diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 59a93e1c..1434347b 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@ source "https://rubygems.org/"
 
 gemspec
 
-# override default maven-tools used by bundler
-gem 'maven-tools', '1.2.3'
-# add bigdecimal missing from transitive dependency of maven-tools
-gem 'bigdecimal'
-
 group :development, :test do
   gem 'rdoc', '~> 7.0', :require => nil
 
diff --git a/warbler.gemspec b/warbler.gemspec
index d44e2396..f31966c8 100644
--- a/warbler.gemspec
+++ b/warbler.gemspec
@@ -39,4 +39,5 @@ bundle up all of your application files for deployment to a Java environment.}
   gem.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 3.0'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'drb', ['~> 2.2', '>= 2.2.3']
   gem.add_development_dependency 'jbundler', '~> 0.9.5'
+  gem.add_development_dependency 'bigdecimal', '< 5'  # Needed workaround jbundler > maven-tools > vertus > axiom-types lack of explicit bigdecimal dependency for for JRuby 10
 end