diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-core/pom.xml b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-core/pom.xml
index c54204c7a745..fb19cccb756d 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-core/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-core/pom.xml
@@ -18,29 +18,11 @@
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-core</site.installationModule>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
-      <artifactId>google-http-client</artifactId>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
       <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
@@ -51,10 +33,6 @@
       <artifactId>objenesis</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.api</groupId>
-      <artifactId>api-common</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.api</groupId>
       <artifactId>gax</artifactId>
@@ -81,10 +59,5 @@
       <artifactId>guava-testlib</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.checkerframework</groupId>
-      <artifactId>checker-compat-qual</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>