diff --git a/google-http-client/pom.xml b/google-http-client/pom.xml
index 0a5996d24..f5ea5497c 100644
--- a/google-http-client/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client/pom.xml
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>