diff --git a/dev/audit-release/blank_maven_build/pom.xml b/dev/audit-release/blank_maven_build/pom.xml
index 047659e4a8b7c3f828b886877d10d4841e4de8f1..02dd9046c9a49f8cd51a146f222beb5eee95579b 100644
--- a/dev/audit-release/blank_maven_build/pom.xml
+++ b/dev/audit-release/blank_maven_build/pom.xml
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@
       <id>Spray.cc repository</id>
       <url>http://repo.spray.cc</url>
     </repository>
-    <repository>
-      <id>Akka repository</id>
-      <url>http://repo.akka.io/releases</url>
-    </repository>
     <repository>
       <id>Spark Staging Repo</id>
       <url>${spark.release.repository}</url>
diff --git a/dev/audit-release/blank_sbt_build/build.sbt b/dev/audit-release/blank_sbt_build/build.sbt
index 1cf52743f27f4b2c273fce6002525e5c1e185353..696c7f651837cd106aaa2a8c7752f2fec0feb516 100644
--- a/dev/audit-release/blank_sbt_build/build.sbt
+++ b/dev/audit-release/blank_sbt_build/build.sbt
@@ -25,5 +25,4 @@ libraryDependencies += "org.apache.spark" % System.getenv.get("SPARK_MODULE") %
 
 resolvers ++= Seq(
   "Spark Release Repository" at System.getenv.get("SPARK_RELEASE_REPOSITORY"),
-  "Akka Repository" at "http://repo.akka.io/releases/",
   "Spray Repository" at "http://repo.spray.cc/")
diff --git a/dev/audit-release/maven_app_core/pom.xml b/dev/audit-release/maven_app_core/pom.xml
index 76a381f8e17e08af2648913c3a917408e4201645..b516396825573fa4b8575e114a3dc8d68e43c8c3 100644
--- a/dev/audit-release/maven_app_core/pom.xml
+++ b/dev/audit-release/maven_app_core/pom.xml
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@
       <id>Spray.cc repository</id>
       <url>http://repo.spray.cc</url>
     </repository>
-    <repository>
-      <id>Akka repository</id>
-      <url>http://repo.akka.io/releases</url>
-    </repository>
     <repository>
       <id>Spark Staging Repo</id>
       <url>${spark.release.repository}</url>
diff --git a/dev/audit-release/sbt_app_core/build.sbt b/dev/audit-release/sbt_app_core/build.sbt
index 97a8cc3a4e0953464cb2b9ce0d6ea6ba08dc7480..291b1d6440bacd6ad9caee62534624d65e871cc9 100644
--- a/dev/audit-release/sbt_app_core/build.sbt
+++ b/dev/audit-release/sbt_app_core/build.sbt
@@ -25,5 +25,4 @@ libraryDependencies += "org.apache.spark" %% "spark-core" % System.getenv.get("S
 
 resolvers ++= Seq(
   "Spark Release Repository" at System.getenv.get("SPARK_RELEASE_REPOSITORY"),
-  "Akka Repository" at "http://repo.akka.io/releases/",
   "Spray Repository" at "http://repo.spray.cc/")
diff --git a/dev/audit-release/sbt_app_ganglia/build.sbt b/dev/audit-release/sbt_app_ganglia/build.sbt
index 55db675c722d14febdecc824d8833f8be1fda0d1..6d9474acf5bbcb51a54f661a84f1fe35dc5f016e 100644
--- a/dev/audit-release/sbt_app_ganglia/build.sbt
+++ b/dev/audit-release/sbt_app_ganglia/build.sbt
@@ -27,5 +27,4 @@ libraryDependencies += "org.apache.spark" %% "spark-ganglia-lgpl" % System.geten
 
 resolvers ++= Seq(
   "Spark Release Repository" at System.getenv.get("SPARK_RELEASE_REPOSITORY"),
-  "Akka Repository" at "http://repo.akka.io/releases/",
   "Spray Repository" at "http://repo.spray.cc/")
diff --git a/dev/audit-release/sbt_app_graphx/build.sbt b/dev/audit-release/sbt_app_graphx/build.sbt
index 66f2db357d49bcab85e08d14898ef012420dfbe0..dd11245e67d444e261406a2b5ff9e7e6d9fff60c 100644
--- a/dev/audit-release/sbt_app_graphx/build.sbt
+++ b/dev/audit-release/sbt_app_graphx/build.sbt
@@ -25,5 +25,4 @@ libraryDependencies += "org.apache.spark" %% "spark-graphx" % System.getenv.get(
 
 resolvers ++= Seq(
   "Spark Release Repository" at System.getenv.get("SPARK_RELEASE_REPOSITORY"),
-  "Akka Repository" at "http://repo.akka.io/releases/",
   "Spray Repository" at "http://repo.spray.cc/")
diff --git a/dev/audit-release/sbt_app_hive/build.sbt b/dev/audit-release/sbt_app_hive/build.sbt
index 7ac1be729c5617bf19477c0aed043f1ac4ed9d3d..a0d4f25da5842ced7e65d6dc14718ca222a57bf2 100644
--- a/dev/audit-release/sbt_app_hive/build.sbt
+++ b/dev/audit-release/sbt_app_hive/build.sbt
@@ -25,5 +25,4 @@ libraryDependencies += "org.apache.spark" %% "spark-hive" % System.getenv.get("S
 
 resolvers ++= Seq(
   "Spark Release Repository" at System.getenv.get("SPARK_RELEASE_REPOSITORY"),
-  "Akka Repository" at "http://repo.akka.io/releases/",
   "Spray Repository" at "http://repo.spray.cc/")
diff --git a/dev/audit-release/sbt_app_sql/build.sbt b/dev/audit-release/sbt_app_sql/build.sbt
index 6e0ad3b4b2960f5f742d7a3ca9a46b08d3ce1f54..9116180f71a44e4356eec2cf10c8506a6a8704ae 100644
--- a/dev/audit-release/sbt_app_sql/build.sbt
+++ b/dev/audit-release/sbt_app_sql/build.sbt
@@ -25,5 +25,4 @@ libraryDependencies += "org.apache.spark" %% "spark-sql" % System.getenv.get("SP
 
 resolvers ++= Seq(
   "Spark Release Repository" at System.getenv.get("SPARK_RELEASE_REPOSITORY"),
-  "Akka Repository" at "http://repo.akka.io/releases/",
   "Spray Repository" at "http://repo.spray.cc/")
diff --git a/dev/audit-release/sbt_app_streaming/build.sbt b/dev/audit-release/sbt_app_streaming/build.sbt
index 492e5e7c8d763a46dfc2649828a7e1a1d09c94b4..cb369d516dd160400583d66c58a9124a7bb16a29 100644
--- a/dev/audit-release/sbt_app_streaming/build.sbt
+++ b/dev/audit-release/sbt_app_streaming/build.sbt
@@ -25,5 +25,4 @@ libraryDependencies += "org.apache.spark" %% "spark-streaming" % System.getenv.g
 
 resolvers ++= Seq(
   "Spark Release Repository" at System.getenv.get("SPARK_RELEASE_REPOSITORY"),
-  "Akka Repository" at "http://repo.akka.io/releases/",
   "Spray Repository" at "http://repo.spray.cc/")
diff --git a/docs/quick-start.md b/docs/quick-start.md
index 64023994771b7ca86b7c00fb920cb26134ed24c4..23313d8aa6152fb37cd2c8b6624d0bcf2c16b742 100644
--- a/docs/quick-start.md
+++ b/docs/quick-start.md
@@ -266,8 +266,6 @@ version := "1.0"
 scalaVersion := "{{site.SCALA_VERSION}}"
 
 libraryDependencies += "org.apache.spark" %% "spark-core" % "{{site.SPARK_VERSION}}"
-
-resolvers += "Akka Repository" at "http://repo.akka.io/releases/"
 {% endhighlight %}
 
 For sbt to work correctly, we'll need to layout `SimpleApp.scala` and `simple.sbt`
@@ -349,12 +347,6 @@ Note that Spark artifacts are tagged with a Scala version.
   <name>Simple Project</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <version>1.0</version>
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>Akka repository</id>
-      <url>http://repo.akka.io/releases</url>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency> <!-- Spark dependency -->
       <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>