diff --git a/gax-java/pom.xml b/gax-java/pom.xml
index e4fd40d36a..21b8ca0f51 100644
--- a/gax-java/pom.xml
+++ b/gax-java/pom.xml
@@ -129,11 +129,6 @@
         <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
         <version>${gson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.graalvm.sdk</groupId>
-        <artifactId>graal-sdk</artifactId>
-        <version>${graal-sdk.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>