diff --git a/core/common/BUILD b/core/common/BUILD
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+COMPILE_DEPS = CORE_DEPS + JACKSON + METRICS + [
+    '//incubator/api:onos-incubator-api',
+]
+
+TEST_DEPS = TEST + ['//core/api:onos-api-tests']
+
+osgi_jar_with_tests (
+    deps = COMPILE_DEPS,
+    test_deps = TEST_DEPS,
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)