diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-api/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-api/pom.xml
index 2caa93b..cdb5adf 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-api/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-api/pom.xml
@@ -77,11 +77,11 @@
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.20.2</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
+                        <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>hyracks-hdfs</artifactId>
+                        <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                        <type>jar</type>
+                        <scope>compile</scope>
+                </dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml
index 34faa82..c630145 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml
@@ -246,12 +246,10 @@
 			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.20.2</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
+                        <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>hyracks-hdfs</artifactId>
+                        <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                </dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
@@ -281,13 +279,6 @@
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hadoop-test</artifactId>
-			<version>0.20.2</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.kenai.nbpwr</groupId>
 			<artifactId>org-apache-commons-io</artifactId>
 			<version>1.3.1-201002241208</version>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml
index 6c039bf..fede9e0 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml
@@ -101,14 +101,16 @@
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
 			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+                        <scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.20.2</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
+                        <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>hyracks-hdfs</artifactId>
+                        <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                        <type>jar</type>
+                        <scope>compile</scope>
+                </dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml
index 31b6adc..8948fc0 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml
@@ -103,13 +103,6 @@
 			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.20.2</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
 			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml
index 1c414ff..82be6b9 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -117,13 +117,6 @@
 			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.20.2</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
 			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>