diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index e2005f15d..b39d1a6fe 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -447,12 +447,6 @@ maven_jar(
     sha1 = "862a5bc736005d68727d1387844d09d62efdb6cb",
 )
 
-maven_jar(
-    name = "sshd_core",
-    artifact = "org.apache.sshd:sshd-core:0.7.0",
-    sha1 = "ef5d0cae23845dead3fc53ecd61bd990ed42f60f",
-)
-
 maven_jar(
     name = "soy",
     artifact = "com.google.template:soy:2016-01-12",