diff --git a/quartz-core/pom.xml b/quartz-core/pom.xml
index a53921fa9..a9e97ac37 100644
--- a/quartz-core/pom.xml
+++ b/quartz-core/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
       <groupId>com.mchange</groupId>
       <artifactId>c3p0</artifactId>
       <version>${c3p0.version}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>