Is the Kotlin Scripting JVM dependency actually needed?

[arekolek]

I'm wondering what is the 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-scripting-jvm:1.3.11' dependency used for and do I need it on my runtime classpath when I use this library.

I downloaded this repository, commented out that dependency and ran ./gradlew clean assemble and build succeeded, so maybe it's not needed?

Edit: also executed all the tests and they ran fine.

It pulls in dependencies with known security vulnerabilities, which I'd prefer to avoid: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?form_type=Advanced&results_type=overview&search_type=all&cpe_vendor=cpe%3A%2F%3Ajetbrains&cpe_product=cpe%3A%2F%3Ajetbrains%3Akotlin