diff --git a/bagel/pom.xml b/bagel/pom.xml
index ae40f38e431719a4d9294027d04d32c85596b471..cbcf8d123930a0e1205a2ad90fa363db492d943b 100644
--- a/bagel/pom.xml
+++ b/bagel/pom.xml
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@
       <artifactId>spark-core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-client</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
       <artifactId>jetty-server</artifactId>
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 023ad8cb458a0b8c2f786af5c7bfc24a437445b5..0db52b8691cbe2499b8f756529e3016abf3cd4ed 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@
       <artifactId>spark-mllib</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-client</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
       <artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
diff --git a/mllib/pom.xml b/mllib/pom.xml
index 3292f6dad03156b2d584b096ecf5eb48c4676dcb..ab31d5734e42a249e83f3b97c751c2d3fc981c98 100644
--- a/mllib/pom.xml
+++ b/mllib/pom.xml
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@
       <artifactId>spark-core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-client</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
       <artifactId>jetty-server</artifactId>
diff --git a/repl-bin/pom.xml b/repl-bin/pom.xml
index f132c44fb9e599a74d8f1d26e0c099a6c31acfbc..919e35f24041a52531562662a83745882971d2b3 100644
--- a/repl-bin/pom.xml
+++ b/repl-bin/pom.xml
@@ -55,11 +55,6 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-client</artifactId>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/repl/pom.xml b/repl/pom.xml
index 82e26defbc794bd5ffb0245ebd3fb5bd342d5b56..5bc9a99c5c45a39bd6754a9c90c1aa56bef4c225 100644
--- a/repl/pom.xml
+++ b/repl/pom.xml
@@ -48,21 +48,6 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-client</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
-      <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
-      <artifactId>avro-ipc</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
       <artifactId>jetty-server</artifactId>
diff --git a/streaming/pom.xml b/streaming/pom.xml
index 18609901223ca3991f61d91f5ef2e3b9fa5de156..5c0582d6fb631d80c604cab85f789d19d549a2d4 100644
--- a/streaming/pom.xml
+++ b/streaming/pom.xml
@@ -45,11 +45,6 @@
       <artifactId>spark-core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-client</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
       <artifactId>jetty-server</artifactId>
diff --git a/tools/pom.xml b/tools/pom.xml
index 9177d85b2f4913ecf6f2cbe6aba94fdc84c416aa..95b5e80e5b1bc8c9839afc15747aa7940420cb11 100644
--- a/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/pom.xml
@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@
       <artifactId>spark-streaming</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-client</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.scalatest</groupId>
       <artifactId>scalatest_${scala.version}</artifactId>