diff --git a/flink-runtime/pom.xml b/flink-runtime/pom.xml
index 0ccef7c11ccb81da2292506a8751659c3683a91e..6e881521cdcc71a176ceabbb711ff764f7621119 100644
--- a/flink-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -304,11 +304,6 @@ under the License.
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.typesafe.akka</groupId>
-			<artifactId>akka-testkit_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.reflections</groupId>
 			<artifactId>reflections</artifactId>
diff --git a/flink-tests/pom.xml b/flink-tests/pom.xml
index fdc55fc5cbd73cf1b56d098018ee1259a354bb7b..e8add1a0fe28166712ee965a35750d56143f655e 100644
--- a/flink-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-tests/pom.xml
@@ -205,11 +205,6 @@ under the License.
 			<artifactId>scalatest_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.typesafe.akka</groupId>
-			<artifactId>akka-testkit_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
 		
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>joda-time</groupId>