diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 81b6498a8d7..8782a9ee95e 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -44,10 +44,44 @@
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.elasticsearch</groupId>
-            <artifactId>elasticsearch-lucene</artifactId>
-            <version>${elasticsearch.version}</version>
-            <type>pom</type>
+            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lucene-core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lucene-backward-codecs</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lucene-analyzers-common</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lucene-queries</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lucene-memory</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lucene-highlighter</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lucene-queryparser</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lucene-suggest</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lucene-join</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lucene-spatial</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
diff --git a/distribution/shaded/pom.xml b/distribution/shaded/pom.xml
index 2302d1db2a6..7024504a7ec 100644
--- a/distribution/shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/shaded/pom.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@
                     <dependencyReducedPomLocation>${project.build.directory}/dependency-reduced-pom.xml</dependencyReducedPomLocation>
                     <artifactSet>
                         <excludes>
-                            <exclude>org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch-lucene</exclude>
                             <exclude>org.apache.lucene:*</exclude>
                             <exclude>com.spatial4j:*</exclude>
                         </excludes>
diff --git a/lucene/pom.xml b/lucene/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index c2e4b8975d1..00000000000
--- a/lucene/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <parent>
-        <artifactId>elasticsearch-parent</artifactId>
-        <groupId>org.elasticsearch</groupId>
-        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </parent>
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-    <artifactId>elasticsearch-lucene</artifactId>
-    <name>Lucene dependencies for elasticsearch</name>
-    <packaging>pom</packaging>
-
-    <properties>
-        <skip.integ.tests>true</skip.integ.tests>
-    </properties>
-
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
-            <artifactId>lucene-core</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
-            <artifactId>lucene-backward-codecs</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
-            <artifactId>lucene-analyzers-common</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
-            <artifactId>lucene-queries</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
-            <artifactId>lucene-memory</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
-            <artifactId>lucene-highlighter</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
-            <artifactId>lucene-queryparser</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
-            <artifactId>lucene-suggest</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
-            <artifactId>lucene-join</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
-            <artifactId>lucene-spatial</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-</project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8fc826bc7e5..a66f5ba5b43 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1487,7 +1487,6 @@ org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.custom_code_templates=<?xml version\="1.0" encoding\="UT
     <modules>
         <module>dev-tools</module>
         <module>rest-api-spec</module>
-        <module>lucene</module>
         <module>core</module>
         <module>distribution</module>
         <module>plugins</module>
diff --git a/qa/smoke-test-shaded/pom.xml b/qa/smoke-test-shaded/pom.xml
index d0bb0ede85f..711259e6dba 100644
--- a/qa/smoke-test-shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/qa/smoke-test-shaded/pom.xml
@@ -24,18 +24,6 @@
             <groupId>org.elasticsearch.distribution.shaded</groupId>
             <artifactId>elasticsearch</artifactId>
             <version>${elasticsearch.version}</version>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>org.elasticsearch</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>elasticsearch</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.elasticsearch</groupId>
-            <artifactId>elasticsearch-lucene</artifactId>
-            <version>${elasticsearch.version}</version>
-            <type>pom</type>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>