diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 9f0e2d0b875b8..382a38d9400b9 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -45,21 +45,6 @@
     </profile>
   </profiles>
 
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>apache-repo</id>
-      <name>Apache Repository</name>
-      <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/releases</url>
-      <releases>
-        <enabled>true</enabled>
-      </releases>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>false</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
diff --git a/external/mqtt/pom.xml b/external/mqtt/pom.xml
index 06c751df7f9c8..3710a63541d78 100644
--- a/external/mqtt/pom.xml
+++ b/external/mqtt/pom.xml
@@ -45,20 +45,6 @@
     </profile>
   </profiles>
 
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>mqtt-repo</id>
-      <name>MQTT Repository</name>
-      <url>https://repo.eclipse.org/content/repositories/paho-releases</url>
-      <releases>
-        <enabled>true</enabled>
-      </releases>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>false</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 441e931cc8e77..377b6463136dd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,18 @@
     <repository>
       <id>maven-repo</id> <!-- This should be at top, it makes maven try the central repo first and then others and hence faster dep resolution -->
       <name>Maven Repository</name>
-      <url>http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2</url>
+      <url>https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2</url>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>true</enabled>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+    </repository>
+    <repository>
+      <id>apache-repo</id>
+      <name>Apache Repository</name>
+      <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/releases</url>
       <releases>
         <enabled>true</enabled>
       </releases>
@@ -138,7 +149,18 @@
     <repository>
       <id>jboss-repo</id>
       <name>JBoss Repository</name>
-      <url>http://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/repositories/releases</url>
+      <url>https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/repositories/releases</url>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>true</enabled>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+    </repository>
+    <repository>
+      <id>mqtt-repo</id>
+      <name>MQTT Repository</name>
+      <url>https://repo.eclipse.org/content/repositories/paho-releases</url>
       <releases>
         <enabled>true</enabled>
       </releases>
@@ -150,6 +172,12 @@
       <id>cloudera-repo</id>
       <name>Cloudera Repository</name>
       <url>https://repository.cloudera.com/artifactory/cloudera-repos</url>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>true</enabled>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
     </repository>
   </repositories>
 
diff --git a/project/SparkBuild.scala b/project/SparkBuild.scala
index bfc16e814b845..932d9e069a442 100644
--- a/project/SparkBuild.scala
+++ b/project/SparkBuild.scala
@@ -174,12 +174,18 @@ object SparkBuild extends Build {
     // Only allow one test at a time, even across projects, since they run in the same JVM
     concurrentRestrictions in Global += Tags.limit(Tags.Test, 1),
 
-    // also check the local Maven repository ~/.m2
-    resolvers ++= Seq(Resolver.file("Local Maven Repo", file(Path.userHome + "/.m2/repository"))),
-
-    // For Sonatype publishing
-    resolvers ++= Seq("sonatype-snapshots" at "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots",
-      "sonatype-staging" at "https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/"),
+    resolvers ++= Seq(
+      "Maven Repository"     at "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
+      "Apache Repository"    at "https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/releases",
+      "JBoss Repository"     at "https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/repositories/releases/",
+      "MQTT Repository"      at "https://repo.eclipse.org/content/repositories/paho-releases/",
+      "Cloudera Repository"  at "https://repository.cloudera.com/artifactory/cloudera-repos/",
+      // For Sonatype publishing
+      //"sonatype-snapshots"   at "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots",
+      //"sonatype-staging"     at "https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/",
+      // also check the local Maven repository ~/.m2
+      Resolver.file("Local Maven Repo", file(Path.userHome + "/.m2/repository"))
+    ),
 
     publishMavenStyle := true,
 
@@ -272,10 +278,6 @@ object SparkBuild extends Build {
 
   def coreSettings = sharedSettings ++ Seq(
     name := "spark-core",
-    resolvers ++= Seq(
-       "JBoss Repository"     at "http://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/repositories/releases/",
-       "Cloudera Repository"  at "https://repository.cloudera.com/artifactory/cloudera-repos/"
-    ),
 
     libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
         "com.google.guava"           % "guava"            % "14.0.1",
@@ -470,7 +472,6 @@ object SparkBuild extends Build {
 
   def mqttSettings() = streamingSettings ++ Seq(
     name := "spark-streaming-mqtt",
-    resolvers ++= Seq("Eclipse Repo" at "https://repo.eclipse.org/content/repositories/paho-releases/"),
     libraryDependencies ++= Seq("org.eclipse.paho" % "mqtt-client" % "0.4.0")
   )
 }
diff --git a/streaming/pom.xml b/streaming/pom.xml
index 2343e381e6f7c..2cb8bde6642bc 100644
--- a/streaming/pom.xml
+++ b/streaming/pom.xml
@@ -45,20 +45,6 @@
     </profile>
   </profiles>
 
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>apache-repo</id>
-      <name>Apache Repository</name>
-      <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/releases</url>
-      <releases>
-        <enabled>true</enabled>
-      </releases>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>false</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>