diff --git a/asterix-algebra/pom.xml b/asterix-algebra/pom.xml
index 0a8a480..86d621b 100644
--- a/asterix-algebra/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-algebra/pom.xml
@@ -105,9 +105,6 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.json</groupId>
 			<artifactId>json</artifactId>
-			<version>20090211</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/asterix-app/pom.xml b/asterix-app/pom.xml
index 1c5cce7..de5558d 100644
--- a/asterix-app/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-app/pom.xml
@@ -100,9 +100,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
 			<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
-			<version>2.5</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
@@ -216,11 +214,6 @@
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
                 <dependency>
-                    <groupId>net.sourceforge.cobertura</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>cobertura</artifactId>
-                    <version>1.9.4</version>
-                </dependency>
-                <dependency>
                 	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
                 	<artifactId>asterix-test-framework</artifactId>
                 	<version>0.0.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
diff --git a/asterix-external-data/pom.xml b/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
index 2e99b7c..d534716 100644
--- a/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
@@ -71,9 +71,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
 			<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
-			<version>2.5</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f4c46c6..c313bd7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -232,6 +232,18 @@
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex</artifactId>
 			<version>${hyracks.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.json</groupId>
+			<artifactId>json</artifactId>
+			<version>20090211</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+			<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+			<version>2.5</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+		</dependency>
     	</dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
 </project>