diff --git a/flink-dist/pom.xml b/flink-dist/pom.xml
index dfc4f5587ba51ebe57f354c37806d132407ac56a..539ca8e5d1a916503a097429142e31d1c807f028 100644
--- a/flink-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-dist/pom.xml
@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ under the License.
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
+			<artifactId>flink-metrics-core</artifactId>
+			<version>${project.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 			<artifactId>flink-metrics-jmx</artifactId>
diff --git a/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-java/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-java/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 983eeecb571c1e5bc6c22b21c92997834fadee15..cf21de55cd2336fcb7721b257b29353fd1634a6e 100644
--- a/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-java/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-java/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -179,6 +179,11 @@ under the License.
 									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-examples-batch_2.10</exclude>
 									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-examples-streaming_2.10</exclude>
 									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-streaming-java_2.10</exclude>
+									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-streaming-scala_2.10</exclude>
+									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-scala-shell_2.10</exclude>
+									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-python</exclude>
+									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-metrics-core</exclude>
+									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-metrics-jmx</exclude>
 
 									<!-- Also exclude very big transitive dependencies of Flink
 
diff --git a/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-scala/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-scala/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index b659cf3cedfe57c0e6c737d888108cb0b54f26df..7c6227c6de4f632af1f0dd61ae0a89d1381f324d 100644
--- a/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-scala/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-scala/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -183,6 +183,11 @@ under the License.
 									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-examples-batch_2.10</exclude>
 									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-examples-streaming_2.10</exclude>
 									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-streaming-java_2.10</exclude>
+									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-streaming-scala_2.10</exclude>
+									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-scala-shell_2.10</exclude>
+									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-python</exclude>
+									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-metrics-core</exclude>
+									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-metrics-jmx</exclude>
 
 									<!-- Also exclude very big transitive dependencies of Flink