diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index d3be05ed71..262cbb230e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ ext.libraries = [
     restliCommon: "com.linkedin.pegasus:restli-common:${pegasusVersion}",
     rocksdbjni: 'org.rocksdb:rocksdbjni:8.8.1',
     samzaApi: 'org.apache.samza:samza-api:1.5.1',
-    samzaCore:'org.apache.samza:samza-core_2.12:1.5.1',
     beamSdk: 'org.apache.beam:beam-sdks-java-core:2.60.0',
     beamExtensionAvro: 'org.apache.beam:beam-sdks-java-extensions-avro:2.60.0',
     slf4j: 'org.slf4j:slf4j:1.7.36',
diff --git a/clients/venice-client/build.gradle b/clients/venice-client/build.gradle
index 5762ee9dac..36989a736e 100644
--- a/clients/venice-client/build.gradle
+++ b/clients/venice-client/build.gradle
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ dependencies {
   implementation libraries.r2
   implementation libraries.beamSdk
   implementation libraries.annotations
-  implementation libraries.samzaCore
   implementation libraries.beamExtensionAvro
 
   testImplementation project(':internal:venice-client-common')