diff --git a/poi/src/main/java9/module-info.java b/poi/src/main/java9/module-info.java
index 7be1fee10b..6e7fe11df8 100644
--- a/poi/src/main/java9/module-info.java
+++ b/poi/src/main/java9/module-info.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 module org.apache.poi.poi {
     requires org.apache.commons.collections4;
     requires org.apache.commons.codec;
-    requires org.apache.commons.compress;
     requires org.apache.commons.io;
     requires commons.math3;
     requires SparseBitSet;