diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 4c7e3a36620a9e6aaa22e4eacd86018be691ae69..7349ad35b9595754acbaca61441c5aaec6c366d1 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.json4s</groupId>
       <artifactId>json4s-jackson_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
-      <version>3.2.10</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
diff --git a/mllib-local/pom.xml b/mllib-local/pom.xml
index c56561f21592651afeed2132a83fe7581f1f5fb7..68f15dd905028817cc966086423c73016323802e 100644
--- a/mllib-local/pom.xml
+++ b/mllib-local/pom.xml
@@ -38,19 +38,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.scalanlp</groupId>
       <artifactId>breeze_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
-      <version>0.11.2</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- This is included as a compile-scoped dependency by jtransforms, which is
-             a dependency of breeze. -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>junit</groupId>
-          <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-          <artifactId>commons-math3</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
diff --git a/mllib/pom.xml b/mllib/pom.xml
index e56eafc3006bd092394879bcf39481e5ec4b34bb..24d8274e2222ff1457d96c022cd3164a85f67d76 100644
--- a/mllib/pom.xml
+++ b/mllib/pom.xml
@@ -77,19 +77,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.scalanlp</groupId>
       <artifactId>breeze_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
-      <version>0.11.2</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- This is included as a compile-scoped dependency by jtransforms, which is
-             a dependency of breeze. -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>junit</groupId>
-          <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-          <artifactId>commons-math3</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4585c8b9c2b0bbf83c06894405ff4c2d20d9ee64..a772d513372e77bae4370870e59620b15f09b858 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -584,6 +584,28 @@
         <version>${jersey.version}</version>
         <scope>${hadoop.deps.scope}</scope>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.scalanlp</groupId>
+        <artifactId>breeze_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+        <version>0.11.2</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <!-- This is included as a compile-scoped dependency by jtransforms, which is
+               a dependency of breeze. -->
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-math3</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.json4s</groupId>
+        <artifactId>json4s-jackson_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+        <version>3.2.10</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
         <artifactId>jersey-json</artifactId>