diff --git a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-db2/deployment/pom.xml b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-db2/deployment/pom.xml
index 2b648a98a4c86..505fc714932be 100644
--- a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-db2/deployment/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-db2/deployment/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-agroal-deployment</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
diff --git a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-db2/runtime/pom.xml b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-db2/runtime/pom.xml
index cb0903d562df5..63657a6665fc2 100644
--- a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-db2/runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-db2/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-agroal</artifactId>
-            <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
diff --git a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-derby/deployment/pom.xml b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-derby/deployment/pom.xml
index 65e40b59bf6a3..ea9d585fc756d 100644
--- a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-derby/deployment/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-derby/deployment/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-agroal-deployment</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
diff --git a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-derby/runtime/pom.xml b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-derby/runtime/pom.xml
index 172374f698b9c..96f410f41bd02 100644
--- a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-derby/runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-derby/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-agroal</artifactId>
-            <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
diff --git a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-mariadb/deployment/pom.xml b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-mariadb/deployment/pom.xml
index 1e6ffd8c4bb5a..1cb3db3aa2b74 100644
--- a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-mariadb/deployment/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-mariadb/deployment/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-agroal-deployment</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
diff --git a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-mariadb/runtime/pom.xml b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-mariadb/runtime/pom.xml
index 13abcad7ceabf..db3c37c8d6738 100644
--- a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-mariadb/runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-mariadb/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-agroal</artifactId>
-            <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId>
diff --git a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-mssql/deployment/pom.xml b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-mssql/deployment/pom.xml
index 356c3c44725c6..4b612844deca8 100644
--- a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-mssql/deployment/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-mssql/deployment/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-agroal-deployment</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
diff --git a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-mssql/runtime/pom.xml b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-mssql/runtime/pom.xml
index fd031ce3fee00..91ec2b8c02dd2 100644
--- a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-mssql/runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-mssql/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-agroal</artifactId>
-            <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver</groupId>
diff --git a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-mysql/deployment/pom.xml b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-mysql/deployment/pom.xml
index 2aca2c9c90244..2cf2ff69bdb02 100644
--- a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-mysql/deployment/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-mysql/deployment/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-agroal-deployment</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
diff --git a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-mysql/runtime/pom.xml b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-mysql/runtime/pom.xml
index 9cbc61aefd416..7ce44f79c11c1 100644
--- a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-mysql/runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-mysql/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-agroal</artifactId>
-            <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
diff --git a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-oracle/deployment/pom.xml b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-oracle/deployment/pom.xml
index 62900bd6de815..3c4e1d16fc954 100644
--- a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-oracle/deployment/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-oracle/deployment/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-agroal-deployment</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
diff --git a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-oracle/runtime/pom.xml b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-oracle/runtime/pom.xml
index a8fea051f9cd5..1bcb3dc8a4802 100644
--- a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-oracle/runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-oracle/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-agroal</artifactId>
-            <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.oracle.database.jdbc</groupId>
diff --git a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-postgresql/deployment/pom.xml b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-postgresql/deployment/pom.xml
index acc108ca7da1a..308ea769bf025 100644
--- a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-postgresql/deployment/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-postgresql/deployment/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-agroal-deployment</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
diff --git a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-postgresql/runtime/pom.xml b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-postgresql/runtime/pom.xml
index a44c67ce6a581..9aa0461ad0c72 100644
--- a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-postgresql/runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-postgresql/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-agroal</artifactId>
-            <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
diff --git a/extensions/reactive-oracle-client/deployment/pom.xml b/extensions/reactive-oracle-client/deployment/pom.xml
index 46ff7685cdbee..db0e2cb25de54 100644
--- a/extensions/reactive-oracle-client/deployment/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/reactive-oracle-client/deployment/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,16 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-jdbc-oracle-deployment</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>quarkus-agroal-deployment</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>quarkus-agroal</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
diff --git a/extensions/reactive-oracle-client/runtime/pom.xml b/extensions/reactive-oracle-client/runtime/pom.xml
index b227c055f66c2..fc8e43f066653 100644
--- a/extensions/reactive-oracle-client/runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/reactive-oracle-client/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-jdbc-oracle</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>quarkus-agroal</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.oracle.database.jdbc</groupId>