diff --git a/dao/pom.xml b/dao/pom.xml
index 44c215f22..05ab2b22a 100644
--- a/dao/pom.xml
+++ b/dao/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
         <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-        <scope>compile</scope>
       </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>de.bechte.junit</groupId>