diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index b9aead34..28463ca9 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ to call at top-level: ant deploy-contrib compile-core-test
   <!-- Override with our own version so we can enforce build dependencies -->
   <!-- on compile-mapred-test for MiniMRCluster, and MRUnit.              -->
   <!-- ================================================================== -->
-  <target name="compile-test" depends="compile-examples" if="test.available">
+  <target name="compile-test" depends="compile-examples, ivy-retrieve-test"
+      if="test.available">
     <echo message="Compiling ${name} dependencies" />
     <!-- need top-level compile-mapred-test for MiniMRCluster -->
     <subant target="compile-mapred-test">
diff --git a/ivy.xml b/ivy.xml
index 0a8c5d79..a50e5a77 100644
--- a/ivy.xml
+++ b/ivy.xml
@@ -41,20 +41,18 @@
   </publications>
   <dependencies>
      <dependency org="org.slf4j" name="slf4j-api" rev="${slf4j-api.version}" conf="common->master"/>
-     <dependency org="org.slf4j" name="slf4j-log4j12" rev="${slf4j-log4j12.version}" conf="common->master"/>
      <dependency org="org.apache.hadoop" name="hadoop-core" rev="${hadoop-core.version}" conf="common->default"/>
      <dependency org="org.apache.hadoop" name="hadoop-core-test" rev="${hadoop-core.version}" conf="common->default"/>
      <dependency org="org.apache.hadoop" name="hadoop-hdfs" rev="${hadoop-hdfs.version}" conf="common->default"/>
-     <dependency org="org.apache.hadoop" name="hadoop-hdfs-test" rev="${hadoop-hdfs.version}" conf="common->default"/>
+     <dependency org="org.apache.hadoop" name="hadoop-hdfs-test" rev="${hadoop-hdfs.version}" conf="test->default"/>
      <dependency org="commons-logging" name="commons-logging" rev="${commons-logging.version}" conf="common->default"/>
      <dependency org="log4j" name="log4j" rev="${log4j.version}" conf="common->master"/>
-     <dependency org="org.mortbay.jetty" name="servlet-api-2.5" rev="${servlet-api-2.5.version}" conf="common->default"/>
      <dependency org="junit" name="junit" rev="${junit.version}" conf="common->default"/>
      <dependency org="commons-httpclient" name="commons-httpclient" rev="${commons-httpclient.version}" conf="common->default"/>
      <dependency org="commons-cli" name="commons-cli" rev="${commons-cli.version}" conf="common->default"/>
      <dependency org="hsqldb" name="hsqldb" rev="${hsqldb.version}" conf="common->default"/>
      <dependency org="org.apache.hadoop" name="avro" rev="${avro.version}" conf="common->default"/>
-     <dependency org="javax.servlet" name="servlet-api" rev="${servlet-api.version}" conf="common->master"/>
+     <dependency org="org.mortbay.jetty" name="servlet-api-2.5" rev="${servlet-api-2.5.version}" conf="common->master"/>
      <dependency org="org.mortbay.jetty" name="jetty" rev="${jetty.version}" conf="common->master"/>
      <dependency org="commons-io" name="commons-io" rev="${commons-io.version}" conf="common->default"/>
      <dependency org="org.mortbay.jetty" name="jetty-util" rev="${jetty-util.version}" conf="common->master"/>