diff --git a/fullstack/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml b/fullstack/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml
index d12cb36..e75f98b 100644
--- a/fullstack/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/fullstack/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>2.0.2</version>
 				<configuration>
-					<source>1.6</source>
-					<target>1.6</target>
+					<source>1.7</source>
+					<target>1.7</target>
+					<fork>true</fork>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.5</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<filesets>
 						<fileset>
@@ -116,13 +118,6 @@
 			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</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>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
 			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>