diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/pom.xml
index 849efe3..3426293 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <configuration>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hadoop/compat/client/HyracksClient.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hadoop/compat/client/HyracksClient.java
index dfd229a..89cc1e5 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hadoop/compat/client/HyracksClient.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hadoop/compat/client/HyracksClient.java
@@ -40,35 +40,19 @@
         initialize(properties);
     }
 
-    private Set<String> getRequiredLibs(Set<String> userLibs) {
-        Set<String> requiredLibs = new HashSet<String>();
-        for (String systemLib : systemLibs) {
-            requiredLibs.add(systemLib);
-        }
-        for (String userLib : userLibs) {
-            requiredLibs.add(userLib);
-        }
-        return requiredLibs;
-    }
-
     public JobStatus getJobStatus(JobId jobId) throws Exception {
         return connection.getJobStatus(jobId);
     }
 
-    private void createApplication(String applicationName, Set<String> userLibs) throws Exception {
-        connection.createApplication(applicationName,
-                Utilities.getHyracksArchive(applicationName, getRequiredLibs(userLibs)));
-    }
-
     public HyracksRunningJob submitJob(String applicationName, JobSpecification spec) throws Exception {
         String jobProfilingVal = System.getenv(jobProfilingKey);
         boolean doProfiling = ("true".equalsIgnoreCase(jobProfilingVal));
         JobId jobId;
         if (doProfiling) {
             System.out.println("PROFILING");
-            jobId = connection.startJob(applicationName, spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
+            jobId = connection.startJob(spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
         } else {
-            jobId = connection.startJob(applicationName, spec);
+            jobId = connection.startJob(spec);
         }
         HyracksRunningJob runningJob = new HyracksRunningJob(jobId, spec, this);
         return runningJob;
@@ -76,7 +60,6 @@
 
     public HyracksRunningJob submitJob(String applicationName, JobSpecification spec, Set<String> userLibs)
             throws Exception {
-        createApplication(applicationName, userLibs);
         return submitJob(applicationName, spec);
     }