diff --git a/hadoop-cblock/pom.xml b/hadoop-cblock/pom.xml
index c6eb33e075f..a713654f835 100644
--- a/hadoop-cblock/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-cblock/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   </modules>
 
   <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdsl/client/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdsl/client/pom.xml
index af03ca23b67..1f1eaf0e898 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdsl/client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdsl/client/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdsl/common/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdsl/common/pom.xml
index 299b79f208d..c2323af3a0d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdsl/common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdsl/common/pom.xml
@@ -34,23 +34,6 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs-client</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <!-- ideally it should be removed. Required by metadata -> batch operation
-    and Storage ContainerDatanodeProtocol -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.fusesource.leveldbjni</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdsl/container-service/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdsl/container-service/pom.xml
index 4e2d2871eac..7d6d5433963 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdsl/container-service/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdsl/container-service/pom.xml
@@ -34,31 +34,15 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-server-framework</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-      <type>test-jar</type>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-      <type>test-jar</type>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdsl/framework/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdsl/framework/pom.xml
index 2c3857389bf..44ef7fedf6c 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdsl/framework/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdsl/framework/pom.xml
@@ -36,22 +36,11 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdsl/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdsl/pom.xml
index e6f856e4524..0a40fbb2622 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdsl/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdsl/pom.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,43 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   </modules>
 
   <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs-client</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+      <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdsl/server-scm/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdsl/server-scm/pom.xml
index 802120be225..e7b8bf0e222 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdsl/server-scm/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdsl/server-scm/pom.xml
@@ -37,42 +37,27 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-container-service</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-client</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-server-framework</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-      <type>test-jar</type>
-    </dependency>
-
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-      <type>test-jar</type>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-container-service</artifactId>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdsl/tools/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdsl/tools/pom.xml
index c18b185230f..7a5eb0a00b8 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdsl/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdsl/tools/pom.xml
@@ -37,14 +37,17 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-client</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/client/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/client/pom.xml
index 8ce22f725ff..b1eb587c639 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/client/pom.xml
@@ -34,29 +34,10 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-common</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-ozone-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-client</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-      <type>test-jar</type>
-    </dependency>
-
   </dependencies>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/common/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/common/pom.xml
index 809225733c0..40b905a6ba0 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/common/pom.xml
@@ -34,26 +34,6 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-server-framework</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-common</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-      <type>test-jar</type>
-    </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/pom.xml
index 64e49794f07..9d9755392f0 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/pom.xml
@@ -30,65 +30,30 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
   <dependencies>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-ozone-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-ozone-ozone-manager</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-ozone-tools</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-tools</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-server-scm</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-container-service</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-ozone-objectstore-service</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-      <type>test-jar</type>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-server-scm</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-      <type>test-jar</type>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-ozone-client</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-      <type>test-jar</type>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-container-service</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-      <type>test-jar</type>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-ozone-tools</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/objectstore-service/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/objectstore-service/pom.xml
index de62f31fa1a..8cfe037820c 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/objectstore-service/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/objectstore-service/pom.xml
@@ -38,11 +38,13 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-ozone-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-ozone-client</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -59,11 +61,6 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-container-service</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <plugins>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/pom.xml
index 513645221fd..b0bc73dc962 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/pom.xml
@@ -34,35 +34,17 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-server-framework</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-ozone-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-ozone-client</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-common</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-      <type>test-jar</type>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/pom.xml
index 33e489afc9c..6878f3c93c4 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,75 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   </modules>
 
   <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs-client</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-server-framework</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-server-scm</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-container-service</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-client</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-tools</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-server-scm</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-container-service</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/tools/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/tools/pom.xml
index 129f47d79cb..dcd279864d1 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/tools/pom.xml
@@ -34,9 +34,15 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-ozone-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-ozone-client</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-ozone/pom.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-ozone/pom.xml
index 8a2176ccaa6..a58b8755a9f 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-ozone/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-ozone/pom.xml
@@ -68,6 +68,32 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs-client</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-hdsl-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-ozone-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-ozone-objectstore-service</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
@@ -78,7 +104,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-ozone-client</artifactId>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
@@ -89,13 +115,9 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-ozone-integration-test</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
       <type>test-jar</type>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs-client</artifactId>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>