diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-solr/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-solr/build.gradle
index c7517eb78f..83a0fd37f3 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-solr/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-solr/build.gradle
@@ -6,11 +6,8 @@ description = "Starter for using the Apache Solr search platform with Spring Dat
 
 dependencies {
 	api(project(":spring-boot-project:spring-boot-starters:spring-boot-starter"))
-	api("org.apache.solr:solr-solrj") {
-		exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "jcl-over-slf4j"
-	}
-	api("org.springframework.data:spring-data-solr")
-	api("org.apache.httpcomponents:httpmime") {
+	api("org.springframework.data:spring-data-solr") {
 		exclude group: "commons-logging", module: "commons-logging"
+		exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "jcl-over-slf4j"
 	}
 }