diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/pom.xml
index 092af5e12..c6e194da2 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-commons</artifactId>
-			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>