diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a9c3ffd0aa..3a1ca8dff2 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ buildscript {
 
         common_utils_version = System.getProperty("common_utils.version", '2.9.0.0-SNAPSHOT')
         kafka_version  = '3.7.1'
-        apache_cxf_version = '4.0.4'
         open_saml_version = '4.3.2'
         one_login_java_saml = '2.9.0'
         jjwt_version = '0.12.6'
@@ -590,10 +589,6 @@ dependencies {
 
     runtimeOnly 'net.minidev:accessors-smart:2.5.0'
 
-    runtimeOnly "org.apache.cxf:cxf-core:${apache_cxf_version}"
-    implementation "org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-rs-json-basic:${apache_cxf_version}"
-    runtimeOnly "org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-security:${apache_cxf_version}"
-
     runtimeOnly 'com.sun.activation:jakarta.activation:1.2.2'
     runtimeOnly 'com.eclipsesource.minimal-json:minimal-json:0.9.5'
     runtimeOnly 'commons-codec:commons-codec:1.17.0'
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/amazon/dlic/auth/http/jwt/keybyoidc/CxfTestTools.java b/src/test/java/com/amazon/dlic/auth/http/jwt/keybyoidc/CxfTestTools.java
deleted file mode 100644
index b2958193c2..0000000000
--- a/src/test/java/com/amazon/dlic/auth/http/jwt/keybyoidc/CxfTestTools.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- *
- * The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
- * this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
- * compatible open source license.
- *
- * Modifications Copyright OpenSearch Contributors. See
- * GitHub history for details.
- */
-
-package com.amazon.dlic.auth.http.jwt.keybyoidc;
-
-import org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.json.basic.JsonMapObject;
-import org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.json.basic.JsonMapObjectReaderWriter;
-
-class CxfTestTools {
-
-    static String toJson(JsonMapObject jsonMapObject) {
-        return new JsonMapObjectReaderWriter().toJson(jsonMapObject);
-    }
-}