diff --git a/zeppelin-display/pom.xml b/zeppelin-display/pom.xml
index c30b0614ccf..7631d4fad79 100644
--- a/zeppelin-display/pom.xml
+++ b/zeppelin-display/pom.xml
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
       <groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
       <artifactId>scala-library</artifactId>
       <version>${scala.version}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@
           <groupId>org.scala-lang.modules</groupId>
           <artifactId>scala-xml_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
           <version>1.0.2</version>
+          <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
     </profile>