diff --git a/bundlerepository/pom.xml b/bundlerepository/pom.xml
index 227715c..058a13a 100644
--- a/bundlerepository/pom.xml
+++ b/bundlerepository/pom.xml
@@ -34,16 +34,19 @@
       <groupId>${pom.groupId}</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.osgi.service.obr</artifactId>
       <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${pom.groupId}</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.apache.felix.shell</artifactId>
       <version>1.4.1</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.sf.kxml</groupId>
       <artifactId>kxml2</artifactId>
       <version>2.2.2</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
@@ -60,6 +63,7 @@
         <groupId>org.codehaus.woodstox</groupId>
         <artifactId>woodstox-core-asl</artifactId>
         <version>4.0.7</version>
+        <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>