diff --git a/asterix-events/pom.xml b/asterix-events/pom.xml
index 94042e1..108bde2 100644
--- a/asterix-events/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-events/pom.xml
@@ -173,5 +173,10 @@
      <type>jar</type>
      <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
+   <dependency>
+   	<groupId>log4j</groupId>
+   	<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+   	<version>1.2.9</version>
+   </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/asterix-external-data/pom.xml b/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
index d534716..842cd67 100644
--- a/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
@@ -117,6 +117,12 @@
 			<version>1.0.0</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<artifactId>rome</artifactId>
+					<groupId>net.java.dev.rome</groupId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>rome</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c313bd7..aa0bc82 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -135,14 +135,6 @@
 			<url>http://obelix.ics.uci.edu/nexus/content/repositories/algebricks-snapshots/</url>
 		</repository>
 	</repositories>
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>net.sourceforge.cobertura</groupId>
-            <artifactId>cobertura</artifactId>
-            <version>1.9.4</version>
-            <optional>true</optional>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
         <dependencyManagement>
     	<dependencies>
     		<dependency>