diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-loadbalancer/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-loadbalancer/pom.xml
index 22e6a16949..9d42a83fd5 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-loadbalancer/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-loadbalancer/pom.xml
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-discovery</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
-			<artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
-			<version>2.6</version>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>