diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 06ca1fe642..ddd1968a69 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -58,18 +58,6 @@
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
 
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
-        <artifactId>spotbugs</artifactId>
-        <version>4.10.4</version>
-      </dependency>
-
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0</version>
-      </dependency>
-
       <dependency>
         <groupId>junit</groupId>
         <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/reconstruction/ltcc/pom.xml b/reconstruction/ltcc/pom.xml
index d98ffac19f..48886d9431 100644
--- a/reconstruction/ltcc/pom.xml
+++ b/reconstruction/ltcc/pom.xml
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jlab</groupId>
       <artifactId>groot</artifactId>
diff --git a/reconstruction/ltcc/src/main/java/org/jlab/service/ltcc/LTCCHit.java b/reconstruction/ltcc/src/main/java/org/jlab/service/ltcc/LTCCHit.java
index af0556a406..e7c152bd77 100644
--- a/reconstruction/ltcc/src/main/java/org/jlab/service/ltcc/LTCCHit.java
+++ b/reconstruction/ltcc/src/main/java/org/jlab/service/ltcc/LTCCHit.java
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
-import jakarta.annotation.Nullable;
 import org.jlab.detector.banks.RawDataBank;
 import org.jlab.geom.prim.Vector3D;
 
@@ -86,9 +85,9 @@ public static List <LTCCHit> loadHits(DataEvent event) {
     
     LTCCHit(RawDataBank bank, 
             int index, 
-            @Nullable IndexedTable spe, 
-            @Nullable IndexedTable timing_offset,
-            @Nullable IndexedTable status_table) {
+            IndexedTable spe, 
+            IndexedTable timing_offset,
+            IndexedTable status_table) {
        this.sector = bank.getByte("sector", index);
        this.segment = bank.getShort("component", index);
        this.side = bank.trueOrder(index) + 1;