diff --git a/activemq-jms-server/pom.xml b/activemq-jms-server/pom.xml
index bbd74759e3..475e9ce9cd 100644
--- a/activemq-jms-server/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-jms-server/pom.xml
@@ -69,11 +69,6 @@
          <artifactId>geronimo-jta_1.1_spec</artifactId>
          <version>1.1.1</version>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-         <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
-         <artifactId>activemq-service-extensions</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
    </dependencies>
 
    <profiles>
diff --git a/activemq-web/pom.xml b/activemq-web/pom.xml
index 53b3166a1d..c675bf79ca 100644
--- a/activemq-web/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-web/pom.xml
@@ -57,13 +57,6 @@
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
 
-
-      <dependency>
-         <groupId>org.jboss.logmanager</groupId>
-         <artifactId>jboss-logmanager</artifactId>
-         <scope>test</scope>
-      </dependency>
-
       <!-- this is for the log assertion -->
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2d11a24205..31f6604645 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
       <artifactId>apache</artifactId>
       <version>16</version>
+      <relativePath>org.apache:apache</relativePath>
    </parent>
 
    <modules>
diff --git a/tests/integration-tests/pom.xml b/tests/integration-tests/pom.xml
index 93b8f9715f..3c32bfe978 100644
--- a/tests/integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -223,16 +223,6 @@
          <version>1.0.1</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
-
-      <!-- this is for the log assertion -->
-      <dependency>
-         <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
-         <artifactId>activemq-commons</artifactId>
-         <version>${project.version}</version>
-         <scope>test</scope>
-      </dependency>
-
-
    </dependencies>
 
    <build>