diff --git a/drkafka/pom.xml b/drkafka/pom.xml
index 9f2f560c..900019f8 100644
--- a/drkafka/pom.xml
+++ b/drkafka/pom.xml
@@ -157,16 +157,6 @@
 			<version>${dropwizard.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
-			<artifactId>kafka_2.12</artifactId>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-					<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
-		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 	<build>
 		<resources>
@@ -260,22 +250,6 @@
 					</execution>
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-				<executions>
-					<execution>
-						<phase>package</phase>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>single</goal>
-						</goals>
-					</execution>
-				</executions>
-				<configuration>
-					<descriptorRefs>
-						<descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-					</descriptorRefs>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/kafkastats/pom.xml b/kafkastats/pom.xml
index 6dd52630..0468166c 100644
--- a/kafkastats/pom.xml
+++ b/kafkastats/pom.xml
@@ -151,22 +151,6 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>single</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-                <configuration>
-                    <descriptorRefs>
-                        <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-                    </descriptorRefs>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ff5e6edd..9d1e5303 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -93,16 +93,17 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
 			<artifactId>kafka_2.12</artifactId>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+					<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
 			<artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
-			<artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-			<version>1.8.2</version>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
@@ -160,6 +161,20 @@
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
+		<pluginManagement>
+			<plugins>
+				<plugin>
+					<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+					<artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+					<version>3.1.0</version>
+				</plugin>
+				<plugin>
+					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+					<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+					<version>3.2.1</version>
+				</plugin>
+			</plugins>
+		</pluginManagement>
 	</build>
 	<distributionManagement>
 		<repository>