diff --git a/resteasy-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml b/resteasy-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
index 6b9ccb5..40a7d55 100644
--- a/resteasy-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
+++ b/resteasy-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@
             <groupId>org.jboss.resteasy</groupId>
             <artifactId>resteasy-jaxrs</artifactId>
             <version>${resteasy.version}</version>
+            <!-- wse javax annotation classes from org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-annotations-api -->
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.jboss.spec.javax.annotation</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jboss-annotations-api_1.2_spec</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jboss.resteasy</groupId>
@@ -80,6 +87,10 @@
                     <groupId>org.jboss.resteasy</groupId>
                     <artifactId>resteasy-jettison-provider</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.jboss.spec.javax.annotation</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jboss-annotations-api_1.2_spec</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -87,12 +98,6 @@
             <artifactId>resteasy-jackson2-provider</artifactId>
             <version>${resteasy.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-            <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
-            <version>3.1.0</version>
-        </dependency>
-
 
         <!-- Test dependencies -->
         <dependency>