diff --git a/external/flume-sink/pom.xml b/external/flume-sink/pom.xml
index 40d7e09edaf16..4937e1ca42357 100644
--- a/external/flume-sink/pom.xml
+++ b/external/flume-sink/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
       <version>1.4.0</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
+          <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
           <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.flume</groupId>
       <artifactId>flume-ng-core</artifactId>
       <version>1.4.0</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.thrift</groupId>
+          <artifactId>libthrift</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
@@ -64,7 +74,6 @@
         <artifactId>avro-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>1.7.3</version>
         <configuration>
-          <stringType>String</stringType>
           <!-- Generate the output in the same directory as the sbt-avro-plugin -->
           <outputDirectory>${project.basedir}/target/scala-${scala.binary.version}/src_managed/main/compiled_avro</outputDirectory>
         </configuration>
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index eadf71707ba19..0165382a57541 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ resolvers += Resolver.url("artifactory", url("http://scalasbt.artifactoryonline.
 
 resolvers += "Typesafe Repository" at "http://repo.typesafe.com/typesafe/releases/"
 
-resolvers += "sbt-plugins" at "http://repo.scala-sbt.org/scalasbt/sbt-plugin-releases"
-
 addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-assembly" % "0.10.2")
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbteclipse" % "sbteclipse-plugin" % "2.2.0")