diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/pom.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/pom.xml
index c9c88e29e08d5..0ffd48dfb3cfc 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <bnd.importpackage>!org.osgi.service.jdbc.*,!sun.security.*,!org.apache.lucene.*,!org.apache.logging.log4j,!waffle.windows.auth.*,!org.hibernate.*,!org.jboss.*,!org.codehaus.groovy.*,!com.codahale.metrics.*,!com.google.protobuf.*,!com.ibm.icu.*,!com.ibm.jvm.*,!com.mchange.*,!com.sun.*,!com.vividsolutions.*,!io.prometheus.*,com.mysql.jdbc;resolution:=optional,org.apache.derby.*;resolution:=optional,org.h2;resolution:=optional,org.h2.jdbcx;resolution:=optional,org.hsqldb;resolution:=optional,org.hsqldb.jdbc;resolution:=optional,org.mariadb.jdbc;resolution:=optional,org.postgresql;resolution:=optional,org.sqlite;resolution:=optional,org.sqlite.jdbc4;resolution:=optional,javassist*;resolution:=optional</bnd.importpackage>
+    <dep.noembedding>derby,h2,hsqldb,mariadb-java-client,mysql-connector-java,postgresql,sqlite-jdbc</dep.noembedding>
 
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>