diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-actionmanager/pom.xml b/dhp-workflows/dhp-actionmanager/pom.xml
index 281bcda4a3..56a0156362 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-actionmanager/pom.xml
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-actionmanager/pom.xml
@@ -75,11 +75,5 @@
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>eu.dnetlib</groupId>
-            <artifactId>dnet-openaire-data-protos</artifactId>
-            <version>[3.0.0, 4.0.0)</version>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>