diff --git a/sdks/java/io/bigquery-io-perf-tests/build.gradle b/sdks/java/io/bigquery-io-perf-tests/build.gradle
index 8d5cf89195d3..ee5c12332de1 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/bigquery-io-perf-tests/build.gradle
+++ b/sdks/java/io/bigquery-io-perf-tests/build.gradle
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins { id 'org.apache.beam.module' }
-applyJavaNature(exportJavadoc: false, publish: false)
+applyJavaNature(enableStrictDependencies: true, exportJavadoc: false, publish: false)
 provideIntegrationTestingDependencies()
 enableJavaPerformanceTesting()
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ description = "Apache Beam :: SDKs :: Java :: Google BigQuery IO Performance tes
 ext.summary = "Performance tests for Google BigQuery IO sources and sinks"
 
 dependencies {
-    compile library.java.google_api_services_bigquery
+    testCompile library.java.google_api_services_bigquery
     testCompile project(path: ":sdks:java:core", configuration: "shadowTest")
     testCompile project(path: ":sdks:java:testing:test-utils", configuration: "testRuntime")
     testCompile project(path: ":sdks:java:extensions:google-cloud-platform-core", configuration: "testRuntime")
@@ -34,7 +34,4 @@ dependencies {
     testCompile project(path: ":sdks:java:io:google-cloud-platform", configuration: "testRuntime")
     testCompile project(":sdks:java:io:synthetic")
     testCompile library.java.junit
-    testCompile library.java.hamcrest_core
-    testCompile library.java.jaxb_api
-    testCompile library.java.jaxb_impl
 }