diff --git a/commons/pom.xml b/commons/pom.xml
index 5a1d009d4..896b62db0 100644
--- a/commons/pom.xml
+++ b/commons/pom.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@
           <groupId>de.keyboardsurfer.android.widget</groupId>
           <artifactId>crouton</artifactId>
           <version>1.7</version>
+          <exclusions>
+              <exclusion>
+                  <groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>support-v4</artifactId>
+              </exclusion>
+          </exclusions>
       </dependency>
   </dependencies>