diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f7e431002e7bf214f377b7458d2eba235b7b6050..05ea0e7d9821988ca034a1fa8f28c4ec1a224983 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ checkstyle:
   tags:
     - exec-docker
   script: ./gradlew checkstyle --continue
-  allow_failure: true
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - "*/build/reports/checkstyle/main.html"
@@ -58,7 +57,6 @@ pmd:
   tags:
     - exec-docker
   script: ./gradlew pmd --continue
-  allow_failure: true
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - "*/build/reports/pmd/*.html"
@@ -70,7 +68,6 @@ spotbugs:
   tags:
     - exec-docker
   script: ./gradlew spotbugs --continue
-  allow_failure: true
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - "*/build/reports/spotbugs/*.html"
diff --git a/uc3-application/build.gradle b/uc3-application/build.gradle
index 82df66fae434e5b0a0f9b31ef9a44f04ca857173..aa96b6dbf90c4895dfda57a51c753c9103c29414 100644
--- a/uc3-application/build.gradle
+++ b/uc3-application/build.gradle
@@ -1,13 +1 @@
-allprojects {
-	repositories {
-    	maven {
-    		url 'https://packages.confluent.io/maven/'
-    	}
-	}
-}
-
-dependencies {
-    compile('org.industrial-devops:titan-ccp-common-kafka:0.1.0-SNAPSHOT')
-}
-
 mainClassName = "theodolite.uc3.application.HistoryService"
diff --git a/uc4-application/build.gradle b/uc4-application/build.gradle
index c5891b2bfb2073e829ff7013e47a17b1ac2313e5..56663022144166711d6bebce0f6480e358a738b5 100644
--- a/uc4-application/build.gradle
+++ b/uc4-application/build.gradle
@@ -1,13 +1 @@
-allprojects {
-	repositories {
-    	maven {
-    		url 'https://packages.confluent.io/maven/'
-    	}
-	}
-}
-
-dependencies {
-    compile('org.industrial-devops:titan-ccp-common-kafka:0.1.0-SNAPSHOT')
-}
-
 mainClassName = "theodolite.uc4.application.HistoryService"