diff --git a/examples/istio/helidon-config/pom.xml b/examples/istio/helidon-config/pom.xml
index 7d74068c..53d5d623 100644
--- a/examples/istio/helidon-config/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/istio/helidon-config/pom.xml
@@ -43,11 +43,6 @@
             <scope>runtime</scope>
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>jakarta.activation</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jakarta.activation-api</artifactId>
-            <scope>runtime</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/examples/istio/helidon-jpa/pom.xml b/examples/istio/helidon-jpa/pom.xml
index 4e0c48dd..ebebd8f9 100644
--- a/examples/istio/helidon-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/istio/helidon-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -75,11 +75,6 @@
             <scope>runtime</scope>
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>jakarta.activation</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jakarta.activation-api</artifactId>
-            <scope>runtime</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jakarta.persistence</groupId>
             <artifactId>jakarta.persistence-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/examples/jbatch/pom.xml b/examples/jbatch/pom.xml
index 860718fa..f8458736 100644
--- a/examples/jbatch/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/jbatch/pom.xml
@@ -69,12 +69,6 @@
             <version>${version.lib.jaxb-api}</version>
         </dependency>
 
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>jakarta.activation</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jakarta.activation-api</artifactId>
-            <scope>runtime</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jboss</groupId>
             <artifactId>jandex</artifactId>
diff --git a/examples/microprofile/http-status-count-mp/pom.xml b/examples/microprofile/http-status-count-mp/pom.xml
index c65b941e..5a84f0c8 100644
--- a/examples/microprofile/http-status-count-mp/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/microprofile/http-status-count-mp/pom.xml
@@ -67,11 +67,6 @@
             <artifactId>jandex</artifactId>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>jakarta.activation</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jakarta.activation-api</artifactId>
-            <scope>runtime</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.helidon.microprofile.bundles</groupId>
             <artifactId>helidon-microprofile-core</artifactId>