diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0e02dcb04..c2df70380 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@
 			<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
 			<artifactId>com.springsource.org.hibernate</artifactId>
 			<version>3.3.2.GA</version>
-			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- JPA -->
@@ -113,21 +112,18 @@
 			<groupId>javax.persistence</groupId>
 			<artifactId>com.springsource.javax.persistence</artifactId>
 			<version>1.0.0</version>
-			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- Toplink JPA Provider -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.oracle.toplink.essentials</groupId>
 			<artifactId>com.springsource.oracle.toplink.essentials</artifactId>
 			<version>2.0.0.b41-beta2</version>
-			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- Hibernate JPA Provider -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
 			<artifactId>com.springsource.org.hibernate.ejb</artifactId>
 			<version>3.4.0.GA</version>
-			<optional>true</optional>
 			<exclusions>
 				<!-- Exclude Commons Logging in favor of SLF4j -->
 				<exclusion>
@@ -140,7 +136,6 @@
 			<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
 			<artifactId>com.springsource.org.hibernate.annotations</artifactId>
 			<version>3.4.0.GA</version>
-			<optional>true</optional>
 			<exclusions>
 				<!-- Exclude Commons Logging in favor of SLF4j -->
 				<exclusion>
@@ -154,7 +149,6 @@
 			<groupId>org.apache.openjpa</groupId>
 			<artifactId>com.springsource.org.apache.openjpa</artifactId>
 			<version>1.1.0</version>
-			<optional>true</optional>
 			<exclusions>
 				<!-- Exclude Commons Logging in favor of SLF4j -->
 				<exclusion>