JAVA-8436: Remove AssertJ depenendency from the child modules - part 4

core-java-modules/core-java-16/pom.xml

@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
@@ -67,7 +61,6 @@
         <maven.compiler.target.version>16</maven.compiler.target.version>
         <maven.compiler.release>16</maven.compiler.release>
         <surefire.plugin.version>3.0.0-M5</surefire.plugin.version>
-        <assertj.version>3.17.2</assertj.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>