diff --git a/docs/quickstart.md b/docs/quickstart.md
index 41ec9a96d0f6b..bb7be6edda54b 100644
--- a/docs/quickstart.md
+++ b/docs/quickstart.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Hoodie requires Java 8 to be installed. Hoodie works with Spark-2.x versions. We
 
 | Hadoop | Hive  | Spark | Instructions to Build Hoodie | 
 | ---- | ----- | ---- | ---- |
-| 2.6.0-cdh5.7.2 | 1.1.0-cdh5.7.2 | spark-2.[1-3].x | Use "mvn clean install -DskipTests -Dhive11". Jars will have ".hive11" as suffix |
+| 2.6.0-cdh5.7.2 | 1.1.0-cdh5.7.2 | spark-2.[1-3].x | Use "mvn clean install -DskipTests -Dhadoop.version=2.6.0-cdh5.7.2 -Dhive.version=1.1.0-cdh5.7.2" |
 | Apache hadoop-2.8.4 | Apache hive-2.3.3 | spark-2.[1-3].x | Use "mvn clean install -DskipTests" |
 | Apache hadoop-2.7.3 | Apache hive-1.2.1 | spark-2.[1-3].x | Use "mvn clean install -DskipTests" |
 
@@ -1244,4 +1244,4 @@ cd docker
 [INFO] Finished at: 2018-09-10T17:47:37-07:00
 [INFO] Final Memory: 236M/1848M
 [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
diff --git a/hoodie-client/pom.xml b/hoodie-client/pom.xml
index eccfa802c58b8..c813ef24a499b 100644
--- a/hoodie-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hoodie-client/pom.xml
@@ -171,6 +171,13 @@
       <artifactId>spark-sql_2.11</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hive-exec</artifactId>
+      <version>${hive.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
       <artifactId>hbase-client</artifactId>
@@ -218,39 +225,4 @@
         </exclusions>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-  <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>hive12</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>!hive11</name>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-exec</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-          <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-      </dependencies>
-    </profile>
-    <profile>
-      <id>hive11</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>hive11</name>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive11.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-exec</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-          <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-      </dependencies>
-    </profile>
-
-  </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/hoodie-hadoop-mr/pom.xml b/hoodie-hadoop-mr/pom.xml
index fe1df4396a740..6ef41a32d24b0 100644
--- a/hoodie-hadoop-mr/pom.xml
+++ b/hoodie-hadoop-mr/pom.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,22 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
+      <version>${hive.version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hive-exec</artifactId>
+      <version>${hive.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
@@ -105,58 +121,4 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
-  <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>hive12</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>!hive11</name>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-          <exclusions>
-            <exclusion>
-              <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-              <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-            </exclusion>
-          </exclusions>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-exec</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-      </dependencies>
-    </profile>
-    <profile>
-      <id>hive11</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>hive11</name>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <dependencies>
-       <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive11.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-          <exclusions>
-            <exclusion>
-              <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-              <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-            </exclusion>
-          </exclusions>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive11.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-exec</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-      </dependencies>
-   </profile>
-  </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/hoodie-hive/pom.xml b/hoodie-hive/pom.xml
index f74e5ea8350b0..da4e9a0d7e299 100644
--- a/hoodie-hive/pom.xml
+++ b/hoodie-hive/pom.xml
@@ -99,6 +99,27 @@
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hive-service</artifactId>
+      <version>${hive.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
+      <version>${hive.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hive-metastore</artifactId>
+      <version>${hive.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hive-common</artifactId>
+      <version>${hive.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
@@ -175,67 +196,4 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
-
-  <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>hive12</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>!hive11</name>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-service</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-metastore</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-common</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-      </dependencies>
-    </profile>
-    <profile>
-      <id>hive11</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>hive11</name>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-service</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-metastore</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-common</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-      </dependencies>
-    </profile>
-  </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/hoodie-spark/pom.xml b/hoodie-spark/pom.xml
index c4869f3b22799..d800c1a7218b3 100644
--- a/hoodie-spark/pom.xml
+++ b/hoodie-spark/pom.xml
@@ -221,6 +221,30 @@
       <artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hive-service</artifactId>
+      <version>${hive.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
+      <version>${hive.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hive-metastore</artifactId>
+      <version>${hive.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hive-common</artifactId>
+      <version>${hive.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.uber.hoodie</groupId>
       <artifactId>hoodie-client</artifactId>
@@ -264,67 +288,4 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-  <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>hive12</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>!hive11</name>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-service</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-metastore</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-common</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-      </dependencies>
-    </profile>
-    <profile>
-      <id>hive11</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>hive11</name>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive11.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-service</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive11.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive11.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-metastore</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive11.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-common</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-      </dependencies>
-    </profile>
-  </profiles>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/hoodie-utilities/pom.xml b/hoodie-utilities/pom.xml
index 8a9feac7f31ef..2f6c1bbb66bdc 100644
--- a/hoodie-utilities/pom.xml
+++ b/hoodie-utilities/pom.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
               <minimizeJar>true</minimizeJar>
               <artifactSet>
                 <includes>
+                  <include>commons-dbcp:commons-dbcp</include>
+                  <include>commons-pool:commons-pool</include>
                   <include>com.uber.hoodie:hoodie-common</include>
                   <include>com.uber.hoodie:hoodie-client</include>
                   <include>com.uber.hoodie:hoodie-spark</include>
@@ -76,8 +78,50 @@
                   <include>com.yammer.metrics:metrics-core</include>
                   <include>com.101tec:zkclient</include>
                   <include>org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients</include>
+                  <include>org.apache.hive:hive-common</include>
+                  <include>org.apache.hive:hive-service</include>
+                  <include>org.apache.hive:hive-metastore</include>
+                  <include>org.apache.hive:hive-jdbc</include>
                 </includes>
               </artifactSet>
+              <relocations>
+                <relocation>
+                  <pattern>org.apache.commons.dbcp.</pattern>
+                  <shadedPattern>com.uber.hoodie.org.apache.commons.dbcp.</shadedPattern>
+                </relocation>
+                <relocation>
+                  <pattern>org.apache.commons.pool.</pattern>
+                  <shadedPattern>com.uber.hoodie.org.apache.commons.pool.</shadedPattern>
+                </relocation>
+                <relocation>
+                  <pattern>org.apache.hive.jdbc.</pattern>
+                  <shadedPattern>com.uber.hoodie.org.apache.hive.jdbc.</shadedPattern>
+                </relocation>
+                <relocation>
+                  <pattern>org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.</pattern>
+                  <shadedPattern>com.uber.hoodie.org.apache.hadoop_hive.metastore.</shadedPattern>
+                </relocation>
+                <relocation>
+                  <pattern>org.apache.hive.common.</pattern>
+                  <shadedPattern>com.uber.hoodie.org.apache.hive.common.</shadedPattern>
+                </relocation>
+                <relocation>
+                  <pattern>org.apache.hadoop.hive.common.</pattern>
+                  <shadedPattern>com.uber.hoodie.org.apache.hadoop_hive.common.</shadedPattern>
+                </relocation>
+                <relocation>
+                  <pattern>org.apache.hadoop.hive.conf.</pattern>
+                  <shadedPattern>com.uber.hoodie.org.apache.hadoop_hive.conf.</shadedPattern>
+                </relocation>
+                <relocation>
+                  <pattern>org.apache.hive.service.</pattern>
+                  <shadedPattern>com.uber.hoodie.org.apache.hive.service.</shadedPattern>
+                </relocation>
+                <relocation>
+                  <pattern>org.apache.hadoop.hive.service.</pattern>
+                  <shadedPattern>com.uber.hoodie.org.apache.hadoop_hive.service.</shadedPattern>
+                </relocation>
+              </relocations>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
@@ -154,6 +198,30 @@
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hive-exec</artifactId>
+      <version>${hive.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
+      <version>${hive.version}</version>
+      <classifier>standalone</classifier>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+          <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.uber.hoodie</groupId>
       <artifactId>hoodie-hive</artifactId>
@@ -185,6 +253,11 @@
       <groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-pool</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-pool</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
       <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
@@ -303,59 +376,4 @@
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
-
-  <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>hive12</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>!hive11</name>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-          <classifier>standalone</classifier>
-          <exclusions>
-            <exclusion>
-              <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-              <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            </exclusion>
-            <exclusion>
-              <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-              <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
-            </exclusion>
-          </exclusions>
-        </dependency>
-      </dependencies>
-    </profile>
-    <profile>
-      <id>hive11</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>hive11</name>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-          <classifier>standalone</classifier>
-          <exclusions>
-            <exclusion>
-              <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-              <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            </exclusion>
-            <exclusion>
-              <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-              <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
-            </exclusion>
-          </exclusions>
-        </dependency>
-      </dependencies>
-    </profile>
-  </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/packaging/hoodie-hadoop-mr-bundle/pom.xml b/packaging/hoodie-hadoop-mr-bundle/pom.xml
index 79a4a757a4ac4..4e2e72d477ca0 100644
--- a/packaging/hoodie-hadoop-mr-bundle/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/hoodie-hadoop-mr-bundle/pom.xml
@@ -66,6 +66,48 @@
       <artifactId>hadoop-auth</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
+      <version>${hive.version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hive-exec</artifactId>
+      <version>${hive.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hive-service</artifactId>
+      <version>${hive.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hive-shims</artifactId>
+      <version>${hive.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+     <dependency>
+      <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hive-serde</artifactId>
+      <version>${hive.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hive-metastore</artifactId>
+      <version>${hive.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hive-common</artifactId>
+      <version>${hive.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
@@ -182,116 +224,4 @@
   <properties>
     <checkstyle.skip>true</checkstyle.skip>
   </properties>
-  
-  <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>hive12</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>!hive11</name>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <properties>
-        <hiveJarSuffix />
-      </properties>
-      <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-          <exclusions>
-            <exclusion>
-              <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-              <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-            </exclusion>
-          </exclusions>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-exec</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-service</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-shims</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-serde</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-metastore</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-common</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-      </dependencies>
-    </profile>
-    <profile>
-      <id>hive11</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>hive11</name>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <properties>
-        <hiveJarSuffix>.hive11</hiveJarSuffix>
-      </properties>
-      <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive11.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-service</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive11.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-shims</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-       <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive11.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-          <exclusions>
-            <exclusion>
-              <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-              <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-            </exclusion>
-          </exclusions>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive11.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-serde</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive11.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-metastore</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive11.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-common</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive11.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-exec</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-      </dependencies>
-   </profile>
-  </profiles>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/packaging/hoodie-hive-bundle/pom.xml b/packaging/hoodie-hive-bundle/pom.xml
index eafad25922921..ee43709faa29b 100644
--- a/packaging/hoodie-hive-bundle/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/hoodie-hive-bundle/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,26 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-auth</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hive-service</artifactId>
+      <version>${hive.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
+      <version>${hive.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hive-metastore</artifactId>
+      <version>${hive.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hive-common</artifactId>
+      <version>${hive.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
@@ -195,73 +215,4 @@
   <properties>
     <checkstyle.skip>true</checkstyle.skip>
   </properties>
-
-  <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>hive12</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>!hive11</name>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <properties>
-        <hiveJarSuffix />
-      </properties>
-      <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-service</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-metastore</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-common</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-      </dependencies>
-    </profile>
-    <profile>
-      <id>hive11</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>hive11</name>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <properties>
-        <hiveJarSuffix>.hive11</hiveJarSuffix>
-      </properties>
-      <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-service</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-metastore</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-common</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-      </dependencies>
-    </profile>
-  </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/packaging/hoodie-spark-bundle/pom.xml b/packaging/hoodie-spark-bundle/pom.xml
index 95b4aedd42e54..5c932e59c174a 100644
--- a/packaging/hoodie-spark-bundle/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/hoodie-spark-bundle/pom.xml
@@ -239,6 +239,26 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hive-service</artifactId>
+      <version>${hive.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
+      <version>${hive.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hive-metastore</artifactId>
+      <version>${hive.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hive-common</artifactId>
+      <version>${hive.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId>
@@ -269,74 +289,5 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-
-  <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>hive12</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>!hive11</name>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <properties>
-        <hiveJarSuffix />
-      </properties>
-      <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-service</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-metastore</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-common</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-      </dependencies>
-    </profile>
-    <profile>
-      <id>hive11</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>hive11</name>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <properties>
-        <hiveJarSuffix>.hive11</hiveJarSuffix>
-      </properties>
-      <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive11.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-service</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive11.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive11.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-metastore</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive11.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-common</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-      </dependencies>
-    </profile>
-  </profiles>
 </project>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 88196084c9a47..a0ec312c51f2a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -129,10 +129,8 @@
     <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
     <joda.version>2.9.9</joda.version>
     <hadoop.version>2.7.3</hadoop.version>
-    <hive12.groupid>org.apache.hive</hive12.groupid>
-    <hive12.version>1.2.1</hive12.version>
-    <hive11.groupid>org.apache.hive</hive11.groupid>
-    <hive11.version>1.1.1</hive11.version>
+    <hive.groupid>org.apache.hive</hive.groupid>
+    <hive.version>1.2.1</hive.version>
     <metrics.version>3.1.1</metrics.version>
     <spark.version>2.1.0</spark.version>
     <avro.version>1.7.7</avro.version>
@@ -589,6 +587,11 @@
         <artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
         <version>1.4</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>commons-pool</groupId>
+        <artifactId>commons-pool</artifactId>
+        <version>1.4</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
         <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
@@ -656,7 +659,48 @@
         <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
         <version>1.9.13</version>
       </dependency>
-
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+        <artifactId>hive-service</artifactId>
+        <version>${hive.version}</version>
+        <scope>provided</scope>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+        <artifactId>hive-shims</artifactId>
+        <version>${hive.version}</version>
+        <scope>provided</scope>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+        <artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
+        <version>${hive.version}</version>
+        <scope>provided</scope>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+        <artifactId>hive-serde</artifactId>
+        <version>${hive.version}</version>
+        <scope>provided</scope>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+        <artifactId>hive-metastore</artifactId>
+        <version>${hive.version}</version>
+        <scope>provided</scope>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+        <artifactId>hive-common</artifactId>
+        <version>${hive.version}</version>
+        <scope>provided</scope>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>${hive.groupid}</groupId>
+        <artifactId>hive-exec</artifactId>
+        <version>${hive.version}</version>
+        <scope>provided</scope>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
@@ -708,109 +752,6 @@
   </distributionManagement>
 
   <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>hive12</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>!hive11</name>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-service</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-          <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-shims</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-          <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-          <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-serde</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-          <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-metastore</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-          <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-common</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-          <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>${hive12.groupid}</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-exec</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive12.version}</version>
-          <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-      </dependencies>
-    </profile>
-    <profile>
-      <id>hive11</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>hive11</name>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-service</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-shims</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-          <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-          <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-serde</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-          <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-metastore</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-          <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-common</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-          <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hive-exec</artifactId>
-          <version>${hive11.version}</version>
-          <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-      </dependencies>
-    </profile>
     <profile>
       <id>release</id>
       <activation>