diff --git a/spring-cloud-consul-config/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-consul-config/pom.xml
index 2d402cf9..f61b6161 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-consul-config/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-consul-config/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.retry</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-retry</artifactId>
 			<optional>true</optional>
+			<exclusions>
+				<!-- TODO: why is this necessary (otherwise get wrong version)? -->
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+					<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>					
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.ecwid.consul</groupId>
@@ -51,7 +58,7 @@
 			<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
 			<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
 			<!-- Only needed at compile time -->
-			<scope>provided</scope>
+			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-consul-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-consul-dependencies/pom.xml
index b844527d..0bccc95d 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-consul-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-consul-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -110,26 +110,11 @@
 				<artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
 				<version>${httpcore.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-				<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-zuul</artifactId>
-				<version>${spring-cloud-netflix.version}</version>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-				<artifactId>spring-cloud-netflix-core</artifactId>
-				<version>${spring-cloud-netflix.version}</version>
-			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>joda-time</groupId>
 				<artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
 				<version>${joda-time.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.springframework.retry</groupId>
-				<artifactId>spring-retry</artifactId>
-				<version>1.1.2.RELEASE</version>
-			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-netflix-dependencies</artifactId>