diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.august/pom.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.august/pom.xml
index 40afce3acb466..70f96507e4695 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.august/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.august/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
       <groupId>org.json</groupId>
       <artifactId>json</artifactId>
       <version>20180813</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.august/src/main/feature/feature.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.august/src/main/feature/feature.xml
index f2285ed5b90ef..e11d037c1a671 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.august/src/main/feature/feature.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.august/src/main/feature/feature.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 		<bundle dependency="true">mvn:com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-core/2.12.7</bundle>
 		<bundle dependency="true">mvn:com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-databind/2.12.7.1</bundle>
 		<bundle dependency="true">mvn:com.google.code.gson/gson/2.8.9</bundle>
-		<bundle dependency="true">mvn:org.json/json/20180813</bundle>
 
 		<bundle start-level="80">mvn:org.openhab.addons.bundles/org.openhab.binding.august/${project.version}</bundle>