Sketching cluster related stuff with Madan..
diff --git a/openflow/ctl/pom.xml b/openflow/ctl/pom.xml
index 88bdcd9..4bd7619 100644
--- a/openflow/ctl/pom.xml
+++ b/openflow/ctl/pom.xml
@@ -15,107 +15,27 @@
 
     <description>ONOS OpenFlow controller subsystem API</description>
 
-    <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <powermock.version>1.5.5</powermock.version>
-        <restlet.version>2.1.4</restlet.version>
-        <cobertura-maven-plugin.version>2.6</cobertura-maven-plugin.version>
-        <!-- Following 2 findbugs version needs to be updated in sync to match the
-             findbugs version used in findbugs-plugin -->
-        <findbugs.version>3.0.0</findbugs.version>
-        <findbugs-plugin.version>3.0.0</findbugs-plugin.version>
-        <findbugs.effort>Max</findbugs.effort>
-        <findbugs.excludeFilterFile>${project.basedir}/conf/findbugs/exclude.xml
-        </findbugs.excludeFilterFile>
-        <checkstyle-plugin.version>2.12</checkstyle-plugin.version>
-        <!-- To publish javadoc to github,
-         uncomment com.github.github site-maven-plugin and
-         see https://github.com/OPENNETWORKINGLAB/ONOS/pull/425
-        <github.global.server>github</github.global.server>
-         -->
-        <metrics.version>3.0.2</metrics.version>
-        <maven.surefire.plugin.version>2.16</maven.surefire.plugin.version>
-    </properties>
-
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.onlab.onos</groupId>
             <artifactId>onos-of-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- ONOS's direct dependencies -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.apache.felix.scr.annotations</artifactId>
-            <version>1.9.6</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1.2</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1.2</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.5</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <!-- findbugs suppression annotation and @GuardedBy, etc. -->
-            <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
-            <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
-            <version>${findbugs.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.projectfloodlight</groupId>
-            <artifactId>openflowj</artifactId>
-            <version>0.3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <!-- Floodlight's dependencies -->
-        <dependency>
-            <!-- dependency to old version of netty? -->
-            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
-            <version>3.9.2.Final</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <!-- Dependency for libraries used for testing -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.11</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
-            <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
-            <version>3.2</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
-            <artifactId>powermock-module-junit4</artifactId>
-            <version>${powermock.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
-            <artifactId>powermock-api-easymock</artifactId>
-            <version>${powermock.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-scr-plugin</artifactId>
             </plugin>
-
         </plugins>
     </build>