diff --git a/sponge/pom.xml b/sponge/pom.xml
index a4d60750..6f13a848 100644
--- a/sponge/pom.xml
+++ b/sponge/pom.xml
@@ -140,54 +140,5 @@
             <version>1.16.10</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- **************Migration Plugins************** -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ninja.leaping.permissionsex</groupId>
-            <artifactId>permissionsex-sponge</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>com.sk89q</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>squirrelid</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>org.gnu.gettext</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>libintl</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>antlr4-runtime</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ninja.leaping.permissionsex</groupId>
-            <artifactId>permissionsex-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>com.sk89q</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>squirrelid</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>org.gnu.gettext</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>libintl</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>antlr4-runtime</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/sponge/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/sponge/migration/MigrationPermissionsEx.java b/sponge/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/sponge/migration/MigrationPermissionsEx.java
index b1952624..92b6aa0b 100644
--- a/sponge/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/sponge/migration/MigrationPermissionsEx.java
+++ b/sponge/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/sponge/migration/MigrationPermissionsEx.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import me.lucko.luckperms.common.groups.Group;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.users.User;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.exceptions.ObjectAlreadyHasException;
 import me.lucko.luckperms.sponge.service.LuckPermsService;
-import ninja.leaping.permissionsex.sponge.PermissionsExPlugin;
 import org.spongepowered.api.Sponge;
 import org.spongepowered.api.plugin.PluginContainer;
 import org.spongepowered.api.service.context.Context;
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ public class MigrationPermissionsEx extends SubCommand<Object> {
         }
 
         // Cast to PermissionService. PEX has all of it's damned classes defined as package private.
-        PermissionService pexService = (PermissionsExPlugin) pex.get().getInstance().get();
+        PermissionService pexService = (PermissionService) pex.get().getInstance().get();
 
         // Migrate groups
         log.info("PermissionsEx Migration: Starting group migration.");