diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml
index f92511e..d1693f6 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@
           <usedDependencies combine.children="append">
             <usedDependency>org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common</usedDependency>
             <usedDependency>org.apache.asterix:asterix-geo</usedDependency>
-            <usedDependency>org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-annotations-api</usedDependency>
           </usedDependencies>
           <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependencies>
             <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>org.apache.asterix:asterix-external-data:zip:*</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
@@ -879,10 +878,6 @@
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-storage</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
-      <artifactId>tomcat-annotations-api</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <!-- Needed for inferring the schema for writing Parquet files -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.kitesdk</groupId>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
index a92c659..8d8f797 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@
               <usedDependency>io.netty:netty-resolver-dns</usedDependency>
               <usedDependency>io.netty:netty-codec-http2</usedDependency>
               <usedDependency>io.netty:netty-transport-native-unix-common</usedDependency>
-              <usedDependency>org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-annotations-api</usedDependency>
             </usedDependencies>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
@@ -471,10 +470,6 @@
       <artifactId>google-cloud-storage</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
-      <artifactId>tomcat-annotations-api</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
       <groupId>org.msgpack</groupId>
       <artifactId>msgpack-core</artifactId>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/asterixdb/pom.xml b/asterixdb/pom.xml
index 4fa342c..0c1cd5e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/pom.xml
@@ -1822,18 +1822,6 @@
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-storage</artifactId>
         <version>${gcsjavasdk.version}</version>
-        <exclusions>
-          <!-- substitute org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-annotations-api, as it has a nicer license -->
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
-            <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
-        </exclusions>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
-        <artifactId>tomcat-annotations-api</artifactId>
-        <version>10.1.5</version>
       </dependency>
       <!-- Google Cloud Storage end -->
       <!-- Azure Data Lake start -->