diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/BuildPlugin.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/BuildPlugin.groovy
index e39e52214da..a8a83676797 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/BuildPlugin.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/BuildPlugin.groovy
@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ class BuildPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
     /** Adds repositores used by ES dependencies */
     static void configureRepositories(Project project) {
         RepositoryHandler repos = project.repositories
-        repos.mavenLocal() // nocommit: remove
         repos.mavenCentral()
         repos.maven {
             name 'sonatype-snapshots'
diff --git a/test-framework/build.gradle b/test-framework/build.gradle
index 2528264c32b..8252df9e3dc 100644
--- a/test-framework/build.gradle
+++ b/test-framework/build.gradle
@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ apply plugin: 'com.bmuschko.nexus'
 
 dependencies {
   compile "org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch:${version}"
-  compile "com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting:randomizedtesting-runner:${versions.randomizedrunner}@jar"
-  compile "junit:junit:${versions.junit}@jar"
-  compile 'org.hamcrest:hamcrest-all:1.3@jar'
-  compile "org.apache.lucene:lucene-test-framework:${versions.lucene}@jar"
-  compile "org.apache.lucene:lucene-codecs:${versions.lucene}@jar"
-  compile "org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:${versions.httpclient}@jar"
-  compile "org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore:${versions.httpcore}@jar"
-  compile "commons-logging:commons-logging:${versions.commonslogging}@jar"
-  compile "commons-codec:commons-codec:${versions.commonscodec}@jar"
+  compile "com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting:randomizedtesting-runner:${versions.randomizedrunner}"
+  compile "junit:junit:${versions.junit}"
+  compile 'org.hamcrest:hamcrest-all:1.3'
+  compile "org.apache.lucene:lucene-test-framework:${versions.lucene}"
+  compile "org.apache.lucene:lucene-codecs:${versions.lucene}"
+  compile "org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:${versions.httpclient}"
+  compile "org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore:${versions.httpcore}"
+  compile "commons-logging:commons-logging:${versions.commonslogging}"
+  compile "commons-codec:commons-codec:${versions.commonscodec}"
 }
 
 compileJava.options.compilerArgs << '-Xlint:-cast,-deprecation,-fallthrough,-overrides,-rawtypes,-serial,-try,-unchecked'