diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index 9a883e0e..2f4576e0 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ b/common/pom.xml
@@ -74,10 +74,6 @@
             <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
             <artifactId>aws-json-protocol</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
-            <artifactId>url-connection-client</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
             <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/schemaregistry/common/AWSSchemaRegistryClient.java b/common/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/schemaregistry/common/AWSSchemaRegistryClient.java
index b6157154..454f1813 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/schemaregistry/common/AWSSchemaRegistryClient.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/schemaregistry/common/AWSSchemaRegistryClient.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 import software.amazon.awssdk.core.interceptor.ExecutionAttributes;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.core.interceptor.ExecutionInterceptor;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.core.retry.RetryPolicy;
-import software.amazon.awssdk.http.urlconnection.UrlConnectionHttpClient;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.glue.GlueClient;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.glue.GlueClientBuilder;
@@ -94,7 +93,6 @@ public AWSSchemaRegistryClient(@NonNull AwsCredentialsProvider credentialsProvid
                 .builder()
                 .credentialsProvider(credentialsProvider)
                 .overrideConfiguration(overrideConfiguration)
-                .httpClient(UrlConnectionHttpClient.builder().build())
                 .region(Region.of(glueSchemaRegistryConfiguration.getRegion()));
 
         if (glueSchemaRegistryConfiguration.getEndPoint() != null) {
diff --git a/integration-tests/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/schemaregistry/integrationtests/kafka/GlueSchemaRegistryKafkaIntegrationTest.java b/integration-tests/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/schemaregistry/integrationtests/kafka/GlueSchemaRegistryKafkaIntegrationTest.java
index 481932d6..c0a839a2 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/schemaregistry/integrationtests/kafka/GlueSchemaRegistryKafkaIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/schemaregistry/integrationtests/kafka/GlueSchemaRegistryKafkaIntegrationTest.java
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.AwsCredentialsProvider;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.DefaultCredentialsProvider;
-import software.amazon.awssdk.http.urlconnection.UrlConnectionHttpClient;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.glue.GlueClient;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.glue.model.Compatibility;
@@ -116,8 +115,6 @@ public static void tearDown() throws URISyntaxException {
                 .credentialsProvider(awsCredentialsProvider)
                 .region(Region.of(REGION))
                 .endpointOverride(new URI(SCHEMA_REGISTRY_ENDPOINT_OVERRIDE))
-                .httpClient(UrlConnectionHttpClient.builder()
-                                    .build())
                 .build();
 
         for (String schemaName : schemasToCleanUp) {
diff --git a/integration-tests/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/schemaregistry/integrationtests/kinesis/GlueSchemaRegistryKinesisIntegrationTest.java b/integration-tests/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/schemaregistry/integrationtests/kinesis/GlueSchemaRegistryKinesisIntegrationTest.java
index 68a03098..3e74b5cc 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/schemaregistry/integrationtests/kinesis/GlueSchemaRegistryKinesisIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/schemaregistry/integrationtests/kinesis/GlueSchemaRegistryKinesisIntegrationTest.java
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
 import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.DefaultCredentialsProvider;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.core.SdkBytes;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.core.SdkSystemSetting;
-import software.amazon.awssdk.http.urlconnection.UrlConnectionHttpClient;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.cloudwatch.CloudWatchAsyncClient;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.dynamodb.DynamoDbAsyncClient;
@@ -195,8 +194,6 @@ public static void tearDown() throws URISyntaxException {
                 .credentialsProvider(awsCredentialsProvider)
                 .region(Region.of(REGION))
                 .endpointOverride(new URI(SCHEMA_REGISTRY_ENDPOINT_OVERRIDE))
-                .httpClient(UrlConnectionHttpClient.builder()
-                                    .build())
                 .build();
 
         for (String schemaName : schemasToCleanUp) {