diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f9c58ec..a4e4530 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -69,12 +69,6 @@
 		</dependency>
 
 
-		<dependency>
-		  <groupId>org.gcube.dvos.soa3</groupId>
-		  <artifactId>common-security</artifactId>
-		  <version>[0.5.0-SNAPSHOT, 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 		  <groupId>net.sf.kxml</groupId>
 		  <artifactId>kxml2</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/framework/core/security/PortalSecurityManager.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/framework/core/security/PortalSecurityManager.java
index 1ac0547..0a5d71d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/framework/core/security/PortalSecurityManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/framework/core/security/PortalSecurityManager.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import org.gcube.application.framework.core.genericresources.model.ISGenericReso
 import org.gcube.application.framework.core.session.ASLSession;
 import org.gcube.application.framework.core.util.CacheEntryConstants;
 import org.gcube.application.framework.core.util.QueryString;
-import org.gcube.soa3.connector.common.security.CredentialManager;
 import org.kxml2.io.KXmlParser;
 //import org.gcube.common.core.scope.GCUBEScope;
 //import org.gcube.common.core.security.GCUBESecurityManagerImpl;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/framework/core/security/ServiceContextManager.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/framework/core/security/ServiceContextManager.java
index 740f2c1..59cb1be 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/framework/core/security/ServiceContextManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/framework/core/security/ServiceContextManager.java
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ package org.gcube.application.framework.core.security;
 import java.rmi.Remote;
 
 import org.gcube.application.framework.core.session.ASLSession;
-import org.gcube.soa3.connector.common.security.CredentialManager;
-import org.gcube.soa3.connector.common.security.Credentials;
 //import org.gcube.common.core.contexts.GCUBERemotePortTypeContext;
 //import org.gcube.common.core.scope.GCUBEScope;
 //import org.gcube.common.core.scope.GCUBEScope.MalformedScopeExpressionException;