diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9ddd61f93..a2e2dcd23 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -131,42 +131,17 @@
                 <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
                 <version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-                <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
-                <version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
                 <version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-                <artifactId>spring-expression</artifactId>
-                <version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
                 <version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-                <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-                <version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
-                <exclusions>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>
-                </exclusions>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-                <artifactId>spring-aspects</artifactId>
-                <version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
+            <!-- used for EhCacheCacheManager -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-context-support</artifactId>
@@ -200,8 +175,7 @@
                 <version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
             </dependency>
 
-            <!-- Apache Commons
-            -->
+            <!-- Database connection pool -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
@@ -290,12 +264,6 @@
                 <version>${javax-el.version}</version>
                 <scope>provided</scope>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
-                <version>${jsp.version}</version>
-                <scope>provided</scope>
-            </dependency>
 
         <!-- MySQL JDBC Connector -->
         <!-- 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/repository/jdbc/JdbcVetRepositoryImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/repository/jdbc/JdbcVetRepositoryImpl.java
index 58c8614ea..05f6a24b2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/repository/jdbc/JdbcVetRepositoryImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/repository/jdbc/JdbcVetRepositoryImpl.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.cache.annotation.Cacheable;
 import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.core.simple.ParameterizedBeanPropertyRowMapper;