diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-layer/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-layer/pom.xml
index b1fdae0c0..8453b492d 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-layer/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-layer/pom.xml
@@ -28,18 +28,9 @@
   <artifactId>archiva-repository-layer</artifactId>
   <name>Archiva Repository Interface Layer</name>
   <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-        <artifactId>plexus-spring</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
-      <artifactId>archiva-configuration</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
-      <artifactId>archiva-dependency-graph</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>archiva-model</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
@@ -47,54 +38,17 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
-      <artifactId>archiva-model</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>archiva-dependency-graph</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
-      <artifactId>archiva-xml-tools</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-expression-evaluator</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-component-api</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus.cache</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-cache-api</artifactId>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus.cache</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-cache-ehcache</artifactId>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <artifactId>archiva-configuration</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>xmlunit</groupId>
       <artifactId>xmlunit</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus.registry</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-registry-commons</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-slf4j-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1-alpha-1</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <plugins>