diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-container/pom.xml b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-container/pom.xml
index bd7b9b9c5d38..e5f3c55b990e 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-container/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-container/pom.xml
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@
     <artifact.version>${project.version}</artifact.version>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-      <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-core-grpc</artifactId>
@@ -35,18 +31,6 @@
       <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
       <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-container-v1</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
-      <artifactId>grpc-netty-shaded</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
-      <artifactId>grpc-stub</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
-      <artifactId>grpc-auth</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
 
     <!-- Test dependencies -->
     <dependency>
@@ -54,26 +38,6 @@
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
-      <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.objenesis</groupId>
-      <artifactId>objenesis</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.truth</groupId>
-      <artifactId>truth</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
-      <artifactId>grpc-google-iam-v1</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <!-- Need testing utility classes for generated gRPC clients tests -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.api</groupId>
@@ -108,4 +72,4 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </reporting>
-</project>
+</project>
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