diff --git a/peppol-commons/pom.xml b/peppol-commons/pom.xml
index 7791b329..8eeab1ad 100644
--- a/peppol-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/peppol-commons/pom.xml
@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@
       <groupId>com.helger.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>ph-security</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.helger.commons</groupId>
-      <artifactId>ph-bc</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.helger.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>ph-datetime</artifactId>
diff --git a/peppol-commons/src/test/java/com/helger/peppol/security/PeppolTrustedCAWithoutBCTest.java b/peppol-commons/src/test/java/com/helger/peppol/security/PeppolTrustedCAWithoutBCTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3370751d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/peppol-commons/src/test/java/com/helger/peppol/security/PeppolTrustedCAWithoutBCTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015-2026 Philip Helger
+ * philip[at]helger[dot]com
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.helger.peppol.security;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThrows;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/** Verifies that the Peppol trust stores initialize without Bouncy Castle or {@code ph-bc}. */
+public final class PeppolTrustedCAWithoutBCTest
+{
+  @Test
+  public void testTrustedCAInitializationWithoutBC ()
+  {
+    assertThrows (ClassNotFoundException.class, () -> Class.forName ("org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Primitive"));
+    assertThrows (ClassNotFoundException.class, () -> Class.forName ("com.helger.bc.PBCProvider"));
+
+    assertEquals (2,
+                  PeppolTrustedCA.peppolAllAP ()
+                                 .getAllTrustedAPCertificates ()
+                                 .getAllTrustedCACertificates ()
+                                 .size ());
+    assertEquals (2,
+                  PeppolTrustedCA.peppolAllSMP ()
+                                 .getAllTrustedAPCertificates ()
+                                 .getAllTrustedCACertificates ()
+                                 .size ());
+  }
+}