diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1d881bfc1..353b0f6c7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -169,13 +169,6 @@
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-      <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
-      <version>3.1.0</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
       <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
       <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/ServletContextListener.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/ServletContextListener.java
deleted file mode 100644
index e77aa24f2..000000000
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/ServletContextListener.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-package io.ebeaninternal.server.core;
-
-import io.ebeaninternal.server.lib.ShutdownManager;
-
-import javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent;
-
-/**
- * Listens for webserver server starting and stopping events.
- * <p>
- * Register this listener in the web.xml configuration file. This will listen
- * for startup and shutdown events.
- * </p>
- */
-public class ServletContextListener implements javax.servlet.ServletContextListener {
-
-  /**
-   * The servlet container is stopping.
-   */
-  @Override
-  public void contextDestroyed(ServletContextEvent event) {
-    ShutdownManager.shutdown();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Do nothing on startup.
-   */
-  @Override
-  public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent event) {
-
-  }
-
-}