diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 4c7e3a36620a..1d730c8dbd58 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -239,10 +239,6 @@
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-module-scala_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
       <artifactId>derby</artifactId>
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/rest/SubmitRestProtocolMessage.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/rest/SubmitRestProtocolMessage.scala
index ef5a7e35ad56..091132d4d40a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/rest/SubmitRestProtocolMessage.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/rest/SubmitRestProtocolMessage.scala
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation._
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAutoDetect.Visibility
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude.Include
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.{DeserializationFeature, ObjectMapper, SerializationFeature}
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.scala.DefaultScalaModule
 import org.json4s.JsonAST._
 import org.json4s.jackson.JsonMethods._
 
@@ -102,7 +101,6 @@ private[spark] object SubmitRestProtocolMessage {
   private val mapper = new ObjectMapper()
     .configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false)
     .enable(SerializationFeature.INDENT_OUTPUT)
-    .registerModule(DefaultScalaModule)
 
   /**
    * Parse the value of the action field from the given JSON.
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDDOperationScope.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDDOperationScope.scala
index 53d69ba26811..c5bd59fd9e03 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDDOperationScope.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDDOperationScope.scala
@@ -19,10 +19,9 @@ package org.apache.spark.rdd
 
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.{JsonIgnore, JsonInclude, JsonPropertyOrder}
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.{JsonCreator, JsonIgnore, JsonInclude, JsonProperty, JsonPropertyOrder}
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude.Include
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.scala.DefaultScalaModule
 import com.google.common.base.Objects
 
 import org.apache.spark.SparkContext
@@ -43,10 +42,10 @@ import org.apache.spark.internal.Logging
  */
 @JsonInclude(Include.NON_NULL)
 @JsonPropertyOrder(Array("id", "name", "parent"))
-private[spark] class RDDOperationScope(
-    val name: String,
-    val parent: Option[RDDOperationScope] = None,
-    val id: String = RDDOperationScope.nextScopeId().toString) {
+private[spark] class RDDOperationScope @JsonCreator() (
+    @JsonProperty("name") val name: String,
+    @JsonProperty("parent") val parent: Option[RDDOperationScope] = None,
+    @JsonProperty("id") val id: String = RDDOperationScope.nextScopeId().toString) {
 
   def toJson: String = {
     RDDOperationScope.jsonMapper.writeValueAsString(this)
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ private[spark] class RDDOperationScope(
  * An RDD scope tracks the series of operations that created a given RDD.
  */
 private[spark] object RDDOperationScope extends Logging {
-  private val jsonMapper = new ObjectMapper().registerModule(DefaultScalaModule)
+  private val jsonMapper = new ObjectMapper()
   private val scopeCounter = new AtomicInteger(0)
 
   def fromJson(s: String): RDDOperationScope = {
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/status/api/v1/JacksonMessageWriter.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/status/api/v1/JacksonMessageWriter.scala
index f6a9f9c5573d..dc9aeb1b95ac 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/status/api/v1/JacksonMessageWriter.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/status/api/v1/JacksonMessageWriter.scala
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ private[v1] class JacksonMessageWriter extends MessageBodyWriter[Object]{
       super.writeValueAsString(t)
     }
   }
-  mapper.registerModule(com.fasterxml.jackson.module.scala.DefaultScalaModule)
   mapper.enable(SerializationFeature.INDENT_OUTPUT)
   mapper.setSerializationInclusion(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL)
   mapper.setDateFormat(JacksonMessageWriter.makeISODateFormat)
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/JsonProtocol.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/JsonProtocol.scala
index 09d955300a64..6e72b4127ad2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/JsonProtocol.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/JsonProtocol.scala
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
 import scala.collection.Map
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.scala.DefaultScalaModule
 import org.json4s.DefaultFormats
 import org.json4s.JsonAST._
 import org.json4s.JsonDSL._
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ private[spark] object JsonProtocol {
 
   private implicit val format = DefaultFormats
 
-  private val mapper = new ObjectMapper().registerModule(DefaultScalaModule)
+  private val mapper = new ObjectMapper()
 
   /** ------------------------------------------------- *
    * JSON serialization methods for SparkListenerEvents |
diff --git a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.2 b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.2
index 2c24366cc3a1..7517b524cb70 100644
--- a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.2
+++ b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.2
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ jackson-core-asl-1.9.13.jar
 jackson-databind-2.5.3.jar
 jackson-jaxrs-1.9.13.jar
 jackson-mapper-asl-1.9.13.jar
-jackson-module-scala_2.11-2.5.3.jar
 jackson-xc-1.9.13.jar
 janino-2.7.8.jar
 javax.inject-1.jar
@@ -142,7 +141,7 @@ netty-all-4.0.29.Final.jar
 objenesis-1.2.jar
 opencsv-2.3.jar
 oro-2.0.8.jar
-paranamer-2.6.jar
+paranamer-2.3.jar
 parquet-column-1.7.0.jar
 parquet-common-1.7.0.jar
 parquet-encoding-1.7.0.jar
diff --git a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.3 b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.3
index e9cb0d8f3eac..e7ce3635068a 100644
--- a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.3
+++ b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.3
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ jackson-core-asl-1.9.13.jar
 jackson-databind-2.5.3.jar
 jackson-jaxrs-1.9.13.jar
 jackson-mapper-asl-1.9.13.jar
-jackson-module-scala_2.11-2.5.3.jar
 jackson-xc-1.9.13.jar
 janino-2.7.8.jar
 java-xmlbuilder-1.0.jar
@@ -133,7 +132,7 @@ netty-all-4.0.29.Final.jar
 objenesis-1.2.jar
 opencsv-2.3.jar
 oro-2.0.8.jar
-paranamer-2.6.jar
+paranamer-2.3.jar
 parquet-column-1.7.0.jar
 parquet-common-1.7.0.jar
 parquet-encoding-1.7.0.jar
diff --git a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.4 b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.4
index d8d1840da553..7a89e0a434da 100644
--- a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.4
+++ b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.4
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ jackson-core-asl-1.9.13.jar
 jackson-databind-2.5.3.jar
 jackson-jaxrs-1.9.13.jar
 jackson-mapper-asl-1.9.13.jar
-jackson-module-scala_2.11-2.5.3.jar
 jackson-xc-1.9.13.jar
 janino-2.7.8.jar
 java-xmlbuilder-1.0.jar
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@ netty-all-4.0.29.Final.jar
 objenesis-1.2.jar
 opencsv-2.3.jar
 oro-2.0.8.jar
-paranamer-2.6.jar
+paranamer-2.3.jar
 parquet-column-1.7.0.jar
 parquet-common-1.7.0.jar
 parquet-encoding-1.7.0.jar
diff --git a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.6 b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.6
index 8beede1e38d2..16a3277f5270 100644
--- a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.6
+++ b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.6
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ jackson-core-asl-1.9.13.jar
 jackson-databind-2.5.3.jar
 jackson-jaxrs-1.9.13.jar
 jackson-mapper-asl-1.9.13.jar
-jackson-module-scala_2.11-2.5.3.jar
 jackson-xc-1.9.13.jar
 janino-2.7.8.jar
 java-xmlbuilder-1.0.jar
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ netty-all-4.0.29.Final.jar
 objenesis-1.2.jar
 opencsv-2.3.jar
 oro-2.0.8.jar
-paranamer-2.6.jar
+paranamer-2.3.jar
 parquet-column-1.7.0.jar
 parquet-common-1.7.0.jar
 parquet-encoding-1.7.0.jar
diff --git a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.7 b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.7
index a9d814f94487..70dbaee45848 100644
--- a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.7
+++ b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.7
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ jackson-core-asl-1.9.13.jar
 jackson-databind-2.5.3.jar
 jackson-jaxrs-1.9.13.jar
 jackson-mapper-asl-1.9.13.jar
-jackson-module-scala_2.11-2.5.3.jar
 jackson-xc-1.9.13.jar
 janino-2.7.8.jar
 java-xmlbuilder-1.0.jar
@@ -141,7 +140,7 @@ netty-all-4.0.29.Final.jar
 objenesis-1.2.jar
 opencsv-2.3.jar
 oro-2.0.8.jar
-paranamer-2.6.jar
+paranamer-2.3.jar
 parquet-column-1.7.0.jar
 parquet-common-1.7.0.jar
 parquet-encoding-1.7.0.jar
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 984b2859efbe..20522524d4a6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -574,19 +574,6 @@
         <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
         <version>${fasterxml.jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
-      <!-- Guava is excluded because of SPARK-6149.  The Guava version referenced in this module is
-           15.0, which causes runtime incompatibility issues. -->
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jackson-module-scala_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
-        <version>${fasterxml.jackson.version}</version>
-        <exclusions>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
-        </exclusions>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
         <artifactId>jersey-server</artifactId>