diff --git a/watcher/pom.xml b/watcher/pom.xml
index f527abddd9b..fdbef37b908 100644
--- a/watcher/pom.xml
+++ b/watcher/pom.xml
@@ -37,21 +37,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
-            <artifactId>lucene-expressions</artifactId>
-            <version>${lucene.maven.version}</version>
-            <scope>compile</scope>
-            <optional>true</optional>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.17</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
@@ -66,14 +51,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- needed for tests that use templating -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.github.spullara.mustache.java</groupId>
-            <artifactId>compiler</artifactId>
-            <version>0.8.13</version>
-            <optional>true</optional>
-        </dependency>
-
         <!-- Regular dependencies -->
 
         <dependency>