diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index 749a7c346b..88dcf62921 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -296,31 +296,6 @@
             <artifactId>jsoup</artifactId>
             <version>1.10.3</version>
         </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.atlassian.commonmark</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commonmark</artifactId>
-            <version>0.15.2</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jetbrains</groupId>
-            <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1</version>
-            <scope>compile</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-test</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>