644
--- a/asterixdb/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/pom.xml
@@ -1335,11 +1335,6 @@
         <version>1.14</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
-        <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
-        <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
         <groupId>it.unimi.dsi</groupId>
         <artifactId>fastutil</artifactId>
         <version>8.3.0</version>