diff --git a/war/pom.xml b/war/pom.xml
index 2808d786b3d4..eaacd13349e3 100644
--- a/war/pom.xml
+++ b/war/pom.xml
@@ -403,14 +403,6 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
                   <type>hpi</type>
                 </artifactItem>
 
-                <artifactItem>
-                  <!-- former dependency of bootstrap5-api (see JENKINS-71666) -->
-                  <groupId>io.jenkins.plugins</groupId>
-                  <artifactId>popper2-api</artifactId>
-                  <version>2.11.6-4</version>
-                  <type>hpi</type>
-                </artifactItem>
-
                 <artifactItem>
                   <!-- dependency of bootstrap5-api and echarts-api -->
                   <groupId>io.jenkins.plugins</groupId>