diff --git a/atlasdb-commons-api/build.gradle b/atlasdb-commons-api/build.gradle
index 3f01ddfedf..ccd33c0bc5 100644
--- a/atlasdb-commons-api/build.gradle
+++ b/atlasdb-commons-api/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ dependencies {
     annotationProcessor 'org.immutables:value'
 
     implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations'
-    implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind'
     implementation 'com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations'
     implementation 'com.palantir.safe-logging:preconditions'