diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-jai/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-jai/pom.xml
index 77ecaf67e..c519d1e78 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-jai/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-jai/pom.xml
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@
   <version>1.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>Apache Ant + JAI</name>
   <description>image task and corresponding types.
-  jai (Java Advanced Imaging) is not available in public Maven repositories, therefore the dependencies are included with a scope provided
-    the download URL is http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/jai/
   </description>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
@@ -49,15 +47,20 @@
       <groupId>javax.media</groupId>
       <artifactId>jai-core</artifactId>
       <version>1.1.3</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>jai</groupId>
+      <groupId>com.sun.media</groupId>
       <artifactId>jai-codec</artifactId>
       <version>1.1.3</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
+  <repositories>
+      <repository>
+          <id>jboss</id>
+          <name>JBoss</name>
+          <url>http://repository.jboss.org/maven2/</url>
+      </repository>
+  </repositories>
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>