diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b03ea24a1..ffa2bbe7d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@
 			<groupId>li.strolch</groupId>
 			<artifactId>li.strolch.runtime</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>li.strolch</groupId>
-			<artifactId>li.strolch.persistence.api</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>ch.eitchnet</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/li/strolch/persistence/xml/XmlPersistenceHandler.java b/src/main/java/li/strolch/persistence/xml/XmlPersistenceHandler.java
index e3ee1dba3..fef399353 100644
--- a/src/main/java/li/strolch/persistence/xml/XmlPersistenceHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/li/strolch/persistence/xml/XmlPersistenceHandler.java
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import ch.eitchnet.xmlpers.api.PersistenceTransaction;
 
 /**
  * @author Robert von Burg <eitch@eitchnet.ch>
- * 
  */
 public class XmlPersistenceHandler extends StrolchComponent implements PersistenceHandler {