diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8df2840..7fece44 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@
         </dependencies>
         <configuration>
           <forkMode>pertest</forkMode>
-          <argLine>-enableassertions -Djava.util.logging.config.file=${user.home}/logging.properties -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,address=8000,suspend=n ${jvm.extraargs} -Xmx2048m</argLine>
-          <groups>java.lang.String</groups>
+          <argLine>-enableassertions -Djava.util.logging.config.file=${user.home}/logging.properties -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,address=8000,suspend=n -Xmx2048m</argLine>
           <failIfNoTests>false</failIfNoTests>
           <includes>
             <include>**/*Test.java</include>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml
index 63c6572..ed3e23f 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml
@@ -111,11 +111,6 @@
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-		  <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-		  <artifactId>hyracks-test-infrastructure</artifactId>
-		  <version>0.2.11-SNAPSHOT</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.collections</groupId>
 			<artifactId>google-collections</artifactId>
 			<version>1.0</version>