diff --git a/guest/remote-debugging/pom.xml b/guest/remote-debugging/pom.xml
index d958d4c681..8540347e40 100644
--- a/guest/remote-debugging/pom.xml
+++ b/guest/remote-debugging/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/hystrix/pom.xml b/hystrix/pom.xml
index 9e4b2bb082..19da678eb7 100644
--- a/hystrix/pom.xml
+++ b/hystrix/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-boot/pom.xml b/spring-boot/pom.xml
index a557604bf3..84dc43a605 100644
--- a/spring-boot/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 		
         <dependency>		
diff --git a/spring-custom-aop/spring-custom-aop/pom.xml b/spring-custom-aop/spring-custom-aop/pom.xml
index 0bab7a4057..95c1b7419f 100644
--- a/spring-custom-aop/spring-custom-aop/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-custom-aop/spring-custom-aop/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/spring-mvc-email/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-email/pom.xml
index ddb1765af0..5f08b710ec 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-email/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-email/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>        
         <!-- Spring Boot Starter Mail dependency -->
         <dependency>
diff --git a/spring-rest-angular/pom.xml b/spring-rest-angular/pom.xml
index 3fc429f626..255aa840e7 100644
--- a/spring-rest-angular/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-rest-angular/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-rest-full/pom.xml b/spring-rest-full/pom.xml
index c00387e7de..3bd7ec07f6 100644
--- a/spring-rest-full/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-rest-full/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- web -->
diff --git a/spring-rest-query-language/pom.xml b/spring-rest-query-language/pom.xml
index 6826634bc9..b329bec07e 100644
--- a/spring-rest-query-language/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-rest-query-language/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Querydsl -->
diff --git a/spring-security-client/spring-security-jsp-authentication/pom.xml b/spring-security-client/spring-security-jsp-authentication/pom.xml
index b29ce90aa4..2509b26293 100644
--- a/spring-security-client/spring-security-jsp-authentication/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-client/spring-security-jsp-authentication/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/spring-security-client/spring-security-jsp-authorize/pom.xml b/spring-security-client/spring-security-jsp-authorize/pom.xml
index 6fd89933bb..bd13520948 100644
--- a/spring-security-client/spring-security-jsp-authorize/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-client/spring-security-jsp-authorize/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/spring-security-client/spring-security-jsp-config/pom.xml b/spring-security-client/spring-security-jsp-config/pom.xml
index f533410acc..0a4c8fb5be 100644
--- a/spring-security-client/spring-security-jsp-config/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-client/spring-security-jsp-config/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/spring-security-client/spring-security-thymeleaf-authentication/pom.xml b/spring-security-client/spring-security-thymeleaf-authentication/pom.xml
index 941cbb8a76..e42d499b64 100644
--- a/spring-security-client/spring-security-thymeleaf-authentication/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-client/spring-security-thymeleaf-authentication/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/spring-security-client/spring-security-thymeleaf-authorize/pom.xml b/spring-security-client/spring-security-thymeleaf-authorize/pom.xml
index c70a099e68..5fa2016be8 100644
--- a/spring-security-client/spring-security-thymeleaf-authorize/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-client/spring-security-thymeleaf-authorize/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/spring-security-client/spring-security-thymeleaf-config/pom.xml b/spring-security-client/spring-security-thymeleaf-config/pom.xml
index 9ef2444d6c..9a00ad0080 100644
--- a/spring-security-client/spring-security-thymeleaf-config/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-client/spring-security-thymeleaf-config/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-boot/pom.xml b/spring-security-mvc-boot/pom.xml
index 6566c0eea6..b717a1366d 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-boot/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-boot/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/spring-security-openid/pom.xml b/spring-security-openid/pom.xml
index aeabb161c9..a3942a8423 100644
--- a/spring-security-openid/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-openid/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>