diff --git a/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml b/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml
index 244d5456ab..eaf7b5ca4d 100644
--- a/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml
@@ -63,18 +63,6 @@
       <groupId>com.google.auto.value</groupId>
       <artifactId>auto-value-annotations</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.api</groupId>
-      <artifactId>gax</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
-      <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
-      <artifactId>google-http-client</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
       <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>