diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index a333bff28c24..d3a81d564c2e 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -46,14 +46,6 @@
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
-            <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
-            <artifactId>avro-ipc</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
             <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>