diff --git a/scala-package/core/pom.xml b/scala-package/core/pom.xml
index 7264c39e84a0..4de65c0b361a 100644
--- a/scala-package/core/pom.xml
+++ b/scala-package/core/pom.xml
@@ -138,12 +138,6 @@
       <version>INTERNAL</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.11</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
diff --git a/scala-package/core/src/test/java/org/apache/mxnet/javaapi/ImageTest.java b/scala-package/core/src/test/java/org/apache/mxnet/javaapi/ImageTest.java
index cc284c7c6910..0092744a21a8 100644
--- a/scala-package/core/src/test/java/org/apache/mxnet/javaapi/ImageTest.java
+++ b/scala-package/core/src/test/java/org/apache/mxnet/javaapi/ImageTest.java
@@ -51,12 +51,8 @@ private static void downloadUrl(String url, String filePath, int maxRetry) throw
     public static void downloadFile() throws Exception {
         String tempDirPath = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
         imLocation = tempDirPath + "/inputImages/Pug-Cookie.jpg";
-        try {
-            downloadUrl("https://s3.amazonaws.com/model-server/inputs/Pug-Cookie.jpg",
-                    imLocation, 3);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw e;
-        }
+        downloadUrl("https://s3.amazonaws.com/model-server/inputs/Pug-Cookie.jpg",
+                imLocation, 3);
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/scala-package/examples/pom.xml b/scala-package/examples/pom.xml
index a41f6cb0aa10..30ccfdcce12e 100644
--- a/scala-package/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/scala-package/examples/pom.xml
@@ -129,11 +129,5 @@
       <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
       <version>1.7.5</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.11</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/scala-package/infer/pom.xml b/scala-package/infer/pom.xml
index 13ceebb83cd9..565ac6e393a5 100644
--- a/scala-package/infer/pom.xml
+++ b/scala-package/infer/pom.xml
@@ -64,13 +64,5 @@
       <version>1.10.19</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.11</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/scala-package/pom.xml b/scala-package/pom.xml
index 07baeab9b63f..5ba6f1f9f498 100644
--- a/scala-package/pom.xml
+++ b/scala-package/pom.xml
@@ -412,6 +412,12 @@
       <version>1.13.5</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>4.11</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
 
     <!-- Following libraries are required by running javah, they should be excluded from .jar -->
     <dependency>