diff --git a/activemq-leveldb-store/pom.xml b/activemq-leveldb-store/pom.xml
index 75d6d01536..37f4040fed 100644
--- a/activemq-leveldb-store/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-leveldb-store/pom.xml
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
       <version>${hadoop-version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <!-- hadoop's transative dependencies are such a pig -->
         <exclusion>