diff --git a/ivy.xml b/ivy.xml
index ef885d24d..ee24bc367 100644
--- a/ivy.xml
+++ b/ivy.xml
@@ -78,9 +78,6 @@
     <!-- snpEff annotator for pipelines -->
     <dependency org="net.sf.snpeff" name="snpeff" rev="2.0.4rc3" />
 
-	<!-- Snappy support to work around a Picard bug -->
-	<dependency org="org.xerial.snappy" name="snappy-java" rev="1.0.3-rc3" />
-
     <!-- Exclude dependencies on sun libraries where the downloads aren't available but included in the jvm. -->
     <exclude org="javax.servlet" />
     <exclude org="javax.jms" />