diff --git a/.idea/libraries/Xerces.xml b/.idea/libraries/Xerces.xml
index d479a78a74eb..c6a3aa9ab6e8 100644
--- a/.idea/libraries/Xerces.xml
+++ b/.idea/libraries/Xerces.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   <library name="Xerces">
     <CLASSES>
       <root url="jar://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/xercesImpl.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/xml-apis.jar!/" />
     </CLASSES>
     <JAVADOC />
     <SOURCES>
diff --git a/build/gant.xml b/build/gant.xml
index facd93371f4d..ee2ac5278b63 100644
--- a/build/gant.xml
+++ b/build/gant.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
        <include name="snappy-in-java-*.jar"/>
        <include name="cli-parser-*.jar"/>
        <include name="nanoxml-*.jar"/>
-       <include name="xml-apis.jar"/>
        <include name="aether-*-all.jar"/>
        <include name="maven-aether-provider-*-all.jar"/>
        <include name="httpclient-*.jar"/>
diff --git a/lib/xml-apis.jar b/lib/xml-apis.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index 46733464fc74..000000000000
Binary files a/lib/xml-apis.jar and /dev/null differ