diff --git a/gerrit-gwtdebug/pom.xml b/gerrit-gwtdebug/pom.xml
index 9db434a5ff..942f5075d4 100644
--- a/gerrit-gwtdebug/pom.xml
+++ b/gerrit-gwtdebug/pom.xml
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ limitations under the License.
   </description>
 
   <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.gwt</groupId>
-      <artifactId>gwt-dev</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.gerrit</groupId>
       <artifactId>gerrit-gwtui</artifactId>
@@ -94,5 +89,12 @@ limitations under the License.
       <classifier>sources</classifier>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
+
+     <!-- Workaround for overwriting our dependencies (like args4j) by additional
+      classes put in gwt-dev.jar -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.gwt</groupId>
+      <artifactId>gwt-dev</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>