diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2ac72cf3678..1aef2ea801a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@
     <profile>
       <id>scala-2.10</id>
       <activation>
-        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+        <property><name>!scala-2.11</name></property>
       </activation>
       <properties>
         <scala.version>2.10.5</scala.version>
@@ -541,6 +541,9 @@
 
     <profile>
       <id>scala-2.11</id>
+      <activation>
+        <property><name>scala-2.11</name></property>
+      </activation>
       <properties>
         <scala.version>2.11.7</scala.version>
         <scala.binary.version>2.11</scala.binary.version>
@@ -827,4 +830,5 @@
     </profile>
   </profiles>
 
+
 </project>
diff --git a/zeppelin-display/pom.xml b/zeppelin-display/pom.xml
index d33038e88ed..87df7b0d0c0 100644
--- a/zeppelin-display/pom.xml
+++ b/zeppelin-display/pom.xml
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@
   <profiles>
     <profile>
       <id>scala-2.11</id>
+      <activation>
+        <property><name>scala-2.11</name></property>
+      </activation>
       <dependencies>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.scala-lang.modules</groupId>
diff --git a/zeppelin-distribution/pom.xml b/zeppelin-distribution/pom.xml
index 378c980909a..e6905db4194 100644
--- a/zeppelin-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/zeppelin-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@
   <profiles>
     <profile>
       <id>scala-2.11</id>
+      <activation>
+        <property><name>scala-2.11</name></property>
+      </activation>
       <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
           <dependency>
diff --git a/zeppelin-server/pom.xml b/zeppelin-server/pom.xml
index 862fc30ce35..62b69031b51 100644
--- a/zeppelin-server/pom.xml
+++ b/zeppelin-server/pom.xml
@@ -448,6 +448,9 @@
   <profiles>
     <profile>
       <id>scala-2.11</id>
+      <activation>
+        <property><name>scala-2.11</name></property>
+      </activation>
       <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
           <dependency>