diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/pom.xml b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/pom.xml
index ce61422..20268df 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/pom.xml
@@ -48,11 +48,6 @@
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.20.2</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
 			<groupId>jline</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jline</artifactId>
 			<version>0.9.94</version>
@@ -237,13 +232,6 @@
 			<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>commons-logging</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
 			<version>1.1.1</version>
@@ -273,6 +261,27 @@
 			<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>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hivesterix-translator</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hivesterix-optimizer</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
 			<version>0.90.3</version>
@@ -300,20 +309,6 @@
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hivesterix-translator</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hivesterix-optimizer</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/test/base/AbstractTestSuiteClass.java b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/test/base/AbstractTestSuiteClass.java
index b258221..09b632a 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/test/base/AbstractTestSuiteClass.java
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/test/base/AbstractTestSuiteClass.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.conf.HiveConf;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobConf;
-import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MiniMRCluster;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hivesterix.common.config.ConfUtil;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.HyracksConnection;
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@
 
     private Properties clusterProps;
     private MiniDFSCluster dfsCluster;
-    private MiniMRCluster mrCluster;
 
     private JobConf conf = new JobConf();
     protected FileSystem dfs;
@@ -82,10 +80,6 @@
         System.setProperty("hadoop.log.dir", "logs");
         dfsCluster = new MiniDFSCluster(hconf, numberOfNC, true, null);
         dfs = dfsCluster.getFileSystem();
-
-        mrCluster = new MiniMRCluster(2, dfs.getUri().toString(), 1);
-        hconf.setVar(HiveConf.ConfVars.HADOOPJT, "localhost:" + mrCluster.getJobTrackerPort());
-
         conf = new JobConf(hconf);
         ConfUtil.setJobConf(conf);
 
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-runtime/pom.xml b/hivesterix/hivesterix-runtime/pom.xml
index 77db0d4..24e8c11 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -49,11 +49,6 @@
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.20.2</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
 			<groupId>jline</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jline</artifactId>
 			<version>0.9.94</version>
@@ -238,13 +233,6 @@
 			<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>commons-logging</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
 			<version>1.1.1</version>
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-serde/pom.xml b/hivesterix/hivesterix-serde/pom.xml
index 0ba73bd..aa649cb 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-serde/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-serde/pom.xml
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@
 			<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>hivesterix-common</artifactId>
+                        <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                        <type>jar</type>
+                        <scope>compile</scope>
+                </dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>