diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6806e4e..2978ee5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,19 @@
         <module>plugin</module>
     </modules>
 
+    <!-- FIXME this can be removed if/when buck-api is released -->
+    <repositories>
+        <repository>
+            <id>snapshots</id>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+            <snapshots>
+                <enabled>true</enabled>
+                <updatePolicy>daily</updatePolicy>
+                <checksumPolicy>fail</checksumPolicy>
+            </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+    </repositories>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
@@ -52,21 +65,10 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.12</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
             <version>1.3</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.21</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>