diff --git a/akka-core/pom.xml b/akka-core/pom.xml
index c3bf03e79c..bc6e4c59fe 100644
--- a/akka-core/pom.xml
+++ b/akka-core/pom.xml
@@ -42,21 +42,6 @@
       <artifactId>aspectwerkz-jdk5</artifactId>
       <version>2.1</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.multiverse</groupId>
-      <artifactId>multiverse-core</artifactId>
-      <version>0.3</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.multiverse</groupId>
-      <artifactId>multiverse-alpha</artifactId>
-      <version>0.3</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>net.lag</groupId>
-      <artifactId>configgy</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
       <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
@@ -89,11 +74,6 @@
       <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
       <version>1.2.1</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
-      <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.0</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>sbinary</groupId>
       <artifactId>sbinary</artifactId>
diff --git a/akka-fun-test-java/pom.xml b/akka-fun-test-java/pom.xml
index 8f8a6b41fc..d39a3e9385 100644
--- a/akka-fun-test-java/pom.xml
+++ b/akka-fun-test-java/pom.xml
@@ -21,16 +21,21 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.sun.grizzly</groupId>
-      <artifactId>grizzly-servlet-webserver</artifactId>
-      <version>${grizzly.version}</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
+      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>akka-persistence-cassandra</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
       <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
       <version>2.2.0</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.sun.grizzly</groupId>
+      <artifactId>grizzly-servlet-webserver</artifactId>
+      <version>${grizzly.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
       <artifactId>jersey-server</artifactId>
diff --git a/akka-kernel/pom.xml b/akka-kernel/pom.xml
index a6d0c801a6..c7d0c3134e 100755
--- a/akka-kernel/pom.xml
+++ b/akka-kernel/pom.xml
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <artifactId>akka-persistence</artifactId>
-      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <artifactId>akka-rest</artifactId>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
@@ -42,6 +37,16 @@
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <artifactId>akka-persistence-cassandra</artifactId>
+      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <artifactId>akka-persistence-mongo</artifactId>
+      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
 
     <!-- For Atmosphere -->
     <dependency>
diff --git a/akka-persistence-common/pom.xml b/akka-persistence-common/pom.xml
index 55a73e54bd..21c425b987 100644
--- a/akka-persistence-common/pom.xml
+++ b/akka-persistence-common/pom.xml
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <artifactId>akka-util</artifactId>
-      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <artifactId>akka-core</artifactId>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
diff --git a/akka-rest/pom.xml b/akka-rest/pom.xml
index 834de3aca8..32fbad0997 100644
--- a/akka-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/akka-rest/pom.xml
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@
 
   <!-- Core deps -->
   <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <artifactId>akka-util</artifactId>
-      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <artifactId>akka-core</artifactId>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
diff --git a/akka-samples-java/pom.xml b/akka-samples-java/pom.xml
index 8dc34d9349..5f41981ad0 100644
--- a/akka-samples-java/pom.xml
+++ b/akka-samples-java/pom.xml
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <artifactId>akka-persistence</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>akka-rest</artifactId>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <artifactId>akka-rest</artifactId>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>akka-persistence-cassandra</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/akka-samples-lift/pom.xml b/akka-samples-lift/pom.xml
index 7d4f292166..c29e73343e 100644
--- a/akka-samples-lift/pom.xml
+++ b/akka-samples-lift/pom.xml
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <artifactId>akka-persistence</artifactId>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>akka-persistence-cassandra</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@
       <version>2.5</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
-    
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/akka-samples-scala/pom.xml b/akka-samples-scala/pom.xml
index 0d1658d315..0f21cec7b6 100644
--- a/akka-samples-scala/pom.xml
+++ b/akka-samples-scala/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <artifactId>akka-persistence</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>akka-persistence-cassandra</artifactId>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/akka-samples-security/pom.xml b/akka-samples-security/pom.xml
index f2374a8c23..716dc1b175 100644
--- a/akka-samples-security/pom.xml
+++ b/akka-samples-security/pom.xml
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <artifactId>akka-kernel</artifactId>
-      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <artifactId>akka-util-java</artifactId>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
@@ -40,11 +35,6 @@
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <artifactId>akka-persistence</artifactId>
-      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.ws.rs</groupId>
       <artifactId>jsr311-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/akka-security/pom.xml b/akka-security/pom.xml
index 2ef5d73531..ce29f2b9e6 100644
--- a/akka-security/pom.xml
+++ b/akka-security/pom.xml
@@ -20,26 +20,11 @@
       <artifactId>scala-library</artifactId>
       <version>${scala.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-    <!--<dependency>
-      <artifactId>akka-kernel</artifactId>
-      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
-    </dependency>-->
     <dependency>
       <artifactId>akka-core</artifactId>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <artifactId>akka-persistence</artifactId>
-      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <artifactId>akka-util</artifactId>
-      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
       <artifactId>jsr250-api</artifactId>
@@ -80,8 +65,5 @@
       <version>1.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-
-
   </dependencies>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/akka-util-java/pom.xml b/akka-util-java/pom.xml
index 537a07fab4..2d2cbafec4 100755
--- a/akka-util-java/pom.xml
+++ b/akka-util-java/pom.xml
@@ -25,15 +25,33 @@
       <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
       <version>2.2.0</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.multiverse</groupId>
-      <artifactId>multiverse-core</artifactId>
-      <version>0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.multiverse</groupId>
       <artifactId>multiverse-alpha</artifactId>
-      <version>0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>0.3</version>
+      <classifier>jar-with-dependencies</classifier>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.multiverse</groupId>
+          <artifactId>multiverse-core</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>asm</groupId>
+          <artifactId>asm-tree</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>asm</groupId>
+          <artifactId>asm-analysis</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>asm</groupId>
+          <artifactId>asm-commons</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>asm</groupId>
+          <artifactId>asm-util</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/config/akka-reference.conf b/config/akka-reference.conf
index 5a04981390..7bdfa6b4f1 100644
--- a/config/akka-reference.conf
+++ b/config/akka-reference.conf
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
  
   # FQN to the class doing initial active object/actor
   # supervisor bootstrap, should be defined in default constructor
-  boot = ["sample.java.Boot", "sample.scala.Boot", "se.scalablesolutions.akka.security.samples.Boot"]
+  boot = ["sample.java.Boot", 
+          "sample.scala.Boot", 
+          "se.scalablesolutions.akka.security.samples.Boot"]
 
   <actor>
     timeout = 5000              # default timeout for future based invocations
@@ -36,9 +38,9 @@
     compression-scheme = "zlib" # Options: "zlib" (lzf to come), leave out for no compression
     zlib-compression-level = 6  # Options: 0-9 (1 being fastest and 9 being the most compressed), default is 6
 
-	<cluster>
-        name = "default"
-        actor = "se.scalablesolutions.akka.remote.JGroupsClusterActor"
+    <cluster>
+      name = "default"
+      actor = "se.scalablesolutions.akka.remote.JGroupsClusterActor"
     </cluster>
     
     <server>  
diff --git a/config/akka.conf b/config/akka.conf
index 7c428e89b9..94f630089a 100644
--- a/config/akka.conf
+++ b/config/akka.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 # This config import the Akka reference configuration.
 include "akka-reference.conf"