diff --git a/framework-platform/framework-platform.gradle b/framework-platform/framework-platform.gradle
index 8da1e42d4b7d..ad74c87b80f3 100644
--- a/framework-platform/framework-platform.gradle
+++ b/framework-platform/framework-platform.gradle
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ dependencies {
 		api("com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream:1.4.20")
 		api("commons-io:commons-io:2.11.0")
 		api("de.bechte.junit:junit-hierarchicalcontextrunner:4.12.2")
-		api("info.picocli:picocli:4.7.4")
 		api("io.micrometer:context-propagation:1.1.0-M3")
 		api("io.mockk:mockk:1.13.4")
 		api("io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty5-http:2.0.0-M3")
diff --git a/spring-test/spring-test.gradle b/spring-test/spring-test.gradle
index ca4cc31857ac..b1c3e9b071d1 100644
--- a/spring-test/spring-test.gradle
+++ b/spring-test/spring-test.gradle
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ dependencies {
 	optional(project(":spring-webmvc"))
 	optional(project(":spring-websocket"))
 	optional("com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path")
-	optional("info.picocli:picocli")
 	optional("io.micrometer:context-propagation")
 	optional("io.micrometer:micrometer-observation")
 	optional("io.projectreactor:reactor-test")