diff --git a/aws/pom.xml b/aws/pom.xml
index 9462a700fd..e28c50d49c 100644
--- a/aws/pom.xml
+++ b/aws/pom.xml
@@ -53,18 +53,6 @@
             <version>${project.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-            <type>test-jar</type>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
@@ -72,11 +60,6 @@
             <type>test-jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.jamesmurty.utils</groupId>
-            <artifactId>java-xmlbuilder</artifactId>
-            <version>0.3</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
diff --git a/nirvanix/sdn/pom.xml b/nirvanix/sdn/pom.xml
index cd74b529b9..e5b5ba9298 100644
--- a/nirvanix/sdn/pom.xml
+++ b/nirvanix/sdn/pom.xml
@@ -45,18 +45,5 @@
         <jclouds.test.appname>${jclouds.nirvanix.sdn.appname}</jclouds.test.appname>
         <jclouds.test.appid>${jclouds.nirvanix.sdn.appkey}</jclouds.test.appid>
     </properties>
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-            <type>test-jar</type>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-   </dependencies>
+
 </project>