diff --git a/project/SparkBuild.scala b/project/SparkBuild.scala
index 97f5e2f4ff683..54ac3c19fa836 100644
--- a/project/SparkBuild.scala
+++ b/project/SparkBuild.scala
@@ -689,7 +689,9 @@ object ExcludedDependencies {
     excludeDependencies ++= Seq(
       ExclusionRule(organization = "com.sun.jersey"),
       ExclusionRule("javax.servlet", "javax.servlet-api"),
-      ExclusionRule("javax.ws.rs", "jsr311-api"))
+      ExclusionRule("javax.ws.rs", "jsr311-api"),
+      ExclusionRule("io.netty", "netty-handler"),
+      ExclusionRule("io.netty", "netty-transport-native-epoll"))
   )
 }