diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 4eb32935f491cde4a583436feba746428e3d69bb..023ad8cb458a0b8c2f786af5c7bfc24a437445b5 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,16 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
       <artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
       <version>0.94.6</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>asm</groupId>
+          <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
diff --git a/repl-bin/pom.xml b/repl-bin/pom.xml
index f3bde607445dfc8ad8f88885fb6731ab56e21411..f132c44fb9e599a74d8f1d26e0c099a6c31acfbc 100644
--- a/repl-bin/pom.xml
+++ b/repl-bin/pom.xml
@@ -49,12 +49,6 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.spark-project</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spark-examples</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.spark-project</groupId>
       <artifactId>spark-repl</artifactId>
diff --git a/repl/pom.xml b/repl/pom.xml
index 429de7861f888008d49910ff6c6944cf283cd126..82e26defbc794bd5ffb0245ebd3fb5bd342d5b56 100644
--- a/repl/pom.xml
+++ b/repl/pom.xml
@@ -48,12 +48,6 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.spark-project</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spark-examples</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-client</artifactId>