diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml
index 8411b24..fc1f34a 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml
@@ -313,13 +313,6 @@
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree</groupId>
-			<artifactId>btreehelper</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
 			<version>0.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/resources/hyracks-deployment.properties b/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/resources/hyracks-deployment.properties
index 8c84699..d5d7cd0 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/resources/hyracks-deployment.properties
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/resources/hyracks-deployment.properties
@@ -1,17 +1 @@
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# /*
-#  * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
-#  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-#  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-#  * you may obtain a copy of the License from
-#  * 
-#  *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#  * 
-#  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-#  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-#  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-#  * limitations under the License.
-#  */
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-nc.bootstrap.class=edu.uci.ics.pregelix.runtime.bootstrap.NCBootstrapImpl
+nc.bootstrap.class=edu.uci.ics.pregelix.runtime.bootstrap.NCBootstrapImpl
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml
index 484df6c..f1473d9 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml
@@ -131,13 +131,6 @@
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree</groupId>
-			<artifactId>btreehelper</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
 			<version>0.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml
index 5482787..a2978ec 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml
@@ -131,13 +131,6 @@
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree</groupId>
-			<artifactId>btreehelper</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
 			<version>0.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml
index 0b017ba..6536aa6 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -145,13 +145,6 @@
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree</groupId>
-			<artifactId>btreehelper</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
 			<version>0.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>