diff --git a/confidential-identities/build.gradle b/confidential-identities/build.gradle
index 6b5616d000..38a2f43807 100644
--- a/confidential-identities/build.gradle
+++ b/confidential-identities/build.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ dependencies {
     testCompile "com.google.guava:guava-testlib:$guava_version"
 
     // Bring in the MockNode infrastructure for writing protocol unit tests.
-    testCompile project(":node")
     testCompile project(":node-driver")
 
     // AssertJ: for fluent assertions for testing
diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
index 671b7b616d..05e9716dc9 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle
+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ dependencies {
     testCompile "com.google.guava:guava-testlib:$guava_version"
 
     // Bring in the MockNode infrastructure for writing protocol unit tests.
-    testCompile project(":node")
     testCompile project(":node-driver")
 
     compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:$kotlin_version"