diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-dns/pom.xml b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-dns/pom.xml
index 09fa07f86757..ce6e1e914286 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-dns/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-dns/pom.xml
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-dns</site.installationModule>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-      <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-core-http</artifactId>