diff --git a/spring-reactive-modules/spring-reactive-exceptions/pom.xml b/spring-reactive-modules/spring-reactive-exceptions/pom.xml
index 0dca81c529..a9fdb675f5 100644
--- a/spring-reactive-modules/spring-reactive-exceptions/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-reactive-modules/spring-reactive-exceptions/pom.xml
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-webflux</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
             <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>