diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 50f3c866997..eb3b98e070b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,17 +20,17 @@
     <artifactId>doc-samples</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
-    <!-- Parent POM defines common plugins and properties. -->
+    <!--
+      The parent pom defines common style checks and testing strategies for our samples.
+      Removing or replacing it should not affect the execution of the samples in anyway.
+    -->
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud.samples</groupId>
         <artifactId>shared-configuration</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.6</version>
+        <version>1.0.8</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
-        <project.http.version>1.19.0</project.http.version>
-        <project.oauth.version>1.19.0</project.oauth.version>
-
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
     </properties>
@@ -97,35 +97,4 @@
         <module>vision/text</module>
     </modules>
 
-    <dependencyManagement>
-        <dependencies>
-        <!-- Compile/runtime dependencies -->
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>jstl</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <!-- Test Dependencies -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.12</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.13.0</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.jcabi</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jcabi-matchers</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4</version>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-  </dependencyManagement>
-
 </project>