**[David Marteinson](https://jira.spring.io/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=dmarteinson)** opened **[SPR-6284](https://jira.spring.io/browse/SPR-6284?redirect=false)** and commented The dependency for servlet-api is declared in the org.springframework.web.portlet pom.xml as: <dependency> <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId> <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId> <version>2.5</version> <scope>compile</scope> </dependency> I think the scope should be 'provided'? --- **Affects:** 3.0 RC1 **Referenced from:** commits https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/commit/6494041849c58a99eba644649b5abf5fa4c7c5e0