diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 8b68656f..5376ce74 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -101,11 +101,6 @@
       <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
       <version>1.15</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-    <groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
-    <artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.1</version>
-	</dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
       <artifactId>velocity-engine-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/devonfw/tools/solicitor/reader/ort/OrtReaderTests.java b/core/src/test/java/com/devonfw/tools/solicitor/reader/ort/OrtReaderTests.java
index f0825a4f..c94b0960 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/devonfw/tools/solicitor/reader/ort/OrtReaderTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/devonfw/tools/solicitor/reader/ort/OrtReaderTests.java
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ public class OrtReaderTests {
   Application application;
 
   public OrtReaderTests() {
-
-	// configuration settings
-	Map<String, String> configuration = new HashMap<String, String>();
-	configuration.put("token", "testToken");
 	    
     ModelFactory modelFactory = new ModelFactoryImpl();
 
@@ -40,7 +36,7 @@ public OrtReaderTests() {
     pr.setModelFactory(modelFactory);
     pr.setInputStreamFactory(new FileInputStreamFactory());
     pr.readInventory("ort", "src/test/resources/analyzer-result.json", this.application, UsagePattern.DYNAMIC_LINKING, "ort",
-        configuration);
+        null);
   }
 
   @Test