diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index abba23d3308..f91ea6b90ba 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -32,20 +32,9 @@
         <mockito.version>2.22.0</mockito.version>
     </properties>
 
+    <!--Maven checks for dependendies from these repos in the order shown in the pom.xml
+        This isn't well documented and seems to change between maven versions -MAD 4.9.4 -->
     <repositories>
-        <repository>
-            <id>prime-repo</id>
-            <name>PrimeFaces Maven Repository</name>
-            <url>http://repository.primefaces.org</url>
-            <layout>default</layout>
-        </repository>
-        <!-- Geo Toolkit repository is need to obtain the JAI (advanced imaging) libraries; since Oracle kind of abandoned that project, the jars seem to have disappeared from the central repository as well. -->
-        <repository>
-            <id>geotk-repo</id>
-            <name>Geo Toolkit Maven Repository</name>
-            <url>http://maven.geotoolkit.org</url>
-            <layout>default</layout>
-        </repository>
         <repository>
             <id>central-repo</id>
             <name>Central Repository</name>
@@ -53,9 +42,10 @@
             <layout>default</layout>
         </repository>
         <repository>
-            <id>dvn.private</id>
-            <name>Local repository for hosting jars not available from network repositories.</name>
-            <url>file://${project.basedir}/local_lib</url>
+            <id>prime-repo</id>
+            <name>PrimeFaces Maven Repository</name>
+            <url>http://repository.primefaces.org</url>
+            <layout>default</layout>
         </repository>
         <repository>
             <id>dataone.org</id>
@@ -67,7 +57,11 @@
                 <enabled>true</enabled>
             </snapshots>
         </repository>
-
+        <repository>
+            <id>dvn.private</id>
+            <name>Local repository for hosting jars not available from network repositories.</name>
+            <url>file://${project.basedir}/local_lib</url>
+        </repository>
     </repositories>
   
     <!--            Due to our old version of glassfish and its version of jackson,
@@ -335,19 +329,9 @@
         </dependency>
         <!-- JAI (Java Advanced Imaging) jars: -->
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>javax.media</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jai_imageio</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1.1</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>javax.media</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jai_core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1.3</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>javax.media</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jai_codec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1.3</version>
+            <groupId>com.github.jai-imageio</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jai-imageio-core</artifactId>
+            <version>1.3.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.ocpsoft.rewrite</groupId>