diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 3279615c..7264887d 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ ext.coreModules = subprojects.findAll { p-> (!p.name.contains("test") && !p.name
 
 configure(allprojects) {
     apply plugin: 'propdeps'
+    apply plugin: 'propdeps-maven'
     apply plugin: 'propdeps-idea'
     apply plugin: 'propdeps-eclipse'
     apply plugin: 'groovy'
diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
index cc0d701b..3ff5eda0 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle
+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -11,16 +11,16 @@ idea.module.excludeDirs = [
 dependencies {
     compile  "org.springframework:spring-core:$springVersion",
              "org.springframework:spring-beans:$springVersion",
-             "org.springframework:spring-tx:$springVersion",
-             "org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons:$springDataVersion"
-             "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:$slf4jVersion"
+             "org.springframework:spring-tx:$springVersion"
 
-    provided "commons-pool:commons-pool:$commonsPoolVersion",
-             "com.sun:ldapbp:1.0",
-             "org.springframework:spring-context:$springVersion",
-             "org.springframework:spring-jdbc:$springVersion",
-             "org.springframework:spring-orm:$springVersion",
-             "com.mysema.querydsl:querydsl-apt:$queryDslVersion"
+    optional "org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons:$springDataVersion",
+            "org.springframework:spring-context:$springVersion",
+            "org.springframework:spring-jdbc:$springVersion",
+            "org.springframework:spring-orm:$springVersion",
+            "com.mysema.querydsl:querydsl-apt:$queryDslVersion",
+            "commons-pool:commons-pool:$commonsPoolVersion"
+
+    provided "com.sun:ldapbp:1.0"
 
     testCompile "junit:junit:$junitVersion",
                 "commons-lang:commons-lang:$commonsLangVersion",
diff --git a/gradle/maven-deployment.gradle b/gradle/maven-deployment.gradle
index ec35993a..2c2eae5c 100644
--- a/gradle/maven-deployment.gradle
+++ b/gradle/maven-deployment.gradle
@@ -8,6 +8,17 @@ def customizePom(pom, gradleProject) {
     def isWar = project.hasProperty('war')
     def projectName = gradleProject.name
 
+    pom.whenConfigured { p ->
+        p.dependencies.findAll{ it.scope == "optional" }.each {
+            it.scope = "compile"
+            it.optional = true
+        }
+        // sort to make pom dependencies order consistent to ease comparison of older poms
+        p.dependencies = p.dependencies.sort { dep ->
+            "$dep.scope:$dep.optional:$dep.groupId:$dep.artifactId"
+        }
+    }
+
     pom.project {
         name = projectName
         if(isWar) {