diff --git a/flink-addons/flink-streaming/flink-streaming-examples/pom.xml b/flink-addons/flink-streaming/flink-streaming-examples/pom.xml
index 228d69c4501d195f2be666183bd57aa0b412f20c..c4534c54d5edc5cb41eff78e72db559b2f767c73 100644
--- a/flink-addons/flink-streaming/flink-streaming-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-addons/flink-streaming/flink-streaming-examples/pom.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ under the License.
 			<artifactId>flink-streaming-connectors</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
+		
+		<!--  guava needs to be in "provided" scope, so to not re-export the dependency -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+			<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+			<version>${guava.version}</version>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
 
 	</dependencies>
 
diff --git a/flink-examples/flink-java-examples/pom.xml b/flink-examples/flink-java-examples/pom.xml
index 836b0bc313d7986780a10292649fc27f941a0373..87395742253c4c3133748cd38f467508b54b68a0 100644
--- a/flink-examples/flink-java-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-examples/flink-java-examples/pom.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ under the License.
 			<artifactId>flink-java</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
+		
+		<!--  guava needs to be in "provided" scope, so to not re-export the dependency -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+			<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+			<version>${guava.version}</version>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 	
 	
diff --git a/flink-examples/flink-scala-examples/pom.xml b/flink-examples/flink-scala-examples/pom.xml
index a3eba40478de49c4b0acaac4114d6c9676ca6b5c..a22558dbfa781b35bab6f0f23ed40b642086502f 100644
--- a/flink-examples/flink-scala-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-examples/flink-scala-examples/pom.xml
@@ -38,11 +38,20 @@ under the License.
 			<artifactId>flink-scala</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
+		
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 			<artifactId>flink-java-examples</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
+		
+		<!--  guava needs to be in "provided" scope, so to not re-export the dependency -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+			<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+			<version>${guava.version}</version>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d368aa949b0f3816352e791d1e40d01b73a24224..30777788f574c00548a183305ca6da5f227f15fe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -145,13 +145,6 @@ under the License.
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-        
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-            <version>${guava.version}</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 	
 	<!-- this section defines the module versions that are used if nothing else is specified. -->