diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b25aa953a5af6..53b110cbe8186 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -271,7 +271,6 @@ project(':core') {
     compile 'com.yammer.metrics:metrics-core:2.2.0'
     compile 'net.sf.jopt-simple:jopt-simple:4.9'
     if (baseScalaVersion == '2.11') {
-      compile 'org.scala-lang.modules:scala-xml_2.11:1.0.4'
       compile 'org.scala-lang.modules:scala-parser-combinators_2.11:1.0.4'
     }
 
@@ -283,7 +282,6 @@ project(':core') {
     testCompile project(':clients').sourceSets.test.output
     testCompile 'org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-minikdc:2.7.1'
     testRuntime "$slf4jlog4j"
-    zinc 'com.typesafe.zinc:zinc:0.3.7'
   }
 
   configurations {