diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml
index 8870ce2..99f1c2f 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml
@@ -52,18 +52,6 @@
         </executions>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>jar</goal>
-              <goal>test-jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
         <groupId>pl.project13.maven</groupId>
         <artifactId>git-commit-id-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.2.0</version>
@@ -253,13 +241,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
       <type>jar</type>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
-      <type>jar</type>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>xerces</groupId>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-installer/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-installer/pom.xml
index 1fa3eb7..da93e65 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-installer/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-installer/pom.xml
@@ -318,13 +318,6 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
-      <artifactId>asterix-app</artifactId>
-      <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      <type>test-jar</type>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
       <artifactId>asterix-server</artifactId>
       <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <type>zip</type>
diff --git a/asterixdb/pom.xml b/asterixdb/pom.xml
index 676683e..6fec98e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/pom.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
     <artifactId>apache</artifactId>
     <version>LATEST</version>
+    <relativePath/>
   </parent>
 
   <licenses>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
index 7699520..59c30c1 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
     <artifactId>apache</artifactId>
     <version>LATEST</version>
+    <relativePath/>
   </parent>
 
   <licenses>