diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b224f9b4e..c1afc9346 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -49,12 +49,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
-      <exclusions>
-	<exclusion>
-        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
-    </exclusion>
-    </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
     <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>