diff --git a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/ListWriter.scala b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/ListWriter.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f1123d4d8..0000000000
--- a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/ListWriter.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Scalable Solutions AB <http://scalablesolutions.se>
- */
-package akka.http
-
-import akka.serialization.Serializer
-
-import java.io.OutputStream
-import javax.ws.rs.core.{MultivaluedMap, MediaType}
-import javax.ws.rs.ext.{MessageBodyWriter, Provider}
-import javax.ws.rs.Produces
-
-/**
- * Writes Lists of JSON serializable objects.
- */
-@Provider
-@Produces(Array("application/json"))
-class ListWriter extends MessageBodyWriter[List[_]] {
-
-  def isWriteable(aClass: Class[_],
-                  aType: java.lang.reflect.Type,
-                  annotations: Array[java.lang.annotation.Annotation],
-                  mediaType: MediaType) =
-    classOf[List[_]].isAssignableFrom(aClass) || aClass == ::.getClass
-
-  def getSize(list: List[_],
-              aClass: Class[_],
-              aType: java.lang.reflect.Type,
-              annotations: Array[java.lang.annotation.Annotation],
-              mediaType: MediaType) =
-    -1L
-
-  def writeTo(list: List[_],
-              aClass: Class[_],
-              aType: java.lang.reflect.Type,
-              annotations: Array[java.lang.annotation.Annotation],
-              mediaType: MediaType,
-              stringObjectMultivaluedMap: MultivaluedMap[String, Object],
-              outputStream: OutputStream): Unit =
-    if (list.isEmpty) outputStream.write(" ".getBytes)
-    else outputStream.write(Serializer.ScalaJSON.toBinary(list))
-}
diff --git a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/servlet/Initializer.scala b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/servlet/Initializer.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index a259a7fd34..0000000000
--- a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/servlet/Initializer.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Scalable Solutions AB <http://scalablesolutions.se>
- */
-
-package akka.servlet
-
-import akka.remote.BootableRemoteActorService
-import akka.actor.BootableActorLoaderService
-import akka.config.Config
-import akka.util.{ Bootable, AkkaLoader }
-
-import javax.servlet.{ServletContextListener, ServletContextEvent}
-
- /**
-  * This class can be added to web.xml mappings as a listener to start and postStop Akka.
-  *
-  *<web-app>
-  * ...
-  *  <listener>
-  *    <listener-class>akka.servlet.Initializer</listener-class>
-  *  </listener>
-  * ...
-  *</web-app>
-  */
-class Initializer extends ServletContextListener {
-   lazy val loader = new AkkaLoader
-
-   def contextDestroyed(e: ServletContextEvent): Unit =
-     loader.shutdown
-
-   def contextInitialized(e: ServletContextEvent): Unit =
-     loader.boot(true, new BootableActorLoaderService with BootableRemoteActorService)
- }
diff --git a/project/build/AkkaProject.scala b/project/build/AkkaProject.scala
index 3fc9d7a5e4..5a04b66627 100644
--- a/project/build/AkkaProject.scala
+++ b/project/build/AkkaProject.scala
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class AkkaParentProject(info: ProjectInfo) extends DefaultProject(info) {
   lazy val akka_stm         = project("akka-stm",         "akka-stm",         new AkkaStmProject(_),        akka_actor)
   lazy val akka_typed_actor = project("akka-typed-actor", "akka-typed-actor", new AkkaTypedActorProject(_), akka_stm)
   lazy val akka_remote      = project("akka-remote",      "akka-remote",      new AkkaRemoteProject(_),     akka_typed_actor)
-  lazy val akka_http        = project("akka-http",        "akka-http",        new AkkaHttpProject(_),       akka_remote)
+  lazy val akka_http        = project("akka-http",        "akka-http",        new AkkaHttpProject(_),       akka_actor)
   lazy val akka_samples     = project("akka-samples",     "akka-samples",     new AkkaSamplesParentProject(_))
   lazy val akka_sbt_plugin  = project("akka-sbt-plugin",  "akka-sbt-plugin",  new AkkaSbtPluginProject(_))
   lazy val akka_testkit     = project("akka-testkit",     "akka-testkit",     new AkkaTestkitProject(_),    akka_actor)
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ class AkkaParentProject(info: ProjectInfo) extends DefaultProject(info) {
     val jetty            = Dependencies.jetty
     val jersey           = Dependencies.jersey_server
     val jsr311           = Dependencies.jsr311
+    val commons_codec    = Dependencies.commons_codec
 
     // testing
     val junit     = Dependencies.junit