diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2be256b1e..94c2de627 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -393,6 +393,10 @@
           <groupId>log4j</groupId>
           <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.htrace</groupId>
+          <artifactId>htrace-core</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -445,86 +449,6 @@
       <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore</artifactId>
       <version>${google.cloud.datastore.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
-      <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
-          <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-          <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-          <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
-          <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
-          <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <artifactId>jersey-core</artifactId>
-          <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <artifactId>jersey-json</artifactId>
-          <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <artifactId>jersey-server</artifactId>
-          <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
-          <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jetty</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jetty-util</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <artifactId>jasper-compiler</artifactId>
-          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <artifactId>jasper-runtime</artifactId>
-          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
-          <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-          <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-core</artifactId>