diff --git a/http/jetty12/pom.xml b/http/jetty12/pom.xml
index 756c339c91..ab703601a7 100644
--- a/http/jetty12/pom.xml
+++ b/http/jetty12/pom.xml
@@ -735,7 +735,6 @@
             <groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId>
             <version>1.5</version>
-            <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>