diff --git a/commons-logging-api.pom b/commons-logging-api.pom
index 2138c44..b15c11e 100644
--- a/commons-logging-api.pom
+++ b/commons-logging-api.pom
@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@
       <properties>
         <comment>Used for testing only.</comment>
         <scope>test</scope>
-        <optional>true</optional>
       </properties>
     </dependency>
     
@@ -204,9 +203,9 @@
           <comment>
               &lt;strong&gt;Site Only&lt;/strong&gt; - v1.9.2 (minimum)
           </comment>
-          <optional>true</optional>
       </properties>
     </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <nagEmailAddress>commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org</nagEmailAddress>