diff --git a/exec/java-exec/pom.xml b/exec/java-exec/pom.xml
index 8c1819c592f..cac559af454 100644
--- a/exec/java-exec/pom.xml
+++ b/exec/java-exec/pom.xml
@@ -509,19 +509,6 @@
       <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-api</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
-      <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-      <version>${avro.version}</version>
-      <classifier>tests</classifier>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.xerial.snappy</groupId>
-          <artifactId>snappy-java</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>nl.basjes.parse.httpdlog</groupId>
       <artifactId>httpdlog-parser</artifactId>