diff --git a/LICENSE-binary b/LICENSE-binary
index c033dd8ad2e6a..3761dd96c9093 100644
--- a/LICENSE-binary
+++ b/LICENSE-binary
@@ -447,7 +447,6 @@ org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j
 org.slf4j:slf4j-api
 org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12
 com.github.scopt:scopt_2.11
-org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on
 
 core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/ui/static/dagre-d3.min.js
 core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/ui/static/*dataTables*
diff --git a/NOTICE-binary b/NOTICE-binary
index ad256aaf9f968..575ea1a0eb0e9 100644
--- a/NOTICE-binary
+++ b/NOTICE-binary
@@ -252,15 +252,6 @@ interchange format, which can be obtained at:
   * HOMEPAGE:
     * http://code.google.com/p/protobuf/
 
-This product optionally depends on 'Bouncy Castle Crypto APIs' to generate
-a temporary self-signed X.509 certificate when the JVM does not provide the
-equivalent functionality.  It can be obtained at:
-
-  * LICENSE:
-    * license/LICENSE.bouncycastle.txt (MIT License)
-  * HOMEPAGE:
-    * http://www.bouncycastle.org/
-
 This product optionally depends on 'Snappy', a compression library produced
 by Google Inc, which can be obtained at:
 
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index d0b869e6ef92c..5fa3a86de6b01 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>net.java.dev.jets3t</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jets3t</artifactId>
+      <groupId>javax.activation</groupId>
+      <artifactId>activation</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
diff --git a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.6 b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.6
index 3c0952f36a051..ddcfe02c75e82 100644
--- a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.6
+++ b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.6
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ automaton-1.11-8.jar
 avro-1.8.2.jar
 avro-ipc-1.8.2.jar
 avro-mapred-1.8.2-hadoop2.jar
-base64-2.3.8.jar
-bcprov-jdk15on-1.58.jar
 bonecp-0.8.0.RELEASE.jar
 breeze-macros_2.11-0.13.2.jar
 breeze_2.11-0.13.2.jar
@@ -101,7 +99,6 @@ jackson-module-paranamer-2.7.9.jar
 jackson-module-scala_2.11-2.6.7.1.jar
 jackson-xc-1.9.13.jar
 janino-3.0.8.jar
-java-xmlbuilder-1.1.jar
 javassist-3.18.1-GA.jar
 javax.annotation-api-1.2.jar
 javax.inject-1.jar
@@ -119,7 +116,6 @@ jersey-container-servlet-core-2.22.2.jar
 jersey-guava-2.22.2.jar
 jersey-media-jaxb-2.22.2.jar
 jersey-server-2.22.2.jar
-jets3t-0.9.4.jar
 jetty-6.1.26.jar
 jetty-util-6.1.26.jar
 jline-2.14.3.jar
diff --git a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.7 b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.7
index 310f1e4528374..4eca0fc0ffd7e 100644
--- a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.7
+++ b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.7
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ automaton-1.11-8.jar
 avro-1.8.2.jar
 avro-ipc-1.8.2.jar
 avro-mapred-1.8.2-hadoop2.jar
-base64-2.3.8.jar
-bcprov-jdk15on-1.58.jar
 bonecp-0.8.0.RELEASE.jar
 breeze-macros_2.11-0.13.2.jar
 breeze_2.11-0.13.2.jar
@@ -101,7 +99,6 @@ jackson-module-paranamer-2.7.9.jar
 jackson-module-scala_2.11-2.6.7.1.jar
 jackson-xc-1.9.13.jar
 janino-3.0.8.jar
-java-xmlbuilder-1.1.jar
 javassist-3.18.1-GA.jar
 javax.annotation-api-1.2.jar
 javax.inject-1.jar
@@ -119,7 +116,6 @@ jersey-container-servlet-core-2.22.2.jar
 jersey-guava-2.22.2.jar
 jersey-media-jaxb-2.22.2.jar
 jersey-server-2.22.2.jar
-jets3t-0.9.4.jar
 jetty-6.1.26.jar
 jetty-sslengine-6.1.26.jar
 jetty-util-6.1.26.jar
diff --git a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-3.1 b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-3.1
index 9bff2a1013910..ab69c17f37ef5 100644
--- a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-3.1
+++ b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-3.1
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ automaton-1.11-8.jar
 avro-1.8.2.jar
 avro-ipc-1.8.2.jar
 avro-mapred-1.8.2-hadoop2.jar
-base64-2.3.8.jar
-bcprov-jdk15on-1.58.jar
 bonecp-0.8.0.RELEASE.jar
 breeze-macros_2.11-0.13.2.jar
 breeze_2.11-0.13.2.jar
@@ -100,7 +98,6 @@ jackson-module-jaxb-annotations-2.6.7.jar
 jackson-module-paranamer-2.7.9.jar
 jackson-module-scala_2.11-2.6.7.1.jar
 janino-3.0.8.jar
-java-xmlbuilder-1.1.jar
 javassist-3.18.1-GA.jar
 javax.annotation-api-1.2.jar
 javax.inject-1.jar
@@ -119,7 +116,6 @@ jersey-container-servlet-core-2.22.2.jar
 jersey-guava-2.22.2.jar
 jersey-media-jaxb-2.22.2.jar
 jersey-server-2.22.2.jar
-jets3t-0.9.4.jar
 jetty-webapp-9.3.24.v20180605.jar
 jetty-xml-9.3.24.v20180605.jar
 jline-2.14.3.jar
diff --git a/external/kafka-0-10-assembly/pom.xml b/external/kafka-0-10-assembly/pom.xml
index a742b8d6dbddb..f80f8e3a0183d 100644
--- a/external/kafka-0-10-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/external/kafka-0-10-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -95,11 +95,6 @@
       <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>net.java.dev.jets3t</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jets3t</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
       <artifactId>scala-library</artifactId>
diff --git a/external/kafka-0-8-assembly/pom.xml b/external/kafka-0-8-assembly/pom.xml
index 41bc8b3e3ee1f..6be17a81f3fed 100644
--- a/external/kafka-0-8-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/external/kafka-0-8-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -95,11 +95,6 @@
       <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>net.java.dev.jets3t</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jets3t</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
       <artifactId>scala-library</artifactId>
diff --git a/external/kinesis-asl-assembly/pom.xml b/external/kinesis-asl-assembly/pom.xml
index 37c7d1e604ec5..68fded515626b 100644
--- a/external/kinesis-asl-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/external/kinesis-asl-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -89,11 +89,6 @@
       <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>net.java.dev.jets3t</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jets3t</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/licenses-binary/LICENSE-bouncycastle-bcprov.txt b/licenses-binary/LICENSE-bouncycastle-bcprov.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index c445a93a06dd4..0000000000000
--- a/licenses-binary/LICENSE-bouncycastle-bcprov.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-Copyright (c) 2000 - 2018 The Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. (https://www.bouncycastle.org)
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 45fca285ddadb..5d6cd14501443 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -142,12 +142,11 @@
     <codahale.metrics.version>3.1.5</codahale.metrics.version>
     <avro.version>1.8.2</avro.version>
     <avro.mapred.classifier>hadoop2</avro.mapred.classifier>
-    <jets3t.version>0.9.4</jets3t.version>
-    <aws.kinesis.client.version>1.7.3</aws.kinesis.client.version>
+    <aws.kinesis.client.version>1.8.10</aws.kinesis.client.version>
     <!-- Should be consistent with Kinesis client dependency -->
-    <aws.java.sdk.version>1.11.76</aws.java.sdk.version>
+    <aws.java.sdk.version>1.11.271</aws.java.sdk.version>
     <!-- the producer is used in tests -->
-    <aws.kinesis.producer.version>0.10.2</aws.kinesis.producer.version>
+    <aws.kinesis.producer.version>0.12.8</aws.kinesis.producer.version>
     <!--  org.apache.httpcomponents/httpclient-->
     <commons.httpclient.version>4.5.6</commons.httpclient.version>
     <commons.httpcore.version>4.4.10</commons.httpcore.version>
@@ -911,6 +910,10 @@
             <groupId>com.sun.jersey.contribs</groupId>
             <artifactId>*</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>net.java.dev.jets3t</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jets3t</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -984,24 +987,15 @@
           </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
-      <!-- See SPARK-1556 for info on this dependency: -->
+      <!-- See SPARK-23654 for info on this dependency;
+      It is used to keep javax.activation at v1.1.1 after dropping
+      jets3t as a dependency.
+       -->
       <dependency>
-        <groupId>net.java.dev.jets3t</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jets3t</artifactId>
-        <version>${jets3t.version}</version>
+        <groupId>javax.activation</groupId>
+        <artifactId>activation</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1.1</version>
         <scope>${hadoop.deps.scope}</scope>
-        <exclusions>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
-        </exclusions>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-        <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
-        <!-- brought in by jets3t; see SPARK-22634 -->
-        <version>1.58</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>